Pharmacists are medication experts who use their detailed knowledge of medicines to help patients get well. Duties include dispensing medications, assuring the safety and appropriateness of the prescribed therapy, monitoring patient health and progress, partnering with consumers and patients to provide education and advice on the use of medications. They also collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other health care team members to provide expertise on drug decisions and improve patient outcomes, providing knowledge about the composition of drugs and safeguard drug purity and strength.

Pharmacists are considered one of the most visible and one of the most accessible health care professionals in the world. Pharmacists are trusted to help you with some of your most personal concerns and are trusted to help you. Pharmacists are regarded as one of the most trusted professions in the world. Pharmacy has always been an exciting and rewarding career, but has recently become on the most pursued fields in the health care industry.

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Types of Pharmacy course Based on the duration of course there are mostly three type of pharmacy courses are available

1. Diploma in pharmacy
2. Degree in Pharmacy
3. Master in Pharmacy
4. Pharm D

Diploma in Pharmacy

Diploma in Pharmacy is a two year basic course which include the principal and general study about the pharmacy related subject and other relevant topic like chemistry and little mathematics, which are used in measurement process. After the completion of Diploma you have to register yourself to the state pharmacy council to become a registered pharmacist.

Bachelor of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Pharmacy is a 4 year course mostly conducted as semester wise, so we can say that it is a 8 semester exam, each semester is of 6 month duration approximately. Each semester is a set of 5 subjects (may differ in other state) and all are relevant to basic needs of pharmacy. The first semester contain remedial mathematics, general formula to calculate the dosage and other, mathematics is for those students who come from biology discipline and for those who belongs to math’s group have to study the basic biology. It is done because they may get familiar with the respective subject.  Other subjects are Inorganic, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacognosy (Botany) and Anatomy, Physiology and Health Education. The next semester are having different subject like computer application and medicinal chemistry and pharmacology, but few subject are repeated as advance.

Master in Pharmacy

After successfully completion of B. Pharma one can move to the PG degree that is post graduation.  Pharmacy has several post graduation discipline, to provide better future aspect and student can chose any of them as per their intrust.

Scope of pharmacy

Pharmacists work in a number of different settings to include retail, hospitals, clinics, home health care facilities, home infusion facilities, long-term care facilities, managed care facilities, Armed Services, mail service, internet companies, public health service, veterans administration, local, state, and federal government, association  management, community pharmacy, consultant pharmacy, pharmaceutical sales and marketing, drug research and development, managed care, universities and numerous other settings. The scope of Pharmacy not ends with the above statements, its more than we expect, the good and innovative thing with pharmacy is what that we can feel proud to be a pharmacist as we can serve the family, society, nation and even the world. As in Indian mythology and human behavior there is no such great work to serve the society. Once you do a little but most important thing you will start loving your profession, and there is nothing as loving your carrier. Once you have done your PG course you can do MBA in Hospital management or the industrial management if you are interested as it will bring you the solid job opportunity in industrial sector as a GM or AGM, that will give you extra bonus, and you can enjoy with your life style.

Patient counseling is another emerging and most healthy job for the pharmacist. As the pharmacist you have to do is what just communicate between the Dr. and patent, mostly it is seen that Dr. do mistake regarding the prescription writing, so your duty is to check the prescription of that particular patent, either that is ok or it has some interaction or Contraindication or any of adverse drug reaction possibility with that, if so than you may ask the Dr. for re write the prescription. As doing that you can perform two task simultaneously-

*  First you can save a patients life * Second you can earn money * Above all you can get satisfaction that you have done something good, even better.

Areas of Pharmacy Profession The spectrum of pharmacy profession in India is very wide. It covers opportunities in pharmaceutical industry manufacturing & retail, healthcare sector, pharmacy education, and regulatory bodies. While more than 98% of individuals with D Pharma degree are mainly engaged in dispensing medicine at retail or hospital pharmacies, those with B Pharma or higher degree have a variety of opportunities to choose from.

Most of the students confuse what to do after B. Pharma and even after Master degree in pharmacy they can’t decide where they want to go, which place will be suitable for them and how they will adjust themselves there. The question has single but very effective answer, and that is to listen to your mind, and analyze your capability, capacity, and the active strong point, weather you will be comfortable with the industrial job which will engaged you at night shift also, or you have dare enough to teach the student of college and university.

Don’t take any decision in hurry, and have an advice from your well known teachers or any other person who is belong to the pharmacy field. And another important thing which has to keep in mind is that take a job profile before joining any of the organization, so you can adjust yourself with atmosphere and act accordingly. Some of these areas are given below, just see them and analyze yourself to find out the right answer.