The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board | Strategic Alliance Partners

Employers can support technicians by investing in certification opportunities.

Expanding horizons can take many forms for pharmacy techs

New initiatives are tackling historically limited access to free or affordable courses

Multiple state and federal laws since the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the growing role of technicians

The inaugural feature of this ongoing series shines a spotlight on Bremo Pharmacy, an independent community pharmacy with two locations in Richmond, Virginia.

Online proctored delivery maintains rigorous standards while providing convenience for test takers.

This initiative, sponsored in full by PTCB with no cost to participants, aims to elevate the professional capabilities of pharmacy technicians and foster leadership qualities essential for advancing in their careers.

Pharmacy Technician Day celebrates the myriad contributions of the unsung heroes of health care.

Chemotherapy, medication for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists for weight loss and diabetes, and local anesthetics were among the drugs most affected by shortages.

Empowering technicians can enhance overall pharmacy management and promote a culture of patient safety.

Pharmacy technicians are stepping up to assume expanded responsibilities that contribute to pharmacy management and patient safety.

Bill Schimmel, CEO and executive director of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), discusses why pharmacy technicians are leaving the profession and why they are staying.

Bill Schimmel, CEO and executive director of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), discusses how pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can advocate for the certification of pharmacy technicians.

Bill Schimmel, CEO and executive director of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), discusses how pharmacy technicians can face burnout and advocate for themselves.

Ryan Burke, PharmD, director of professional affairs at Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, discusses how the changing role of pharmacy technicians has also helped the role of the pharmacist.

Ryan Burke, PharmD, director of professional affairs at Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, discusses more advanced roles for pharmacy technicians and how they can continue to grow beyond their current roles.

New PTCB credentials help strengthen the team and free up time for pharmacists.

Starting January 2020, aspiring certified pharmacy technicians must complete a Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam-recognized education or training program, or have equivalent work experience before taking the exam.

The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) has launched 2 specialty areas of Assessment-Based Certificate Programs: Technician Product Verification (TPV) and Medication History.

PTCB expands credentialing programs as technicians assume more responsibility and new roles.

Students who complete a PTCB-recognized education/training program will be eligible to apply for, and earn, their CPhT credential starting in 2020.

For techs already employed, required registration with the state board of pharmacy by April 2018, either as a certified or registered tech.

The growth of pharmacists’ roles across health care settings has led to the need for a comparable evolution in the responsibilities and roles of pharmacy technicians.

In a sign of the profession’s evolution, more than 300 pharmacy technicians have now been certified as Compounded Sterile Preparation Technicians, according to the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.

As the Executive Director and CEO of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), Everett B. McAllister, RPh, MPA, has both witnessed and shepherded a number of significant changes in the technician profession.

As patient-centered care becomes the focus and standard of health care, pharmacy technicians have experienced dramatic increases in their roles and responsibilities.