Edinburg Course Information
Registration Deadline:
June 12, 2025
Dates:
June 16 - August 4, 2025
Days/Times:
Monday & Wednesdays: 6 p.m - 9:30 p.m
Program Modality:
In-Person
Location:
Lecture & Labs: Edinburg CESS Building 1.708
Instructor:
Isaac Rodriguez
Cost:
$ 1,399*
Refund Deadline:
June 10, 2025
Notes:
Students requiring accommodation should contact our office pewd@utrgv.edu to learn about the process.
Brownsville Course Information
Registration Deadline:
June 12, 2025
Dates:
June 16 - August 4, 2025
Days/Times:
Monday & Wednesdays: 6 p.m - 9:30 p.m
Program Modality:
In-Person
Location:
Lecture & Labs: Brownsville St. Joseph Academy 250
Instructor:
Maria Martinez
Cost:
$ 1,399*
Refund Deadline:
June 10, 2025
Notes:
Students requiring accommodation should contact our office pewd@utrgv.edu to learn about the process.
Pharmacy Technician Program
Would you like to build an exciting and rewarding career in healthcare?
Certified Pharmacy technicians are in high demand. They are vital members of the pharmacy team and contribute to the health care and wellbeing of our communities.
Through our Pharmacy Technician Program, you will receive the training you need to take the national accreditation exams and work as a Pharmacy Technician in the community and hospital pharmacy settings, under the supervision of a pharmacist.
In this program, participants will acquire the essential knowledge and skills to provide safe and effective patient care by undertaking various pharmacy technician responsibilities, including:
• Managing pharmacy inventory
• Receiving prescription requests from patients and doctors' offices
• Accurately measuring medication amounts
• Establishing and maintaining patient records
• Accepting payment for prescriptions and processing insurance claims.
This non-academic program is comprised of 50 hours of classroom instruction and hands-on labs.
After the successful completion of the program, participants can choose between a clinical internship opportunity of 80 hours at a local pharmacy, or job placement assistance.
*Internships provide valuable hands-on experience in the field, enabling you to master the content learned through practice, increase your professional network, and gain work experience to be competitive in the job market.
Details:
- Pharmacy history and terminology
- Understand each body system’s anatomy and physiology as it applies to pharmacology.
- Reading and interpreting prescriptions.
- Drug classification, including defining drugs by generic and brand names.
- Perform pharmacy calculations and measurements for dosage calculations, dose conversations, and filling medication orders.
- Sterile compounding and aseptic techniques in a pharmacy setting
- Use of appropriate equipment, procedures and facilities involved in filling medications, compounding, and preparing sterile products.
- Total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
- I.V. flow rates
- Inventory control and management procedures
- Billing and reimbursement
- Pharmacy professional practice in diverse environments, including policies and procedures, laws, and ethical principles.
Individuals seeking training to become a Certified Pharmacy Technician.
Note: PEWD program participants should be 18 years or older.
To be eligible for the clinical internship, participants must successfully complete the 50-hour program, submit to a thorough background check, drug screening, and meet additional requirements. Internship is unpaid.
Recommended level of education: High School diploma or GED/high school equivalency.
Note: PEWD program participants should be 18 years or older.
This program meets the necessary requirements for participants to take the following examinations*.
Pharmacy Technician Certified Board (PTCB) Certified Pharmacy Technician (PTCB) Exam
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (ptcb.org)
National Workforce Career Association (NWCA) Pharmacy Technician Associate Certification (PTAC) Exam
NWCA - Pharmacy Technician Associate Certification (edu2.com)
*Please review additional eligibility criteria to take certification exams, on the respective websites.
Please note that certification exam information is provided for reference only. Exam fees are not included in the program cost, and exams are not administered during the program.
Mr. Issac Rodriguez (Edinburg)
Mr. Isaac Rodriguez currently serves as the Pharmacy Technician Director at San Benito CISD. He has over 26 years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician and is a current Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. He has instructed UTRGV Continuing Education’s Pharmacy Technician program for 6 years and enjoys preparing students for their Pharmacy Technician careers.
Ms. Maria Martinez (Brownsville)
Private Loans
• The only loan provider PEWD accepts is Sallie Mae.
• When applying for the Continuing Education Private Loan to cover the registration fee for a non-credit continuing education program, please use the UTRGV Continuing Education School Code: 003599.
• The loan amount must be at least $500.00.
• The loan amount in the application cannot exceed the enrollment fee noted on our website.
• Books will NOT be included in the loan amount.
• Service charges may apply.
Please email pewd@utrgv.edu once you have been approved so we may certify your loan.
Workforce Solutions
Training & Education Scholarships
Hidalgo County Access to Success Program
Access to Success – HCCSA
Submit a required written request via email three business days before the program start date. Weekends are not considered. Partial refunds are not allowed.
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