PHARMACY TECHNOLOGY

This three-year specialty aims to train highly qualified pharmacy technicians who are able to participate in the design, manufacture, administration and storage of drugs under the direction of a pharmacist and provide high quality holistic pharmaceutical care in various clinical, industrial and academic contexts at the local, national or international level.

• General skills
  • Be responsible and reflective ;
  • Be proactive and able to take the initiative ;
  • Have interpersonal skills ;
  • Have organizational skills ;
  • Have proven trust and confidence ;
  • Have critical ability and questioning ;
  • Develop deontological and professional ethical values ;
  • Make thoughtful decisions ;
  • Compromise and listening skills ;
  • Have a good profile (dress and appearance) ;
  • Have critical thinking skills ;
  • Master the computer tool and ICT.
  • Be able to maintain professional and moral standards ;
• Specifics Skills
  • Make supplies and deliveries of medicines ;
  • Read and interpret prescriptions accurately ;
  • Establish the validity of prescriptions ;
  • Demonstrate systematic distribution procedures ;
  • Evaluate the appropriateness of the prescribed drugs ;
  • Keep records in a convenient and efficient manner ;
  • Repackage and re-label appropriately distributed drugs ;
  • Evaluate signs, symptoms and history to distinguish manageable conditions in the practice of pharmacy ;
  • Select and advise on the use of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment strategies and options, including without treatment ;
  • Apply first aid measures if necessary ;
  • Precisely calculate quantities of ingredients necessary for the preparation of pharmaceutical products ;
  • Select and identify the ingredients for the preparation of the drug product ;
  • Apply the principles and techniques of formulation to the preparation of pharmaceutical products ;
  • Ensure all drugs and chemicals are packaged, labeled and stored to maximize stability and safety ;
  • Examine and evaluate the history of the consumer and prescription drugs ;
  • Apply the principals and techniques of formulation to the preparation of pharmaceutical products ;
  • Ensure that everything is in accordance with local workplace policy and professional conventions for product preparation ;
  • Prepare and maintain the appropriate product documentation ;
  • Apply the principles and techniques of sterilisation and asepsis related to the preparation of pharmaceutical products.

• Pharmacy technicians ;
• Pharmacist Assistant ;
• Pharmacist of hospitals ;
• Pharmaceutical supplier ;
• Work in the pharmaceutical industry or in the drug supply chain ;
• Pharmacovigilance ;
• Cosmetic industry.

For a period of two years, a set of theoretical and practical courses is administered to students with a view to obtaining a Higher National Diploma (HND) sanctioned by MINESUP.

Direct registration on file study :

• A hand written application adressed to the Director of SHS
• A complete registration form available on campus ;
• A photocopy of birth certificate ;
• A photocopy of A/L certificate ;
• Registration fees : 35,000 FCFA ;
• File study fees : free of charge ;
• Annual medical coverage : 5000 F CFA.

• Lectures ;
• Practical work and personal work ;
• Immersion courses in the professions accompanied by a teaching body and company executives.

• Continuous monitoring for each lecture ;
• An exam session (oral or written) at the end of each semester organised according to the subjects registered for the semester ;
• Writing of an internship report defended in front of a jury at the end of the cycle ;
• National HND exam.