Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Career in pharmacy

“There is a myth that all those who nurse ambitions of becoming doctors but fail, end up in Pharmacy. Nothing can be further from truth. In fact, if there were not pharmacists there would not be drugs that doctors could prescribed. Pharmacy has everything to do with drugs : right form their origin, preparation, effects and side effects, dispensing and laws concerning medicines
STUDY
The Pharmacy Council of India is a statutory body constituted under the Pharmacy Act of 1948. According to the Union ministry for health and family welfare, the council is responsible for prescription, regulation and maintenance of minimum educational standards for the
training of pharmacists uniformly in the country. It prescribes the syllabus and norms, for the institutions, and the regulations for diploma course in pharmacy and undertakes the registration of pharmacists. Some of the Indian universities like the University of Pune, Nagpur, Vadodara, Chandigarh etc., have given a special status to the pharmacy education by setting up a separate
faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. In India Pharmacy Education is a two-tier system. After 12th Science of State Board or CBSE Board one can opt for any of the two courses, namely Diploma (D.Pharm.) and Degree (B.Pharm). Selection to B. Pharma is by merit in competitive exams which is conducted along with medical
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
A career in pharmacy, unfolds a vista full of opportunities leading to a golden future for a young career aspirant. The job opportunities, working conditions, job satisfaction and monetary benefits are excellent. Research and development have dramatically changed the role of pharmacy in patient treatment over the past fifty years. Today, the profession embraces the concept of pharmaceutical care: pharmacists are directly responsible for achieving definite outcomes which improve a patient’s quality of life. Pharmacists, in collaboration with
physicians and other health professionals, develop, implement, and monitor a therapeutic plan to ensure specific outcomes. Closely involved in the selection of pharmaceutical products, they assess therapeutic plans and counsel patients on appropriate uses of medication

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