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Job Description


	Dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use. May advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.

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Job Requirements


	Experience: Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

	Education: A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

	Training: Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

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	Pharmacists

Excellent job opportunities are expected. Earnings are relatively high, but some pharmacists are required to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Pharmacists are becoming more involved in counseling patients and planning drug therapy programs. Pharmacists must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy and pass a series of examinations to be licensed.
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Top Ten Industries

U.S. National Figures.

Pharmacists
Health and Personal Care Stores	119,770
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	59,640
Grocery Stores	22,210
Department Stores	16,370
Other General Merchandise Stores	14,820
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	7,340
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	3,830
Outpatient Care Centers	3,070
Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	2,860
Employment Services	2,660

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Related Majors & Degrees

Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
	Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS / BPharm [Canada])
	Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences (MS, PhD)
	Clinical and Industrial Drug Development (MS, PhD)
	Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
	Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy (MS, PhD)
	Natural Products Chemistry and Pharmacognosy (MS, PhD)
	Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD)
	Pharmacoeconomics / Pharmaceutical Economics (MS, PhD)
	Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)

Interesting Fact

Before becoming an actress and comedian, Whoopi Goldberg worked as a bricklayer, a bank teller, and even as a makeup artist at a funeral parlor.

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