Pharm-CORP Pharmacy Career Opportunity Mahalia Harrell Tamara Dixon.

Pharmacy as a Profession

Pharm-CORPPharmacy Career Opportunity

Mahalia HarrellTamara Dixon

What do pharmacists do?

Pharmacists held over 250,000 jobs in the US

Need for pharmacists is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2018

Careers from Retail to Research (and everything in between)

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Aging population and increased Rx use Expansion of retail outlets & 24 hour stores Direct to consumer advertising Gene and Individualized therapies Expanding roles in traditional and non-

traditional settings Increased involvement of pharmacists in cost

containment Robotics and Automation

Factors Influencing Pharmacy

Pharmacists are Everywhere!!!

Hospital Clinical Home Care Long-term Care Consultant Managed Care Community Drug Information

Academia Pharmaceutical

Science/Research Industry Mail order Association

Management Drug Use Safety &

Policy MTM

Work directly with physicians, nurses, and

patients. Participate in patient rounds. Manage medications after diagnosis Counsel patients on discharge meds Critical Care (ICU) Hematology/Oncology Intravenous therapy Drug and poison information

Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy

(approx. 22% of pharmacists are employed in this area)

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Create drug therapies with physicians Prepare medications and infusions for use in

the home Educate patients and caregivers on

medication regimens Bubble-pack medications to ensure accurate delivery

Home Care/Long-Term Care Facilities

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Monitoring medication use in extended care

facilities to help reduce adverse effects due to complicated regimens

Assists in forming individualized care plans for patients

Recommends treatment options to physicians

Consultant Pharmacist

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Colleges and schools of pharmacy Serve as teachers and researchers Serve as a model for the best practices of

pharmacists, now and in the future

Academic Pharmacy

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Help with medication research Drug discovery, delivery, and analysis Participates in sales and marketing of drug Offers educational programs Average cost to develop a new drug?

Pharmaceutical Company

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Overseeing drug production Selling products to physicians and retailers Marketing Public Relations Government regulators

Industrial/Sales/Marketing


Oversee filling of prescriptions Serve as a liaison for patients

Mail Order/ Direct-to-Consumer


Provide Hotlines for patients, physicians, and

other healthcare providers Research and dispense information for

professional and personal use

Drug Information Centers


Many national and local organizations have

pharmacist needs Work on regulatory issues

Ex: National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation is working to advance pharmacy nationwide pharmacy practice.

Association Management


Community/Retail Pharmacy

Fill Prescriptions Counsel Patients Compound Medication Provide Immunizations Source of Medication

Information Prescription OTC Herbal/Natural

Products


Ability to be own boss Ability to tailor services to patient population’s

needs Stock prescription and OTC products specific

to region or town

Independent Ownership


Federal, state, and professional positions United States Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration Department of Defense-branches of the armed

services Veterans Affairs Bureau of Prisons

Other Fields


Do You Like? Chemistry, Biology, and Math? To help people? To solve problems and Puzzles?Are You? Dependable? Organized? Detail-Oriented? Able to communicate well with others?

If you answered yes, you should consider pharmacy as a career!

Should You Be A Pharmacist?

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What happens

2 years of pre-pharmacy work PCAT after freshman year

Apply via PharmCAS in Fall of sophomore year Complete Supplemental Applications for each

school Interview in late Fall/Spring of sophomore year Acceptance letters in Spring

Timeline

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General Chemistry I & II (with labs) General Biology I & II Organic Chemistry I & II (with labs) Cell BiologyHuman Anatomy (with lab) Microbiology (with lab)Medical Terminology Calculus IPhysics I (with lab) English Comp I & IIPublic Speaking US Constitution Course

AP courses that count towards UMKC pharmacy prerequisites are Calculus AB and BC, Chemistry, English Language & Composition, Physics B, US Government Politics, and US History

UMKC PreReq Courses

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Managed Care Community Pharmacy Critical Care Oncology Ambulatory Infectious Disease Pediatrics Nuclear Medicine

Residencies

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Community

Hospital

Other

Money

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Admissions

Career

Life

Advice

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Patient Case

“ I can’t walk as far as I used to, and this cough is really bothering me”

HPI: 67 yo male presents to clinic for a follow-up visit for his COPD. He states he had been doing okay until 3 days back when he couldn’t walk daily anymore and started getting short of breath at rest. He states he has been compliant with all his medications. He also reports that he has been coughing up a lot of “green stuff” too. He had pulmonary function tests about 6 months back, but he states he never found out the results.

Patient Case

PMH: COPD x 3 years GERD x 5 years SH: 45 pack-year history of smoking (patient quit 4 years ago to

help improve his symptoms of GERD) Lives with wife (children grown); retired coal miner

(-) EtOH Meds: Albuterol MDI 1-2 puffs q 4 hours PRN Salmeterol 1 inhalation BID Omeprazole 20 mg po dailyVaccination status: Last influenza vaccine (9/08); Last

pneumococcal vaccine at age 45 yo Allergies: NKDA

Patient Case

ROS: Pulmonary: (+) SOB with chronic cough; (+) fatigue; (+) dyspnea onexertion; (+) sputum productionCardiovascular: (-) palpitations; (-) chest painPE: Gen: Mild respiratory distress after walking to the end of the hall to

reach the exam room; hunched over to breathe with accessory muscle use

Pulmonary: Tachypnea with prolonged expiration; decreased breath sounds; no rales, rhonchi or crackles

Cardiovascular: regular rate and rhythm, no murmurs, rubs or gallops

Patient Case

VS: BP 125/64 P 93 RR 26 O2 sat 91% (room air) Weight 71kg

Height 5’11”

Labs: CO2- 35 mEq/L (normal= 22-26 mEq/L)

PFT: (six months ago):Prebronchodilator FEV1 1.6L (3.55L predicted)

Prebronchodilator FVC 3.2L Postbronchodilator FEV1 1.72L

(baseline- at diagnosis)Prebronchodilator FEV1 2.84L (3.55L predicted)

Prebronchodilator FVC 4.4LPostbronchodilator FEV1 2.9L

“Pharmacy is a diverse profession. Where there is a medication to be used or

discussed or a disease to be prevented, your imagination is the limit of what you can

do with your degree.” –Dr. Lindsey

Questions?

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Pharm-CORP Pharmacy Career Opportunity Mahalia Harrell Tamara Dixon.

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