Pharmacy Technician

 The College of Health Sciences and Technology Idah, Kogi State, offers a Diploma program in Pharmacy Technician. This program equips students with the knowledge and skills to assist pharmacists and other healthcare professionals in pharmaceutical care delivery.


This Notable department was created in 2016 and it has been magnificent in training highly skilled and intellectually capable Technicians of the pharmacy profession. All thanks to the efforts of the Professional Pharmacists in collaboration with other non professional staff of the department who uphold the tenets, ethics and etiquettes that guides the profession.


The students of this department are subjected to intense, meticulous and scrupulous training.......... This is even more evident in their character and mode of conducts....... Disciplined, with a lot of respect to constituted authorities especially their professional tutors.


They are trained to support pharmacists in dispensing medications, stocking shelves, labelling prescriptions, processing orders and performing basic administrative duties. The Pharmacy Technician is a skilled assistant trained to ensure smooth operations and accurate support  under the supervision of a pharmacist(Pharm. Bello Musa 2025).


Their MCQ exam is one of the things that endears them to the heart that seek highly precise intelligence........ Students studying for this exams can go almost 18/24 hours of the day in preparation. I got to understand that, you either know the correct answer or you don't as guessing is an abomination........ If out of a hundred questions, you chose 50 correct answers and 50 wrong answers, your score will be 50-(0.5×50)/100 making it 25/100. And it's amazing to note that students of this noble college strive to get 70, 80 and sometimes 90 odd in this tactical exams......... No wonder, on average, they are always scoring A for each set(class mark) in their council exams. It is indeed, a honorable profession.



The Pharmacy Technician training program covers various aspects, including:


1. Pharmaceutical Calculations: Performing calculations for medication preparation.

2. Pharmacology: Understanding drug actions and interactions.

3. Pharmacy Operations: Managing pharmacy inventory and dispensing medications.

4. Clinical Pharmacy: Assisting in patient care and medication therapy.


In the college, they are exposed to the basic concepts of Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics i.e what the drugs do to the body, and what the body does to the drugs.


Graduates of Pharmacy Technician can work in various settings, including:


1. Hospitals: Assisting pharmacists in medication management.

2. Pharmacies: Dispensing medications and providing patient counseling.

3. Community Health Centers: Supporting pharmaceutical care delivery.



Pharmacy Technicians play a crucial role in:


1. Supporting Pharmaceutical Care: Assisting pharmacists in medication management.

2. Improving Patient Care: Enhancing patient access to medications and health information.

3. Promoting Public Health: Contributing to health education and disease prevention.


While the Pharmacists take the title 'Pharm', the pharmacy technician with dignity and pride wears his/her title as 'Pharm Tech'.



Graduates can pursue further education and career advancement opportunities in BSc Pharmacy/PharmD(Doctor of Pharmacy), they can also further to obtain Master's and Doctoral  degree (s) in different disciplines of the profession including toxicology amongst others.


As Men Of Honor

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The College of Health Sciences and Technology Idah, Kogi State, plays a vital role in producing skilled Pharmacy Technicians who contribute to improving pharmaceutical care delivery and patient outcomes.


® Ahmed Salim Jn ✍️ 

19/04/2025


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