How many years of college does it take to become a pharmacist?

Question

please give a job description of what a pharmacist does

Answer 1

The basic requirement for pharmacists to be considered for registration is an undergraduate or postgraduate Pharmacy degree from a recognised university. In most countries this involves a four-year course to attain a Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) degree.

Pharmacists are often the first point-of-contact for patients with health inquiries. This means that pharmacists have large roles in the primary healthcare of patients.

These roles may include, but are not limited to :

clinical medication management
specialized monitoring of simple and complex disease states
reviewing medication regimens
monitoring of treatment regimens
general health monitoring
compounding medicines
general health advice
providing specific education to patients about disease states and medications
oversight of dispensing medicines on prescription
provision of non-prescription medicines
counseling and advice on optimal use of medicines
advice and treatment of common ailments
referral to other health professionals if necessary
dosing drugs in renal and hepatic failure
pharmacokinetic evaluation
education of physicians on medications and their proper use
prescribing medications in collaboration with other healthcare professionals
providing pharmaceutical information

Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the art and science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medication. In this role, pharmacists ensure the safe and effective use of medications. Pharmacists also participate in disease state management, where they optimise and monitor drug therapy – often in collaboration with physicians and/or other health professionals. Pharmacists have many areas of expertise and are a critical source of medical knowledge in clinics, hospitals, and community pharmacies throughout the world.

Pharmacists are sometimes small-business owners, owning the pharmacy in which they practice. They are also very skilled and specialized individuals with specific knowledge that makes them a vital part of any healthcare team. They act as a learned intermediary between patients and healthcare providers to ensure that proper medical therapy is chosen and implemented in the best way possible.

Pharmacists are sometimes referred to as chemists (or dispensing chemists), which sometimes causes confusion with scientists in the field of chemistry. This term is a historical one, since pharmacists originally were required to complete an undergraduate degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (PhC) and were known as "Pharmaceutical Chemists".

Answer 2

Best case scenario for years of college is six. Most have 8 years.

Pharmacy school doesn't always require as BS or BA, but many get them before applying.

Once you are in Pharmacy school it is either 3 years (year-round) or 4 years (traditional)

"Cool" is up in the night. The smallest hospital Pharmacy I ever worked at had 6 pharmacists....not one. Some of the larger hospitals can have dozens of them working.

There is in fact a national shortage of Pharmacists. There is absolutely, no difficulty, whatsoever getting a job......ANYWHERE!

Answer 3

Jean gave a very good account of pharmacy, but forgot to tell you what the education is like.

In the USA, pharmacists attend their college of pharmacy for four years, and recieve a PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) degree. Before entering the College of Pharmacy, they usually take classes for two to four years in a regular college program. The prereqs for pharmacy include math, chemistry, organic chemistry, biology and a few other courses. usually organic chemistry is the weed-out course for the pre pharmacy and premeds. You need to be very good at chemistry to get a top grade in this course.

The pharmacy kids have to do a lot of interning outside their classes. At our local pharmacy college they do about 1500 hours of internships before they receive their degrees. That's almost a whole year of internship that they have to do in the vacations, weekends and summers.

There is a shortage of pharmacists right now, so the money they are paid has really shot up. They make up to $100,000 or more to start! Wo!!! THat's a lot. So the competition to get into the pharmacy schools has tremendously increased. At our local school they had 1000 applicants for 90 spots last year. And those applicants were mostly all pretty good students. The ones who got in were top students, the best on campus, higher SATS than the engineers or premeds. So it is very competitve.

Answer 4

it takes 4 to 5 years 2 become a pharmist.
pharmists usually deals wid the manufacturing and checking of medicines. mostly,there is atleast one pharmist in a hospital or they r employed in medicine's factories but it is difficult 2 find a job of a pharmist as i told u dat hospitals usually employes one pharmist,bst of luck