Few lines about Pharm D Course
Pharmacy is the branch of science that deals with the research, development and distribution of medicines and drugs. The pharmacy field prepares the individuals under the supervision of pharmacists to prepare medications, provide medications and related assistance to patients and manage pharmacy clinical and business operations.
The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) is a 6-years doctorate level course in pharmacy. The students who have completed their PUC or 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as core subjects can join this course. Even the students who have completed their Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharma) are also eligible to apply for Pharm D course. The course aims to prepare the students to manage the patient medication therapy and improve patient outcomes. The course is designed to train the students about various topics like clinical pharmacy, pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical care. The students of Pharm D will gain skills and extensive knowledge in diagnosis and treatment of diseases, selection and therapeutic usage of drugs monitoring of patients, etc.
The Pharm D students are easily hired by many pharmaceutical companies at good positions. The present article tries to explore the top 5 jobs that are available for the skilled Pharm D professionals.
1. Pharmacologist
As a pharmacologist one is responsible to understand how medicines and other drugs work and how it is processed by the body. A Pharmacologist is responsible to develop the medicines according to the formulations and should always be aware of the effects caused by them (if any).
Role of a pharmacologist
As a pharmacologist one is required to investigate how the drugs interact with biological systems. He/she is responsible to carry out in-vitro research or in vivo research to predict the effects of certain drugs on humans
Duties of Pharmacologist
As a pharmacologist one is responsible to:
- Design, plan and conduct controlled experiments and clinical trials to improve understanding of drug’s activity
- Use computers, high technology measuring systems and other sophisticated equipment to collect, analyse and interpret data
- Apply and develop the results of research to work through a variety of pharmaceutical applications
- Prepare clinical plans and proposals for future drug developmental tests
