Retail Pharmacy Assistant Course

Study a Pharmacy Assistant Course online or from home.

The modern retail pharmacy is a sophisticated health advisory centre. As the first person customers meet in the store, the pharmacy assistant has a vital role to play in keeping them informed and maintaining their confidence.

The Cengage Education Retail Pharmacy Assistant course has been prepared by industry experts to give aspirants the grounding they need in this specialised area of service. You’ll learn to give customers the advice they need on a wide range of health and beauty matters – everything from filling prescriptions to baby care, cough and cold remedies and beauty advice.

On completion of your course:

Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Cengage Education Retail Pharmacy Assistant Certificate.

Key areas of learning:

  • Successful selling
  • Working in a pharmacy
  • Restricted medicines & prescriptions
  • Analgesics
  • Coughs & colds
  • Vitamins
  • Patient aids
  • Oral hygiene
  • Health supports
  • Contraception & hygiene
  • Baby care
  • Pet care
  • Common ailments
  • Foot care & Homy Ped
  • Beauty aids
  • Final summary
* Terms and conditions apply
Course Number 82300
Course Type Correspondence
Course Duration Max 18 months
Study Hours Approx 300 hrs
Qualification Cengage Certificate

Assessment details

  • 1 written assessments
  • 15 multiple choice exams

Entry requirements
Cengage Certificate, Statements of Attainment, Certificate I & Certificate II courses

No entry requirements apply to these courses.

English Language Requirements:

If English is your second language and you did not complete the last two years of secondary education in English you are required to provide evidence of English language competence before enrolling. Examples of appropriate evidence are:

Evidence

Example

IELTS

Overall score of 5.5

TOEFL

530 (paper), 197 (computer) or 71 Internet.

Evidence of employment in an English speaking country.

12 month period of employment: Letters of Appointment, Letters of Reference, Testimonials, Performance Appraisals etc

Not sure if you meet the entry requirements?
Please call 1300 853 033


Subjects You’ll Cover

Successful selling in a pharmacy

  • Creative selling
  • Knowing your product
  • How to close a sale

Restricted medicines

  • Poisons Act
  • Products in the pharmacy
  • Handling prescriptions
  • Asthma treatment

Analgesics

  • Different analgesic products available
  • Abuse of analgesics

Coughs & colds

  • Anatomy of the respiratory tract
  • Common cold & treatments
  • Symptoms of sore throats
  • Treatments for children

Vitamins

  • Different types of vitamins
  • Vitamin needs & relationship to minerals

Patient aids

  • Home health care principles
  • Different walking aids & wheelchairs
  • Comfort items
  • Urinary incontinence appliances

Oral hygiene

  • Guidelines to oral hygiene
  • Various aids for oral hygiene

Health supports

  • Principles & applications for health supports
  • Supports for arms, legs & trunk
  • Symptoms of & supports for arthritis

Contraception, hygiene & sexually transmitted diseases

  • Sale of contraceptives & the pharmacy assistant’s role
  • Different methods of contraception
  • Products & facets of feminine hygiene

Baby care

  • Link between the baby care industry & pharmacy
  • Aspects of caring for a baby
  • Feeding, wind & colic
  • Teething & treatments

Pet care

  • Role of a pharmacy assistant in the pet care market
  • Pet care products & common ailments
  • Administering different medicines
  • First aid & grooming

Common ailments

  • Common ailments & their usual treatments

Foot care

  • Foot anatomy
  • Common foot problems & caring for feet

Beauty aids

  • Hair, nail & skin care

* Fortnightly payment plans also available –     call our Sales team on 1300 853 033 .

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