Clinical pharmacy

Retail vs. Clinical Pharmacy Options abound in the field of pharmacy. Two popular paths in pharmacy are clinical (or hospital) pharmacy and retail (or community) pharmacy. Retail pharmacists work either at a pharmacy in a store or at an independently owned pharmacy, while clinical pharmacists work directly with physicians and patients in a hospital or other health care facility (“What Pharmacists Do”). Both clinical and retail pharmacy jobs have their specific benefits and drawbacks, but retail pharmacy

from their medications. Pharmacy is practiced in various settings which includes, but not limited to: community pharmacies, hospitals, long term care facilities, the pharmaceutical industry, mail service, managed care, and the government. In 2015, there were 282,000 pharmacists and over half of them worked in retail for an independently owned or part of a larger chain (Dorning, 2016). I too plan on working in either an independently owned pharmacy, a large chain pharmacy, or both. However, according

When initially applying to pharmacy school, I had the same mentality as of half the applicants. “I want to be a pharmacist because I have always been good at math and science” and “I think it is interesting how a medication can alter the body” were common justifications I used to support my decision for choosing this field. It was not until I started my clinical pharmacy coursework that I came to realize and appreciate just how much of a difference pharmacists can make in ensuring proper patient

Hussein Reda English 3010 Mr. Scott DeGregoris 31 January 2016 Project 1: Pharmacy Discourse Community • What is a discourse community? In today’s world, everyone takes part in different discourse communities such as involuntary or academic memberships (Johns, 501). A discourse community is a group of dedicated people who share the same ideas, goals, and forms of communication about the field they are interested in. A discourse community "has a broadly agreed set of common public goals” and “use

this is something that has been strongly recognised. Dr Carole Buckley, GP at The Old School Surgery, explains the benefits of onsite pharmaceutical expertise. What led you to initially enlist a pharmacist at The Old School Surgery? In 2001, Bristol clinical commissioning group (CCG) had a practice support pharmacist in every practice, it was through this Rachel Hall joined us as a support pharmacist. She was an instant success. By 2003

with a passion. The big career dream began when my older cousin sister became the first in the family to graduate from college with a college degree. Her getting a well-paying job and taking care of my aunt and uncle led me to work hard and achieve pharmacy just like her. HCC will help me pursue my goals by helping me get high grades and achieve a high GPA. By me getting an Associates in Science I would then transfer to a big university like University of Houston to continue for higher education.

medical field, I was just undecided what specifically I wanted to go in to. After taking this class, I have decided that I want to go into the pharmacy program. I am glad that I took this course because it introduced me to many career paths that I did not know about let alone think about as a possible career choice. I decided that I was very interested in pharmacy after learning more about it during the week three weekly response. I think this will be a great career path for me because I am very interested

elaboration where requested. My parents divorced when I was 11 and my mother left for Europe to be with her family. She definitely moved to USA when I was 16. I was really close to her while growing up so after she left I did not really have a female figure to look up too or to share my worries with. I grew up in the city and I was going to a private school; being the kid without a mother at home made me feel different but that was not something you could talk about in my dad’s house. He is a proud

Critical appraisal of the role of the clinical pharmacist in Cystic Fibrosis Wael Yahya A Khawagi Student ID: 14122011   Critical appraisal of the role of the clinical pharmacist in Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-shortening, genetic, multisystem disease. It mainly affects the respiratory and the gastrointestinal systems, but it also can involve the endocrine system, sweat glands, reproductive system, haematological system, bones and joints (Chisholm-Burns et al.

Pharmacists want to benefit their patients to the best of their ability, but sometimes individual pharmacists are put into a difficult position of whether or not to assist certain patients and their needs. This can affect the patients and pharmacists if not dealt with properly. In the United States there is a policy in effect that all pharmacists are required to fill all prescriptions no matter how it personally affects the pharmacist. Pharmacists, if they morally object they should not have to fill