| Do you want to join the medical field but you do not | | | | scores and some pharmacy schools require you to |
| want to spend years in training school or be a nurse? | | | | attend an interview with them before starting the |
| If so, becoming a pharmacy technician will let you join | | | | course. |
| the medical field without years of school. (Although it | | | | - A majority of pharmacy schools require you to do a |
| takes time to become a pharmacist, is does not take | | | | minimum of two year of pre-pharmacy college in order |
| as long as becoming a doctor does.) As a pharmacist | | | | to enroll in a PharmD program. |
| you will use your knowledge of medications to fill | | | | - When you become a pharmacy technician you have |
| prescriptions and advice patients on how their | | | | two degree options to choose from, they are a |
| medication need to be taken, what side effects they | | | | PharmD on Doctor Pharmacy or a Non-Traditional |
| may or may not suffer from their medication, and how | | | | PharmD. |
| different medications interact with each other. You will | | | | Now that you have taken a quick view at the training |
| also have the opportunity to work closely with doctors, | | | | a pharmacy technician needs to go through, let's take |
| and preparing drug therapist in areas such as oncology | | | | a look at some other important things you need to |
| and intravenous nutrition support. Now that you know | | | | become a pharmacist. In general, most pharmacist |
| what some of your duties will be as a pharmacist, let's | | | | work an average of forty hours per week and they |
| take a look at how you become a pharmacy | | | | often work evening and weekends. They earn a |
| technician. | | | | salary of $106,764; however most pharmacists earn |
| Pharmacy Technician Training/Education | | | | more than $112,000 per year. You must also keep in |
| In order to become a pharmacist you need to | | | | mind that it is illegal in all fifty states to practice |
| graduate with a PharmD Degree (Doctor of Pharmacy | | | | pharmacy without a license; hence, you must attend a |
| Degree) after attending a pharmacist school approved | | | | PharmD program and pass NAPLEX (North America |
| by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education. | | | | Pharmacist Licensure Examination). |
| You will also be required to complete an internship | | | | What to you think? Still want to be a pharmacist |
| under the guidance of a licensed pharmacist and to | | | | technician? Well, you should because although the |
| obtain your pharmaceutical license you will need to | | | | training may sound hard and long, once you start time |
| pass the state examination (NAPLEX). | | | | passes fairly quickly and you will enjoy your career as |
| - In order to apply to a pharmacy school you will need | | | | a pharmacists, not only because you will be joining a |
| to do the fallowing things, complete a pre-pharmacy | | | | very important profession in the medical field, but |
| course and take a PCAT test (Pharmacy College | | | | because you will also have the opportunity to work |
| Admission Test). Once you have taken the PCAT you | | | | with doctors and meet new people all at the same |
| need to gather additional papers/information such as | | | | time! |
| essays, letters of recommendation, transcripts, test | | | | |