Pharmacy Courses
Pharmacy courses can help you learn medication management, pharmaceutical calculations, drug interactions, and patient counseling techniques. You can build skills in clinical assessment, effective communication with healthcare teams, and understanding regulatory standards. Many courses introduce tools like electronic health records (EHR) systems and software for drug information retrieval, that support ensuring accurate medication dispensing and enhancing patient care.
Popular Pharmacy Courses and Certifications
MedCerts
Skills you'll gain: Medical Terminology, Healthcare Ethics, Medication Dispensation, Pharmacist Assistance, Medical Prescription, Pharmacology, Conflict Management, Pharmacy Operations, Patient Communication, Anatomy, Pathology, Pharmacy Information System, Cultural Responsiveness, Intercultural Competence, Patient Safety, Patient-centered Care, Pharmacy, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Records, Physiology
Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Drug Development, Pharmacology, Pharmaceuticals, Patient Safety, Clinical Research, Medical Prescription, Pharmacotherapy, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology, Regulatory Compliance, Health Policy, Continuous Monitoring, Public Health, Event Monitoring, Risk Analysis, Scientific Methods, Advanced Analytics
Skills you'll gain: Precision Medicine, Responsible AI, Drug Development, AI Product Strategy, Clinical Trials, Tensorflow, Pharmaceuticals, Clinical Research, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), AI Enablement, Healthcare Ethics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, AI Personalization, Generative AI Agents, Regulatory Affairs, Hospital Medicine, Drug Interaction, Agentic systems
Skills you'll gain: Medication Dispensation, Pharmacist Assistance, Medical Prescription, Pharmacy Operations, Pharmacology, Patient Safety, Pharmacy Information System, Pharmacy, Medication Administration, Pharmaceutical Terminology, Pharmaceuticals, Pediatrics, Intravenous Therapy, Systems Of Measurement, Health Care Procedure and Regulation
University of Glasgow
Skills you'll gain: Pharmaceuticals, Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Clinical Research Ethics, Clinical Research, Healthcare Ethics, Regulatory Requirements, Pharmacology, Regulatory Affairs, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Medical Science and Research, Emerging Technologies, Good Manufacturing Practices, Pre-Clinical Development, Regulatory Compliance, Precision Medicine, Biotechnology, Compliance Management
University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Drug Development, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceuticals, Clinical Research, Commercialization, Pre-Clinical Development, Pharmaceutical Sales, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmaceutical Terminology, Managed Care, Intellectual Property, Sales Strategy, Product Planning, Biotechnology, Portfolio Management, Bioinformatics, Strategic Partnership, Marketing
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MedCerts
Skills you'll gain: Pharmacology, Pharmacist Assistance, Pharmacy Information System, Pharmacy Operations, Medical Prescription, Pharmacy, Pharmaceuticals, Medication Dispensation, Drug Development, Medication Administration, Pharmaceutical Terminology, Medical Terminology
Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Pharmacology, Infection Control, Pharmacotherapy, Medical Prescription, Medication Therapy Management, Utilization Management, Hospital Medicine, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Practices, Patient Evaluation, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Diagnostic Tests, Long Term Care
MedCerts
Skills you'll gain: Sterilization, Medication Therapy Management, Asepsis, Drug Interaction, Medication Administration, Pharmacology, Patient-centered Care, Pharmacy Operations, Pharmacy, Intravenous Therapy, Sterile Procedure, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy, Contraindication, Patient Treatment, Hand Hygiene, Treatment Planning, Personal protective equipment
MedCerts
Skills you'll gain: Sterilization, Medication Therapy Management, Medical Privacy, Pharmacology, Asepsis, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Operations, Drug Interaction, Medication Administration, Pharmaceuticals, Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, Patient Communication, Patient Education And Counseling, Intravenous Therapy, Healthcare Ethics, Medication Dispensation, Sterile Procedure, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Clinical Pharmacy, Patient-centered Care
Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Medication Therapy Management, Drug Development, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacology, Medical Prescription, Patient Education And Counseling, Clinical Pharmacy, Clinical Research, Patient Education and Support, Pre-Clinical Development, Patient Safety, Statistical Analysis, Value-Based Care, Epidemiology, Utilization Management, Program Evaluation, Public Health, Data Analysis
Skills you'll gain: Pre-Clinical Development, Drug Interaction, Clinical Trials, Pharmacology, Drug Development, Pharmaceuticals, Patient Safety, Clinical Research, Competitive Intelligence, Pharmacotherapy, Biochemical Assays, Pharmaceutical Terminology, Laboratory Research, Laboratory Testing, Medication Administration, Biochemistry, Medical Science and Research, Safety Assurance, Biotechnology, Chemistry
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular pharmacy courses
- Pharmacy Technician Fundamentals:Â MedCerts
- Pillar #4: Drug Safety - Pharmacovigilance:Â Johns Hopkins University
- AI in Healthcare & Drug Discovery:Â AI CERTs
- Pharmacy Dosages and Prescriptions Essentials:Â MedCerts
- Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Industry:Â University of Glasgow
- Drug Development Product Management:Â University of California San Diego
- Pharmacy Technician Essentials:Â MedCerts
- Antibiotic Stewardship :Â Stanford University
- Pharmacy Medication and Safety:Â MedCerts
- Pharmacy Technician Intermediate:Â MedCerts
