Course that can help you kick-start your career: Pharmacist


Pharmacist (one who studies pharmacy) is a professional who dispenses prescription drugs in a hospital or retail pharmacy. Pharmacists understand the composition & effect of drugs and how they are tested for purity & strength, and eventual use for prevention & treatment of disease. Pharmacists work in four areas:

Hospital pharmacists
  • Procure, stock, prepare and dispense medicines ,drugs and other medical accessories.
  • Undertake responsibility for stock control, storage, placing orders, labeling and financial budgeting and account keeping for the dispensary.
  • Meet patients, doctors and nurses to discuss the supply of medicines and the appropriate form of drugs for administration.
Retail pharmacists
  •  Prepare and dispense drugs on prescription to the general consumer.
  • Monitors the drug sale on the basis of prescriptions and dosages, and gives over the counter advice on how to use prescribed drugs.
  • Run chemist's shops.
  • Inform and educate the medical practitioners of the potential uses of the drug or health product and its administration along with side effects or precautions for its users.
  • Make regular visits to medical practitioners, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, health centers.
Industrial pharmacists
  •  Carry out clinical trials, where drugs are tested for safety and effectiveness.
  • Work in research and development to develop new formulations.
  • In the production job entails management and supervision of the production process, packaging, storage and delivery.
  • Work in marketing, sales and quality control.
Research pharmacists
  • Carry out research activities in pharmaceutical firms, research organizations and laboratories.

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