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Pharmacy as a Profession

Pharmacy as a Profession. Pharmacists do more than Count Pills???. Careers from Retail to Research (and everything in between). Pharmacists held approximately 243,000 jobs in 2006 Need for pharmacists is expected to grow much faster through the year 2016

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Pharmacy as a Profession

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  1. Pharmacy as a Profession

  2. Pharmacists do more than Count Pills???

  3. Careers from Retail to Research (and everything in between) • Pharmacists held approximately 243,000 jobs in 2006 • Need for pharmacists is expected to grow much faster through the year 2016 • Aging population ensures a growing demand http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos079.htm#outlook

  4. Pharmacists are Everywhere!!! • Hospital • Clinical • Home Care • Long-term Care • Consultant • Managed Care • Community • Drug Information • Academia • Pharmaceutical Science/Research • Industry • Mail order • Association Management

  5. Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy • Work directly with physicians, nurses, and patients • Manage medications after diagnosis • Critical Care (ICU) • Hematology/Oncology • Intravenous therapy • Drug and poison information http://www.michiganpharmacists.org/public/careers/ career_opps_pharmacy_printed.pdf

  6. Home Care/Long-Term Care Facilities • Create drug therapies with physicians • Prepare medications and infusions for use in the home • Educate patients and caregivers on medication regimens • Bubble-pack medications to ensure accurate delivery http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos079.htm#outlook

  7. Consultant Pharmacist • Monitoring medication use in extended care facilities to help reduce adverse effects due to complicated regimens • Assists in forming individualized care plans for patients • Recommends treatment options to physicians http://www.michiganpharmacists.org/public/careers/career_opps_pharmacy_printed.pdf

  8. Academic Pharmacy • Colleges and schools of pharmacy • Serve as teachers and researchers • Serve as a model for the best practices of pharmacists, now and in the future http://www.berlex.com/html/career/pharma/pdfs/CareersinPharmRtlToResearch.pdf

  9. Pharmaceutical Company • Help with medication research • Drug discovery, delivery, and analysis • Participates in sales and marketing of drug • Offers educational programs http://www.michiganpharmacists.org/public/careers/career_opps_pharmacy_printed.pdf1

  10. Industrial/Sales/Marketing • Overseeing drug production • Selling products to physicians and retailers • Marketing • Public Relations • Government regulators http://www.berlex.com/html/career/pharma/pdfs/CareersinPharmRtlToResearch.pdf

  11. Mail Order/ Direct-to-Consumer • Oversee filling of prescriptions • Serve as a liaison for patients http://www.berlex.com/html/career/pharma/pdfs/CareersinPharmRtlToResearch.pdf

  12. Drug Information Centers • Provide Hotlines for patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers • Research and dispense information for professional and personal use http://www.berlex.com/html/career/pharma/pdfs/CareersinPharmRtlToResearch.pdf

  13. Association Management • Many national and local organizations have pharmacist needs • Work on regulatory issues • Ex: National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation is working to advance pharmacy nationwide pharmacy practice. http://www.berlex.com/html/career/pharma/pdfs/CareersinPharmRtlToResearch.pdf

  14. Community/Retail Pharmacy • Fill Prescriptions • Counsel Patients • Compound Medication • Provide Immunizations • Source of Medication Information • Prescription • OTC • Herbal/Natural Products http://www.berlex.com/html/career/pharma/pdfs/CareersinPharmRtlToResearch.pdf

  15. Independent Ownership • Ability to be own boss • Ability to tailor services to patient population’s needs • Stock prescription and OTC products specific to region or town http://www.berlex.com/html/career/pharma/pdfs/CareersinPharmRtlToResearch.pdf

  16. Other Fields • Federal, state, and professional positions • United States Public Health Service • Food and Drug Administration • Department of Defense-branches of the armed services • Veterans Affairs • Bureau of Prisons http://www.berlex.com/html/career/pharma/pdfs/CareersinPharmRtlToResearch.pdf

  17. Should You Be A Pharmacist? Do You Like? • Chemistry, Biology, and Math? • To help people? • To solve problems and Puzzles? Are You? • Dependable? Organized? • Detail-Oriented? • Able to communicate well with others? If you answered yes, you should consider pharmacy as a career! http://www.pharmacist.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Careers1&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=75&ContentID=6329

  18. “Pharmacy is a diverse profession and where there is a medication to be used or discussed or a disease to be prevented, your imagination is the limit of what you can do with your degree.” –Dr. Lindsey Questions?

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