Pharmacy Tech Training Facilities, Equipment, and More at Cleveland East
Remington College in Cleveland was the first Campus to offer the Pharmacy Technician program. The facilities at Cleveland feature a computer lab adjacent to a large lecture classroom.
The lab is divided into two teaching sections: One half is a mock hospital pharmacy, and the other half is a mock retail pharmacy.
- The mock retail pharmacy is set up to train students to completely fill a simulated prescription from beginning to end. Extemporaneous compounding equipment and preparation are also a part of the mock retail pharmacy training, which begins in the first half of our program.
- The mock hospital pharmacy accommodates students in pairs as they practice all aspects of the aseptic technique and the preparation of intravenous admixtures. Hospital pharmacy training begins in the later portion of our Cleveland Pharmacy Tech training program.
Pharmacy Tech students are exposed to many types of pharmacy equipment and tools of the trade throughout our program.
Our students also work with a variety of compounding agents similar to those technicians use in actual practice, such as isopropyl alcohol, witch hazel, reconstitutables, faux medication additives, coconut oil, shea butter, glycerin, mineral oil, assorted flavorings, methyl cellulose, methyl salicylate, ascorbic acid, lanolin, petroleum, and so much more.
Life as a Cleveland Pharmacy Technician Student:
- Many students have commented that they especially enjoy the Anatomy and Physiology class, where they familiarize themselves with the function of different body systems and with medical terminology.
- As part of their instruction, our students at Cleveland are required to complete a project known as “Call in Sick,” where they must research a medical condition that would prohibit them from attending school or work and provide an oral “excuse” in front of the class using no less than five medical terms. The class must determine what the presenter’s medical condition is – and bonus points go to any students who can stump their instructor.
- Extemporaneous compounding is another current student favorite. In this class, students make flavored lip balms, lotions, and hand creams using the needed compounds and fragrances. Our students enjoy taking these products home and presenting them to others students and instructors. In fact, they’ve also shipped the lip balm to soldiers stationed in Iraq!
- Students can also participate in “Be the Match,” a bone marrow donor-matching program, give blood during our Campus’s regular blood drives, and donate “vials of life” at our open houses and job fairs.
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Cleveland Pharmacy Tech Program Activities
Our Pharmacy Tech program has been on numerous field trips, such as to the CVS Training Center, where students can work for a day in a fully stocked, functional mock pharmacy and receive in-field training in manufacturing equipment and compounding practices. Students have also enjoyed training in all aspects of sterile product intravenous compounding at Capp’s Pharmacy.
Aerotech, a Cleveland-area pharmacy recruiter for industrial and institutional settings, has spoken to several of our students just before they have entered their externships.(2)
Externship sites in Cleveland have included:
- The Free Clinic
- The Center for Family and Children Services
- CVS Pharmacy
- Walgreens Pharmacy
- Drug Mart Pharmacy
- The Cleveland VA hospital
- And Grace Hospital
Some of our Pharmacy Tech students comment that they have enjoyed their externships so much they have stayed on afterward to volunteer their time at the same externship site.(2)
Meanwhile, several of our graduates have also been hired by local pharmacy chains such as CVS, which have recently added mail-order prescription filling to many of their retail sites.
Lee and Silsby’s Compounding Pharmacy, in Cleveland, also works extensively with our Campus and has continued to employ a number of our graduates.(1)
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Cleveland Pharmacy Tech School Instructors
Our Cleveland Pharmacy Tech school instructors are creative and committed to your success. They take pride in seeing students like you become proficient in the subject matter and thrive in their externships and on the job.(1)(2)
Our instructional staff provides visual learning, applies hands-on techniques whenever and wherever possible, and fosters camaraderie among students. And the entire staff participates in customizing the program to fit your needs. They teach from the point of view that someday, you may actually be filling their personal prescriptions!
Our dedicated Pharmacy Tech instructor team consists of two registered pharmacists and three nationally certified pharmacy technicians with more than 120 years of collective experience in both retail and hospital practices. And they’re more than ready to help you move closer to your goal of becoming a pharmacy technician.(1)
You can get started by calling or visiting our Cleveland East Campus today!
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(1)Employment upon graduation is not guaranteed. Additional requirements for licensure and/or certification may apply.
(2)Must meet minimum GPA requirements to qualify for externship.