Introduction
In this section first, we will know
What is the pharmacy?
Who are pharmacists?
What is Pharmacist Course
What is Pharmacy?
It is a clinical health science combining medical science and chemistry. In other words, it is the science of preparing and dispensing medical drugs.
Who are Pharmacists?
Pharmacists have licensed health care professionals who have sound knowledge of all kinds of medicine, their usage, and their side effects.
What is a Pharmacist Course?
Below are some of the Pharmacy courses in India
What does a Pharmacist do?
Pharmacists work in a pharmacy and are qualified to recommend over-the-counter solutions for minor sickness. They give prescribed medicines either in hospital pharmacies or community pharmacies. They also work in the Pharmaceutical industry in pharmaceutical production or sales. Other areas where a pharmacist can work:
Primary care organizations
Universities in teaching and research
Pharmacy organizations
Military
Prisons
Veterinary pharmacy
Research pharmacists develop and test new and old drugs for a variety of applications. Regulatory pharmacists develop drug standards and laws on production and distribution.
Some work for health insurance companies, developing pharmacy benefit packages.
Responsibility of Pharmacists:
To check the quality of medicines before supplying them to patients
To suggest products like home healthcare supplies and medical equipment
To ensure that the supply of medicines is within the law
Some pharmacists check patients’ blood pressure, or
Some provide patients with their flu vaccination
Provide information on health topics like exercise, diet, etc.
They keep confidential records of patient’s drug therapies to avoid harmful drug interactions
To advise patients about medicines ( how to use or take them)
The correct dose of a drug
positive or negative side-effects
and answering patients' questions
Who can become Pharmacists?
Pharmacists have to deal with different people on a daily basis, so they should have excellent interpersonal skills. They should be able to work rapidly and accurately under pressure to ensure the medicine prescribed to patients is suitable.
Individuals who want to pursue this field of study should have-
scientific aptitude
analytical skills
good interpersonal skills
mathematical skills
communication skills
management skills
ability to multitask
Below are some of the skills of Pharmacists:
they should be able to balance research & teaching responsibilities with patient care
able to work long hours, often standing up
able to endure high-level stress
knows to meet technical demands
they should have a team approach and a positive attitude
they should have experience in clinical toxicology, poison, and drug information services
should have documentation skills
should be flexible with hours and on-call
compassion in educating patients and their families
Knows to give clear explanations to elderly patients
Should have in-depth knowledge of antimicrobial pharmacology
Scope of Pharmacists in India and Abroad
Today the scope of a Pharmacist Career is not limited to compounding and dispensing medications. It has extended to modern healthcare services like:
clinical services
medications safety
efficacy
Informing and counseling patients about medicines.
The demand for pharmacy graduates is high in sectors like
Healthcare
Research
Manufacturing
Medical marketing
Pharmacovigilance, etc.
Pharmacy aspirants can take up roles as:
Besides the above-mentioned job roles, pharmacists in India can take up roles like drugs inspector, drugs controller, hospital pharmacist, etc.
Future pharmacists have to be equipped with computational, and management skills in addition to the core technical knowledge. In any place in the world job opportunities, working conditions, and financial benefits are excellent.
Both in India and abroad pharmacists have an important role and occupy strategic positions. In the fast-developing world, research and Development (R&D) in the pharmaceutical industry is progressing and advancing at a very high speed. This calls for pharmacy graduates with an attractive financial package.
Pay Experience level for Pharmacists
Qualification required to become Pharmacist
Eligibility Criteria:
For B.Pharma candidates should complete higher education from a recognized board
They must have studied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or Biology and English subjects.
They must complete 17 years of age on December 31st of the year of admission.
Candidates should have completed a B. Pharm degree with minimum qualifying marks as required from a PG pharmacy college.
For a doctorate in Pharmacy, candidates must have completed higher education from any state/national education board.
They must have studied Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects with Mathematics or Biology as additional subjects.
Candidates who have a diploma in pharmacy are also eligible for a doctorate program.
For Diploma in Pharmacy, candidates should have completed higher secondary education with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics.
The selection process includes eligibility, score and rank in the entrance test to get into any Pharmacist College.
Pharmacy Entrance Test
To take admission in any pharmacy courses students need to qualify for entrance exams conducted by respective colleges/universities.
Some of the popular entrance tests of Pharmacy courses are:
UPSEE
GUJARAT
Goenka Aptitude Test for Admission
BITS Higher Degree Admission Test
Karnataka Common Entrance Test
Manipal University Online Entrance Test
BITSAT
Dayananda Sagar University Admission Test
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