HOW PHARM D is Unique?

HOW PHARM D is Unique?

🧪 Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) – A Complete Guide

Pharm.D is a 6-year doctoral programme which includes 5 years of study and 1 year internship. The course mainly guides the students to help the patient with drug information, and make them understand the importance of therapy given, and also to help the Physicians in choosing the right drug for the patient, avoiding any irrational drug use.

💡 How Pharm.D is Unique?

Earlier, pharmacists were individuals whose responsibilities got over right after dispensing the prescription drug and inpatient drugs. Now, the Pharm.D graduates & interns will be interacting and counselling the patients in the hospitals. This way, the patient, in addition to physician and nursing care, also gets pharmaceutical care.

✅ Reasons That Will Make You Choose Pharm.D

  • You will get thorough knowledge about drugs i.e.

    • What drugs are to be administered?

    • When they are to be administered?

    • Why should they be administered?

    • How should they be administered?

  • Inspect for errors in the prescription

  • You will get to know about the diseases and their pathophysiology so that you can have a thorough knowledge about both the diseases and drugs

  • You will get a lot of opportunities in conducting clinical trials and research

  • You can become a clinical pharmacist

  • You can master in drug information and provide drug poison information to other healthcare professionals including the physician

  • You can provide patient care by counselling them at the bedside and participating in ward rounds alongside physician and other healthcare professionals

  • If you don’t want to take up a job in a hospital or clinical trial site, you can opt for medical writing, which again has two branches:

    • Scientific writing

    • Regulatory writing

  • Again, if you don’t want to choose jobs mentioned above, then Pharmacovigilance can be your choice, which involves ADR reporting and assessment.

🎓 One More Reason to Choose Pharm.D

Lastly, the reason for many people to choose Pharm.D is the prefix “Dr” — to be called as a DOCTOR.

📌 Eligibility for Pharm.D in India

Doctor of pharmacy, or Pharm.D, is a six-year program for students pursuing a doctoral degree in pharmacy. Candidates will have five years of academic study and one year of internship during the program.

Students must complete 10th,  2th from a recognized institution and qualify for a Pharma D from a Pharm.D college recognized by PCI (Pharmacy Council of India) to be eligible for the course.

Admission to the Pharm.D program is based on a merit list or an entrance examination. BV CET, MET, GPAT, and other popular entry exams are examples.