Professional Certificate Programme

Certified Professional Pharmacy Assistant

Get the skills and qualifications that will make you stand out among other ambitious professionals in healthcare.

Duration:

3 months

Course Start Date:

January 25th, 2025

Learning Mode:

Physical or Online
It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions, but hard to get one single remedy.
Chinese Proverb

Overview

As a Certified Professional Pharmacy Assistant, your main tasks are to help other health professionals deliver improved healthcare services to patients and their families.

In this programme, you will learn how to professionally create and maintain health files, place orders for medical supplies, keep records, deliver medications, operate cash registers, liaise between health professionals and patients, negotiate with businesses, government authorities and other community members.

This Certified Professional Pharmacy Assistant programme is for you if you are a people person and you enjoy working in the healthcare and wellness sector. You do not need a background in healthcare or science.

Learning Outcome

This programme will give you the skills and certificates necessary to work as a Certified Professional Pharmacy Assistant. You can join even if you have no background in healthcare or science.

With the CIAPS International Certified Professional Pharmacy Assistant qualification, you will get the skills and qualification that will make you stand out among other ambitious professionals that are dedicated to helping other healthcare professionals deliver improved healthcare services to patients and families.
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At the end of the course, you will be guided into the process of successfully finding jobs and progressing in pharmacies and other health organisations.

Course Content

  • History and Evolution of Pharmacies
  • Introduction to Healthcare Environments and Terminologies
  • Biology and Physiology for Professional Pharmacy Assistants
  • Efficient Communication for Professional Pharmacy Assistants
  • Nutrition Management
  • Patients and Customer Care
  • Diagnosis and Prognosis of Seasonal and Common Illnesses
  • Business Administration for Professional Pharmacy Assistants
  • Job Placement and Practice

Where you can work

This course has been designed with the clear objective of training passionate, dedicated professionals who will be capable of covering leading roles in commercial and industrial organisations. Depending on your experience and interests, you will graduate from the programme with the required competency and confidence to work in a variety of organisations such as:

  • Pharmacies
  • Hospitals
  • Health Care Centres
  • Wellness Centres
  • Clinics
  • Recuperation Centres
  • Rehabilitation Centres
  • Outreach Centres
  • Charity Organisations
  • Veterinary Centres

Attendance and Duration

This is a 12 weeks hands-on, innovative and dynamic programme that focuses on the formative elements of drugs and healthcare management. Graduates from the course will leave CIAPS with a very clear understanding of the essential features of what it takes to be a Certified Professional Pharmacy Assistant and how to find jobs in various organisations and health sector. During the programme each student will experience different areas related to being a Certified Professional Pharmacy Assistant.
Registration Fee
100
Tuition Fee
1200
Flexible Payment Method
  • You can register now and pay your Tuition fees later
  • 30% Down Payment for tuition fee (spread the balance over the duration of the course)
  • Installment payment plans are available for tuition fee.
Cost
  • Registration Fee:
    100
  • Tuition fee:
    1200

Includes tuition, learning material, and ancillary facilities.

Applicable Discounts

Save up to 50% on your Tuition Fee.

If you qualify for all discounts, you can pay as little as

600
for your Tuition. This does not apply to the Registration fee.

  • Early bird Discount (15% of tuition fee): Complete 50% of the tuition fee before course start date to be eligible for this discount.
  • Referral Discount (15% of tuition fee): If a former CIAPS student referred you to CIAPS, you can include his/her CIAPS student number as the discount code in the registration form to be eligible for this discount.
  • Unemployment Discount (20% of tuition fee): This discount is available to applicants who are unemployed.

You can claim any or all of these discounts in the Registration Form when applying for the course.

The CIAPS Advantage

Learn from the best

Our faculty are top professionals in the field.

Flexible study times

You can choose to have your classes on weekdays (Monday to Friday) or weekends (Saturday and Sunday).

Develop practical skills

During the programme, you will experience different areas of this field's roles and projects that help you build skills.

Career support

We have a team of competent and passionate professionals available to assist you with career guidance, CV preparations and registrations with international professional bodies.

Enabling learning environment and friendly staff

Learn and grow in a comfortable learning environment with great welfare services.

Earn an international certificate

CIAPS is an internationally recognised professional graduate school. Earning our certificate makes you competitive locally and globally.

Applicants for this course should have a first degree or equivalent (Bachelors, HND). Having a good grade is a major advantage. Applicants without such qualifications may apply, but their applications will be subject to a more complex process and they will be required to demonstrate their ability to successfully follow the programme.

In all cases, applicants will be tested by CIAPS through written assessments and verbal interviews. Applicants will be deemed successful only if they are judged to possess a good mix of:

  • Imagination and creative thinking
  • Written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability and willingness to learn
  • Sense of responsibility and ability to work in a team
  • Resilience and stability
  • Integrity and respect for others

*Applicants are highly advised to have access to a laptop or equivalent

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