What's pre-med?

Question

I want to be a pharmacist and I hear this term over and over, but don't know what it means. Are they pre-med classes I need to take in order to become a pharmacist? What courses will I need to take to become a pharmacist? Anyone here a pharmacist?

Answer 1

Pre-Med means being in college, on track to become a physician. Some coursework overlaps with the Pre-Pharmacy course track, but you should focus on the courses that you will need to complete to be a pharmacist.



Here is a link with everything you need to know about being pre-pharmacy in college, and what it will take to be a pharmacist:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=1887a24b23d25b8cfa6af3cd0eba688f&t=198059



Here are the courses you will probably need to take as a Pre-Pharmacy student while you are in your first four years of college:

English I and II
Chemistry I and II with Lab
Organic Chemistry I and II with Lab
Biology
Calculus I
Physics
Anatomy and Physiology I and II
Social Science
Statistics
History I and II
Fine Arts
World Literature I and II
Ethics
Genetics or Genomic Biology
Biochemistry
Microbiology with Lab
Immunology



Schools may consider the following factors during the application process:

*Academic rigor
*Extra curricular activities
*Enthusiasm
*GPA (overall, prerequisite, or both)
*Interview quality
*PCAT score
*Personal motivation for pursuing pharmacy
*Pharmacy experience
*Prerequisites complete or planned for completion
*Recent academic performance
*Recommendations
*Research opportunities
*Residency
*Special achievements
*Volunteer work


Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Pre-Med means that these are classes designed to help guide you into the medical field. Becoming a pharmacists - you are ALMOST going to become a physician because of all the classes that are so closely related. Just as in the educational field - even though I wanted to teach English - I had to take a lot of 'educational classes" which prepared me to TEACH the subject matter. Good luck to you....you need good people skills too! The world we live in is filling up with people who are hurting and need so much medical care. The pharmacists duties involve more than just 'filling prescriptions'. I wish you all the best.

Answer 3

Pre-med is the set of courses, largely in the hard sciences, which an undergraduate student who wants to go to medical school after graduation generally takes. These courses are designed to provide medical students with the preparation they will need to succeed in medical school, but medical schools do not require a particular major for admission, and admit people with a variety of backgrounds, provided they have taken certain courses considered essential. I'm not a pharmacist, but my guess would be that if you did a pre-med course of study in preparation for pharmacy school, the schools might assume that you really wanted to go to medical school, but didn't get in. That isn't to say that there isn't probably a good deal of overlap in terms of the courses you need.

Answer 4

I'm not a pharmacist -- but I do know that you can go into a pharmacy program directly without going through "pre-med" -- which is basically a program designed to give you the prequisite courses needed for med school.

Apply to schools that have pharmacy programs and the you can enrol in after H.S.

Answer 5

During your undergrad career, you'll need to take many of the same classes the Pre-Med students take. Pre-med refers to the students/curriculum of college study prior to working in the medical industry as a doctor/professional.

After undergrad, you'll want to go to a Pharmacy Graduate program.

Answer 6

pre-med curriculum is undergraduate coursework that is usually require by med-schools. it is not an actual declared major and there is no degree offered for pre-med studies. generally pre-med coursework includes disciplines in english, social science, mathematics, and a variety of natural science studies. some schools offer a pre-pharm curriculum and it is very similar to pre-med. overall, both of these areas of study will prepare you for pharmacy school or med-school admissions tests and will sharpen your investigative and analytical skills (both are required for being a successful doctor or pharmacist).

Answer 7

Pre-med classes teaches you the terminology of everything from the diseases, medication, tools, procedures...