who are health-system pharmacists? pharmacists are healthcare professionals with extensive education...
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Introduction to health-system pharmacy
Who are Health-System Pharmacists?Pharmacists are healthcare professionals with extensive
education and training in the pharmaceutical sciences.
Education and TrainingB.S. or Pharm.D.Post-Graduate (Residency, Fellowship)
LicensureNAPLEX + MPJE (Multistate Juriprudence Examination )
Registered Pharmacist (R.Ph)
Regarded as Medication Experts
Where do Health-System Pharmacists practice?
Hospitals Ambulatory Care Clinics Home Care Long-term Care FacilitiesHealth Maintenance OrganizationsUniversities and Academic Health CentersGovernment and Uniformed ServicesOther components of the health-system
What do Health-System Pharmacists do?
Recommend safe and effective therapyAssist in the management and prevention of
medication errorsAdvise physicians and other health care
practitionersCounsel patients and caregivers on proper
medication useSupervise medication storage, dispensing and
distributionMaintain medication supplies
Why Health-System Pharmacy?Health-system pharmacy allows for:
Collaborative approach to medication management
Hands-on ( Practically ) decision makingDirect patient care
Provides pharmacists with opportunities to meet the challenges of today’s health care
environment while advancing the pharmacy profession
Health-System Pharmacy Specialty Practice Opportunities
Ambulatory CareCardiologyCritical CareDrug InformationEmergency MedicineGeriatricsPharmacy AdministrationInfectious DiseaseInformaticsInternal Medicine
Medication Use SafetyNephrologyNuclear PharmacyNutrition SupportOncologyPalliative CarePain ManagementPediatricsPsychiatric Pharmacy
How do I become a Health-System Pharmacist?
Pharmacy EducationPre-pharmacy education
2 + years Basic science courses and humanities
Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT)Doctor of Pharmacy Programs
3 or 4 year graduate-level professional programs 5 or 6 year combined undergraduate/graduate
programs
For more information, visit the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy at www.aacp.org
Once enrolled in a pharmacy school, Some classes in the core curriculum include: Pharmaceutical chemistry Pharmacokinetics Pharmaceutics Genetics and immunolgy Pharmacology Therapeutics Pathology Pharmacognosy
Opportunities to gain hands on experience through experiential training in different areas, including the health-system setting, are incorporated throughout each year of pharmacy school.
You will also be licensed as a student intern in your respective state.
Post-Graduate Training OpportunitiesResidencies
PGY-1PGY-2
FellowshipsIndustryResearch
Masters Programs Business AdministrationHospital Administration Public Health
Doctoral ProgramsPh.D.
Job OutlookExpanding roles and evidence-based
medicineMultidisciplinary approach to patient care Unique practice opportunities
SpecializationAdvancement
Job fulfillment and satisfactionGreat earning potential
Health-system pharmacy encompasses many practice settings and specializations allowing for a collaborative approach to medication management with direct patient care.
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For more information about health-system pharmacy visit:
www.ashp.org