pharmacist
Maria Saldivar Pd.10
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Career Details
what pharmacist do:
- dispense prescription medication to patients
- offer advise for safer ways procedures
- answer questions patients questions
Working schedule:
- 12 hour shift
working location:
- Chicago, suburb areas
- California, suburb areas
salary/ wage:
- Chicago median salary: $122,665
- California median salary:$130,551
Education Needed
at least two years of college (courses);
- math
- chemistry
- biology
- physics
- humanities
- social studies
______________________________
- pharmacy college admission test
- Pathophysiology
- Toxicology
- Disease treatments
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Pharmacy ethics and law
- Drug absorption rates
- Patient care
- Medicinal chemistry
Skills Required
- memorization
- attention to detail
- strong math and science skills
- preparing drugs
- drug knowledge and assessment
- working with people
- working with people
- computer literacy
- teaching
- specialty training
Job Outlook Growth:
- increase by 25% from 2010-2020, faster than the average for all occupations
Advancement Opportunities:
- may elect to advance into a senior
- direct patient care
- management responsibilities
my resources:
- http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/p/pharmacist.htm
- http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Pharmacist-Salary-Details-Chicago-IL.aspx
- http://education-portal.com/articles/Pharmacist_Educational_Requirements_and_Career_Summary.html
- http://www.uabpharmacy.org/pharmacy/Career+Advancement+Opportunities