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PurestAmbrosia
pharmacy school is 6 yrs in the U.S. and you graduate with a pharmD.
which is to say a (Doctor of pharmacology) you don't need an undergraduate as you would in medicine.. but you do the same basic sciences as medical school (bio, chemistry, physiology, calculus etc etc) in medicine you'd finish an undergraduate in the field of your choice, most people opt for biology, some do English, it really doesn't matter so long as you do your basic science.. and then apply to graduate school, whereas pharmacy you go straight once you have been accepted there is no "transitional phase" so to speak!
I don't know what it is in other part of the world.. it used to be 5 yrs here but now they have implemented the pharmD program.. most old pharmacists went back to school to "up" their degree...
I believe it to be an excellent career choice...
fi aman illah and may G-D grant you success insha'Allah
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Pharm.D is actually a professional degree abbreviated from Doctor of Pharmacy (not Pharmacology). Pharmacology is a discipline within Pharmacy and it involves the study, research, and practice of how drugs work in the body. Pharm.D, however, involves clinical practice of pharmacy that embodies, drug use, patient counseling, and effective therapeutic regimen. Pharm.D's work closely with all health professionals in deciding patients' medication profile.
You may get a Bachelors of Pharmacology if you wish in many universities or you may specialize it in graduate school after attending College of Pharmacy or any other disciplines.
After MBBS or M.D you may opt to do Clinical Pharmacology where you will actively participate in the deciding on which therapeutic regimen is the best for a given patient based on real-time clinical data or observations, unlike Ph.D in Pharmacology, where you work will almost always be based on laboratory work; conducting prospective studies on a new entity or effects of drugs on animals.
Pharmacy is a great career choice. You're an integral part in the health sciences community and pharmacists with Pharm.D are gaining worldwide recognition for their expertise in drugs, their usage, interactions, and practical patient-based therapeutic modalities. With a Pharm.D you may also become professors at universities.
Thanks.