What do you call medication experts who enhance patient care and promote wellness?
Pharmacists
What are the duties and activities performed by a pharmacist?
- patient care
- medication expertise and population health
- pharmacy management
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community pharmacy
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hospital pharmacy
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- pharmacists under this institution can predict drug interactions and so prevent many adverse reactions to medication
- ensures the optimal use of medications for the best outcomes through the provision of drug information and monitoring for drug safet and efficacy
clinical pharmacy
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industrial pharmacy
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compounding pharmacy
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consulting pharmacy
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ambulatory pharmacy
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regulatory pharmacy
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home care pharmacy
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managed care pharmacy
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research pharmacy
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(acquired) specialization in pharmacy
Enumerate.
What are the specializations in pharmacy?
What course is taken by aspiring pharmacists in college?
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
BSPharma
What does the program BSPharma focus on?
Identification, discovery, isolation, synthesis, and formulation of biologically active compounds for clinical use.
What are the program outcomes of BSPharma?
- define terminologies related to pharmacokinetics
- present raw data and derive pharmacokinetic models and parameters that explain the pharmacokinetic behavior of drugs in the body
- understand how the changes in the physiologic state and disease states affect one’s drug behavior
- apply biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics knowledge in the design of rational drug therapy and monitoring
True or false: Only some colleges of pharmacy offer courses in pharmacy practice.
False
All colleges of pharmacy offer courses in pharmacy practice.
When do BSPharma students do their OJTs?
During the fourth year of the program.
What examination is taken by student pharmacists to become officially licensed?
Pharmacist Licensure Examination
What makes pharmcists unique in the healthcare team?
Pharmacists are experts on medicine formulation and use and can apply this to patient care.
All new prescription-only medicines must be issued with a marketing authorization from the BFAD before they can:
Be advertised to prescribers
It is the actual mixing of ingredients to form powders, tablets, capsules, ointments, and solutions.
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