What you need to know about becoming a Pharmacy Technician in Idaho. Including Idaho licensing and training requirements, schools & colleges offering pharmacy technician programs and employment and salary trends for pharmacy techs in Idaho (ID).
As of June 1st, 2012, the state of Idaho supports nearly sixteen hundred pharmacy technicians among more than 265 institutional and retail pharmacies scattered throughout the state. Despite Idaho's licensing requirement for pharmacy technicians, roughly 500 unlicensed pharmacy technicians are currently employed at Idaho pharmacies. This figure, however, is deceiving, as most unlicensed pharmacy technicians are on-the-job trainees, competent interns or experienced professionals in the process of annual licensing renewal with the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).
In preparing our inaugural list of the top pharmacy schools on the West Coast, we considered dozens of schools in the US that offered pharmacy programs. Our goal with this list is to give students access to information so they can make informed decisions about the schools they choose to attend and the programs they pursue. Our motivation for publishing these rankings is simple. We frequently receive emails from young people -many of whom are already working as pharmacy technicians- asking for advice as to which pharmacy schools they should consider. Our hope is that this list is a starting point for aspiring pharmacists to discover the schools that are the best fit for them.
The criteria we used in making this list consists, in no particular order, of the following: academic reputation, admission selectivity, depth and breadth of the program and faculty, size and scope of the pharm school class, and value as it relates to tuition. All data used on our rankings was obtained from publicly available sources.
Like any list, ours is not perfect and is open for debate. There is no single opinion that trumps all when it comes to which school is the “best”. Ultimately every student has different needs regarding the type and academic rigor of a program, campus culture, as well as cost, lifestyle, and career focus. Hence the notion that we consider these lists a starting point for aspiring pharmacists in the search for the appropriate program that meets their needs.
In preparing our inaugural list of the top schools in the US for aspiring pharmacists, we considered over 100 schools in the US that offered pharmacy programs. Our goal with this list is to give students access to information so they can make informed decisions about the schools they choose to attend and the programs they pursue. Our motivation for publishing these rankings is simple. We frequently receive emails from young people -many of whom are already working as pharmacy technicians- asking for advice as to which pharmacy schools they should consider. Our hope is that this list is a starting point for aspiring pharmacists to discover the schools that are the best fit for them.
The criteria we used in making this list consists, in no particular order, of the following: academic reputation, admission selectivity, depth and breadth of the program and faculty, size and scope of the pharm school class, and value as it relates to tuition. All data used on our rankings was obtained from publicly available sources.
Like any list, ours is not perfect and is open for debate. There is no single opinion that trumps all when it comes to which school is the “best”. Ultimately every student has different needs regarding the type and academic rigor of a program, campus culture, as well as cost, lifestyle, and career focus.
Idaho is home to more than 1,500 salaried pharmacy technicians. This means, less than one percent of the nation’s 334,400 salaried technicians live in The Gem State. Still, aspiring pharmacy technicians choose Idaho for:
The opportunity to work at renowned facilities such as St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, and St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (all high performing in multiple specialties)
Access to more than 20 other outstanding hospitals and dozens of other quality health care facilities
Access to a large collection of top-rated health care and pharmacy technician training programs
The Idaho State Board of Pharmacy has several requirements for pharmacy technicians. According to the official Idaho BOP website, the Board requires certification through PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) or ExCPT (Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians), in addition to registration with the Board. Registration requirements are as follows:
As of June 1st, 2012, the state of Idaho supports nearly sixteen hundred pharmacy technicians among more than 265 institutional and retail pharmacies scattered throughout the state. Despite Idaho's licensing requirement for pharmacy technicians, roughly 500 unlicensed pharmacy technicians are currently employed at Idaho pharmacies. This figure, however, is deceiving, as most unlicensed pharmacy technicians are on-the-job trainees, competent interns or experienced professionals in the process of annual licensing renewal with the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).
