Mission Statement

Pharmacy Technician Program

Mission Statement

The Pharmacy Technician Program’s mission is to be consistent with the mission of Walters State Community College. The college mission is to lead the community into the twenty-first century with comprehensive, quality education. The mission in the Pharmacy Technician Program is to fill the need for pharmacy technicians immediately and into the next century.

The program’s mission is to provide comprehensive, quality training for the students which will lead to a technical certificate of completion. Training these technicians will increase the benefits to the local community by providing better and more complete health care through a mechanism of freeing the pharmacist to perform the counseling duties which have been mandated by OBRA 90. Therefore, the program remains consistent with the mission statement "The college’s management system is designed to ensure the delivery of programs and services that meet the needs of the individuals, business and industry, and the community."

The Technician Program Director will collaborate with state governing bodies, with other schools, with pharmacy organizations, and the advisory committee to ensure that the program is soundly based in its protocols and course work. The program will adjust and change as needs arise to take full advantage of the local and state conditions; therefore, the department will remain consistent with the mission statement "For the service area, Walters State assesses and responds to changing community needs and provides opportunities for enhancing the quality of life throughout upper East Tennessee."

Program Objectives

Pharmacy Technician Program

Program Objectives

GOAL To prepare the program graduates to enter the field of the pharmacy profession as trained technicians capable of filling the needs for pharmacy technicians in the East Tennessee area immediately and into the next century.

To provide comprehensive, quality training for the students so that they will be able to demonstrate adequate knowledge to work in the retail and institutional pharmacy with minimal adaptation and to provide the student with adequate didactic work to prepare them to successfully complete the National Certification Pharmacy Technician Examination. (Cognitive Domain)

To provide the student with technical competency in pharmacy technology to the extent that the student will be able to perform the tasks generally associated with pharmacy technician duties. (Psychomotor Domain)

To provide the student with adequate skills in communication to successfully communicate with the sick and ambulatory patient and to successfully interact with coworkers so as to avoid problems and to solve problems when they occur and demonstrate judgment and decision-making as might be required of a pharmacy technician in the pharmacy setting. (Affective Domain)