Penn Foster Announces Partnership with Walgreens To Improve U.S. Pharmacy Technician Program

SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Penn Foster, a leader in career-focused online and hybrid education with a commitment to addressing the middle-skills gap in America, today announced a new partnership with Walgreens to improve its U.S. Pharmacy Technician Program. Graduates of the U.S. Penn Foster Pharmacy Technician Program will now be required to complete an externship through partners, including Walgreens, to be better prepared for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) and employment in the field. Through this new requirement, Penn Foster students receive in-person instruction in pharmacy technician training at their pharmacy placement.

This announcement is in line with National Pharmacy Technician Day, a day dedicated to celebrating pharmacy technician professionals in this fast-growing, in-demand field. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the pharmacy technician field is expected to grow 32 percent faster than average from 2012 to 2022, and offers many different job opportunities and work schedules that fit various lifestyles. It is ranked 36^th on the U.S. News and World Report's list of Best Healthcare Jobs and 83^rd on U.S. News and World Report's list of 100 Best Jobs.

"We are proud to partner with Walgreens and other national retail pharmacy brands in our mission to align education and hands-on training with the needs of employers," said Frank Britt, CEO of Penn Foster. "The improvements to our Pharmacy Technician Program are the latest in a series of changes Penn Foster has made to help our students become more competitive and successful in their chosen career fields."

In addition to a mandatory externship with its partners, Penn Foster has revised its U.S. Pharmacy Technician program to better prepare graduates for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE) and will now cover the cost of the exam for its graduates.  

For more information about Penn Foster's Pharmacy Technician Program, visit http://www.pennfoster.edu/programs-and-degrees/medical-and-health-careers/.

About Penn Foster
Founded in 1890, Penn Foster has been a leader in career-focused distance and hybrid learning for more than 100 years through its high school, career school and college. Through direct enrollment by students as well as partnerships with schools and businesses, more than 13 million people have taken Penn Foster-enabled courses to further their education debt-free and better position them for life success. Today, Penn Foster graduates 25,000 students yearly and enrolls more than 100,000 new students each year in programs designed to address the gap in middle skilled careers. Penn Foster combines affordable career-ready education with a flexible delivery model ranging from pure play online to onsite hybrid learning solutions—all of which are made possible by a cloud-based technology system that makes content available anytime and anywhere and connects students to their peers and instructors. For more information, visit www.pennfoster.edu

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