Pharmacist

Pharmacist

Duties and Responsibilities:Pharmacists prepare medications by reviewing and interpreting physician orders; detecting therapeutic incompatibilities. They dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals. Lastly they control medications by monitoring drug therapies; advising interventions.

Salary: $74,980-$130,225

Education: Individuals who want to become pharmacists will need a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree. To be accepted into a Pharm.D. program, students must first complete a pre-professional track that is typically two years in length and includes scientific courses in biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy and physiology.

Demand For This Profession: The demand for trained pharmacy professionals has increased in past years due to rapid growth of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, especially for the growing elderly population. The number of pharmacists in healthcare services is also growing, as pharmacists become more actively involved in drug therapy decision-making for patients of all ages.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I would not like to be one because even though it is a great paying career I have another career in mind.