Introduction to health-system pharmacy

Who are Health-System Pharmacists?Pharmacists are healthcare professionals with extensive

education and training in the pharmaceutical sciences.

Education and TrainingB.S. or Pharm.D.Post-Graduate (Residency, Fellowship)

LicensureNAPLEX + MPJE (Multistate Juriprudence Examination )

Registered Pharmacist (R.Ph)

Regarded as Medication Experts

Where do Health-System Pharmacists practice?

Hospitals Ambulatory Care Clinics Home Care Long-term Care FacilitiesHealth Maintenance OrganizationsUniversities and Academic Health CentersGovernment and Uniformed ServicesOther components of the health-system

What do Health-System Pharmacists do?

Recommend safe and effective therapyAssist in the management and prevention of

medication errorsAdvise physicians and other health care

practitionersCounsel patients and caregivers on proper

medication useSupervise medication storage, dispensing and

distributionMaintain medication supplies

Why Health-System Pharmacy?Health-system pharmacy allows for:

Collaborative approach to medication management

Hands-on ( Practically ) decision makingDirect patient care

Provides pharmacists with opportunities to meet the challenges of today’s health care

environment while advancing the pharmacy profession

Health-System Pharmacy Specialty Practice Opportunities

Ambulatory CareCardiologyCritical CareDrug InformationEmergency MedicineGeriatricsPharmacy AdministrationInfectious DiseaseInformaticsInternal Medicine

Medication Use SafetyNephrologyNuclear PharmacyNutrition SupportOncologyPalliative CarePain ManagementPediatricsPsychiatric Pharmacy

How do I become a Health-System Pharmacist?

Pharmacy EducationPre-pharmacy education

2 + years Basic science courses and humanities

Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT)Doctor of Pharmacy Programs

3 or 4 year graduate-level professional programs 5 or 6 year combined undergraduate/graduate

programs

For more information, visit the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy at www.aacp.org

Once enrolled in a pharmacy school, Some classes in the core curriculum include: Pharmaceutical chemistry Pharmacokinetics Pharmaceutics Genetics and immunolgy Pharmacology Therapeutics Pathology Pharmacognosy

Opportunities to gain hands on experience through experiential training in different areas, including the health-system setting, are incorporated throughout each year of pharmacy school.

You will also be licensed as a student intern in your respective state.

Post-Graduate Training OpportunitiesResidencies

PGY-1PGY-2

FellowshipsIndustryResearch

Masters Programs Business AdministrationHospital Administration Public Health

Doctoral ProgramsPh.D.

Job OutlookExpanding roles and evidence-based

medicineMultidisciplinary approach to patient care Unique practice opportunities

SpecializationAdvancement

Job fulfillment and satisfactionGreat earning potential

Health-system pharmacy encompasses many practice settings and specializations allowing for a collaborative approach to medication management with direct patient care.

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For more information about health-system pharmacy visit:

www.ashp.org