Pharmacy Technicians are trained to work under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist to interact with patients, caregivers, and other health care professionals.  Students must be dependable, accurate, show initiative, and be willing to take direction.  Students completing the MVCTC Pharmacy Technician 12 week course will be prepared to sit for the national pharmacy certification. 

Topics include routine phlebotomy, phlebotomy in the health care setting, special collection procedures, pediatric and infant phlebotomy, infection control and equipment safety.

Course includes basic cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, ECG techniques and recognition, electrophysiology, stress test techniques, holter monitoring, and cardiac medications.  Approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing for 144 contact hours of which 0 contact hours are approved for Catagory A through the OBN Approver Unit at the Licensed Practical Nurse Association of Ohio (OBN-002-92).  Upon successful completion of this course students will also be eligible to take the National Healthcare Association certification exam.

Specifically targeted to students entering the Practical Nurse Program.  Topic: Nursing Math.  Required for all nursing students.

Specifically targeted to students entering the Practical Nurse program.  Topic: Medical Terminology for Practical Nurses.  Required for all nursing students.

This course has been developed to allow paramedics and medical assistants to enter the LPN program without the STNA certificate.  Classroom times 5:00 - 9:00.  Clinical time: 7:00 - 3:30.

The Central Services Technology Program is designed to provide the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to function as an effective central processing technician.  Job duties of this position include cleaning and decontaminating supplies and equipment, cleaning and caring for equipment, delivering and picking up supplies to and from medical/surgical areas, packaging and sterilization of instrumentation, and utilizing technology to maintain units of inventory.  Course preparation includes Human Anatomy, Microbiology, Decontamination and Sterilization, Inventory Control, and Instrumentation Processing.  Students successfully completing this course may sit for the Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) exam.

Pre-admission requirements:  Physical exam, two-step Mantoux TB, MMR, Chickenpox, Tetanus, Hepatitis B series and WorkKeys assessment required.