Pharmacy Technician
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Resources for Pharmacy Technician Careers
Career Resources include sites that specifically relate to pharmacy technician careers. Find organizations to join and increase your networking abilities. Many of these organizations and associations have their own newsletters or magazines, job databases, and certification exams. You will also find links to other relevant web sites for pharmacy technician careers, as well as books, software or journals that can help as you build your medical and professional knowledge.
Explore online resources below in the following categories:
- Pharmacy Technician Associations
- Pharmacy Technician Resources
- Job Resources for Pharmacy Technician Careers
- Reference Sites for Medical Professions
- Books and Journals for the Pharmacy Technician Profession
Pharmacy Technician Associations
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) • Offers the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) for the credentialing of pharmacy technicians and continuing education opportunities.
National Healthcareer Association • Offers the Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT) and continuing education resources.
American Association of Pharmacy Technicians • Sponsors a yearly convention; provides continuing education programs and services to pharmacy technicians, including a career center.
National Community Pharmacists Association • Membership opportunities for those in pharmacist and pharmacy technician careers; social networking; conferences; and news items.
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists • Provides news, forums, and membership option with the goal of improving patient safety.
National Association of Chain Drug Stores • Offers membership for companies with four or more retail pharmacies and relevant conferences, news releases and webinars.
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy • Provides Web site and contact information for each of the state Boards of Pharmacy.
Pharmacy Technician Resources
American Institute of the History of Pharmacy • Preserving the scholarly, professional, and popular history of pharmacy.
MedWatch • The FDA’s program for drug and product safety; provides information on safety alerts, drug safety labeling changes, and allows for the reporting of adverse effects.
Food and Drug Administration • An A to Z guide covering drugs, vaccines, and medical devices, including safety information and recalls—crucial information for those employed in pharmacist and pharmacy technician careers.
Drug Enforcement Administration • Provides information on controlled substances.
Drug Infonet • Drug and disease information; health news; and links to hospitals, medical references and health organizations.
U.S. Pharmacist • Pharmacy news and trends; continuing education.
Job Resources for Pharmacy Technician Careers
U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics • Occupational Outlook Handbook with current data on pharmacy technician Careers
Rx Career Center • Large collection of pharmacy jobs by specialty or state.
Biohealthmatics.com • Search available pharmacy technician careers, articles, forums, events, conferences, and company profiles.
Healthcare Jobs • Search jobs, post your resume, or sign up to receive job listings automatically by e-mail.
HealthServicesJobs.com • Post your resume and create your portfolio, research the latest trends in your industry, and search for pharmacy technician careers.
Absolutely Healthcare • Browse healthcare and medical jobs, post your resume, review salary data, and set up a job search agent.
MedicalWorkers.com • Browse jobs by title, state or company name in a wide variety of healthcare fields.
Reference Sites for Medical Professions
Online Medical Dictionaries
Mondofacto • Includes abbreviations, suffixes, prefixes and acronyms.
Medline Plus • A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Medical Dictionary Online • Definitions of medical terminology, pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare equipment, health conditions, medical devices, specialty terms and medical abbreviations
Other Reference Sites
American Medical Association Atlas of the Body
Discoveryhealth.com Human Body Atlas • Interactive body atlas for common diseases and disorders
Acronyms and Initialisms for Health Information Resources
National Library of Medicine • The world’s largest medical library by the National Institutes of Health
Current Medical News Sources • Reliable information and timely news stories about medical research
Reuters Health • World’s leading provider of medical and healthcare news
MedicineNet.com • Reliable doctor-produced health and medical information
Library of the National Medical Society • Online subscription available for disease diagnosis, treatment, textbooks, journals and archives
Books, Journals and Software for
the Pharmacy Technician Profession
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy • Online journal available to subscribers and ASHP members.
Pharmacy Technician’s Letter • Subscribers have access to information on new drug developments and newly approved drugs.
Pharmacy Times • Publishes issues pertinent to the pharmacy and pharmacy technician careers; provides online archives and an e-mail newsletter
The Journal of Pharmacy Technology • Provides information on new drugs, products, equipment, trends, drug administration and continuing education for pharmacists and those in pharmacy technician careers.
