Pharmacy Technology : Websites of Interest

BCTC Pharmacy Technician Program information

Pharmacy technicians must maintain current state registration in order to be employed. This registration needs to be renewed each year. Use the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy website to find out more about how to register as a pharmacy technician in Kentucky.

AAPT began in 1979. AAPT promotes the safe, efficacious, and cost effective dispensing, distribution and use of medications, provides continuing education programs and services to help technicians update their skills, and promotes pharmacy technicians as an integral part of the patient care team.

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration 's searchable Drug Information site.

Rx Career Center is home to the largest job board for the pharmacist, pharmacy technician and pharmaceutical industry professionals

NPTA is the world's largest professional organization established specifically for pharmacy technicians. The association is dedicated to advancing the value of pharmacy technicians and the vital roles they play in pharmaceutical care

Healthfinder.gov, is a U.S. government website, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It has resources and information on a wide range of health topics.

The Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacists (KSHP) is the membership organization that works on behalf of pharmacists in Kentucky who practice in hospitals and health systems.

Continuing Education for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

HealthyPeople.gov provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

A Department of the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS). Information about health in Kentucky.

Drugs.com provides information on thousands of prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines & natural products. The Drugs.com editorial team is comprised of registered pharmacists.

The USDA FDA Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations. This is the Food and Drug Administration's list of all drugs approved in the United States as safe and effective. In addition to listing all approved drugs, the Orange Book is also the authoritative source of information on the therapeutic equivalence of drug products.

A website provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine's National Institutes of Health (NIH). You can use MedlinePlus to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition.

Includes pill identifier and other resources

The U.S. National Library of Medicine's direct site for drug information. Detailed information on thousands of drugs is available at the site.

PubMed comprises more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. It is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), Citations sometimes may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

PubMed Central (PMC) is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature that includes more than a million articles. PMC also includes a growing number of final, peer-reviewed author manuscripts by scientists who receive research funding from NIH and other funding agencies. It is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).