Pharmacy Technicians

A Quebec-based community pharmacist has created a French-language only training program about the common cold designed specifically for pharmacy technicians. And, it can be given in one hour by any pharmacist.

With more authority comes more responsibility. Such is the case with the looming regulation of technicians in Ontario. Indeed, with registered techs being accountable to a regulatory body—and with pharmacists relying on them more to support their expanding scope of practice—it’s critical for techs to continuously upgrade their education. The 300-plus who attended the 28th Annual Pharmacy Technicians Conference at Humber College in Toronto were doing just that.

Pharmacists are looking to technicians to assume increasing responsibility for inventory management; when asked in a previous Trends & Insights survey how they’d like to see the role of the technician expand, almost nine out of 10 (88%) cited inventory management. For techs who take on this task, it can be interesting, challenging and rewarding.