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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
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- Also known as a retail pharmacy and is the most well-known type of pharmacy.
- Known as a chemist shop
community pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- A place where the management of medications occur in the hospital, medical clinic or nursing home.
hospital pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- 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
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- involves the pharmaceutical industry and includes the research, production, packaging, quality control, marketing, and sales of pharmaceutical goods
industrial pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- involves the production and preparation of medicines in new forms
compounding pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- a relatively new branch of pharmacy, born in 1990
- focuses on the theoretical view of medications rather than dispensing medicines
consulting pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- provides healthcare services to many patients in rural areas, particularly to geriartic groups
- a mobile service that can meet patients where they are
ambulatory pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- also known as goverment pharmacy
- responsible for creating rules and regulations for the safe use of medicine to promote positive health outcomes
regulatory pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- primarily involves the preparation and delivery of injectables to critically ill patients in the home environment
- sometimes referred to as infusion pharmacy (only injectables are dispensed)
home care pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- involves the planning and mangement of medication in health maintenance organizations, such as hospital, nursing homes, and extended healthcare centers
managed care pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- works on developing new drigs and profiling their actions, effectiveness, side-effects, and interactions
research pharmacy
Identify the type of pharmacy described below.
- specializes in certains areas of drug therapy with a master’s degree or other continued learning.
(acquired) specialization in pharmacy
Enumerate.
What are the specializations in pharmacy?
- oncology
- nuclear
- geriartic
- psyschopharmacotherapy
- personal
- nutritional support
- hospice
- pediatric
- pharmacy benefit
- poison control
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.