ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM

PHARMACIST

are MEDICATION EXPERTS and play a critical role in helping people get the best results from their medications.

COMMUNITY PHARMACY

Is practiced by about 85% of pharmacy graduates who make a unique hybrid of businessmen and professionals.

COMMUNITY PHARMACY

a professional in his own right, a partner in the health team who handles drugs of great potency and value, manufactured by a highly sophisticated industry

COMMUNITY PHARMACY

The pharmacist: MAY establish her own drugstore or be employed in an existing drugstore or chain drugstore.

WHOLESALE PHARMACY

offers opportunities for a limited number of pharmacists.

WHOLESALE PHARMACY

serves as the MIDDLEMAN between the manufacturer and the retailer

WHOLESALE PHARMACY

all wholesale drug firms employ registered pharmacists in supervisory capacities.

HOSPITAL PHARMACY

is the practice of pharmacy in private and government-owned hospitals.

HOSPITAL PHARMACY

RESPONSIBLE for the

• procurement,

• preservation,

• storage,

• compounding,

• manufacturing,

• packaging,

• controlling,

• assaying,

• dispensing

• distribution of medications to hospitalized and ambulatory patients.

INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY

MARKETING AND ADMINISTRATION.

INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY

A great number of pharmacists are / or detailman is in contact with physicians and pharmacists regarding his company’s product.

INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY

Production where a pharmacist can work as staff or be given a supervisory position.

INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY

Quality control where a pharmacist can work as a drug analyst or be given a supervisory position.

INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY

Research and development where a pharmacist can work as a researcher

CLINICAL PHARMACY

is the practice of pharmacy in a HOSPITAL SETTING, which is PATIENT-ORIENTED

CLINICAL PHARMACY

responsible not only for safe and appropriate use of drugs on patients but also the

• rational selection

• monitoring

• dosing

• control of patient’s overall drug therapy program.

COMPANY PHARMACIST

The pharmacist works as a LIAISON of a company to FDA and in charge of the registration of company products.

PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION

offers excellent opportunities for pharmacists with ADVANCED DEGREES in any of the professional specialties.

PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION

Expanding enrolment in colleges to meet the manpower needs of the future offers excellent opportunities for careers

PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNALISM

offers rewarding experiences to a limited number of pharmacists with WRITING AND EDITING TALENT

PUBLIC HEALTH PHARMACY

IDENTIFIES appropriately the health and pharmaceutical needs of the population as well as the appropriate interventions to address them

PUBLIC HEALTH PHARMACY

Support activities aimed at protecting and improving the health and well-being of the population

PUBLIC HEALTH PHARMACY

Participates in policy and strategy development and implementation

PUBLIC HEALTH PHARMACY

Contributes to the evidence base on how medicine-related interventions, programs and policies improve and protect the health of the population through academic/pharmacy practice research

PUBLIC HEALTH PHARMACY

Ensures clinical governance and continuous quality improvement in service design and delivery

• Community Pharmacy 

• Hospital Pharmacy 

• Clinical Pharmacy

• Wholesale Pharmacy 

• Industrial Pharmacy

• Government Service Offices

• Pharmaceutical Education

• Pharmaceutical Journalism

• Company Pharmacist 

DIFFERENT AREAS OF PHARMACY PRACTICE 

• Department of Health 

• Food and Drug Administration○ Dangerous Drug Board 

• National Bureau of Investigation 

• Veterans and Army Hospital 

• Government-funded research institutions like NSDB, NRCP

• Central Bank 

• Government Hospital

GOVERNMENT SERVICE