Pharmacist

1. General characteristics of the profession

Specialist with higher pharmaceutical education, working in the field of production, storage and sale of drugs.

2. Official duties

In Soviet times, pharmacists worked in pharmacies and medical institutions (hospitals, clinics). Historically, a pharmacist was called a pharmacist. Among specialists of this kind there are pharmacists-technologists engaged in the manufacture of dosage forms, pharmacists-analysts engaged in quality control. In addition, the duties of pharmacists of the Central Pharmacy District may include the control of dispensing drugs, including narcotic drugs, checking the work of pharmacies, kiosks, clinics of the area. Currently, pharmacists are often called people who organize and coordinate the wholesale trade in pharmaceutical preparations; You can often hear such a phrase as manager-pharmacist. The pharmacist, in addition to some general medical knowledge, must be familiar with the issues of development, preparation, research (analysis), storage, dispensing of medicines, know the dosages of medicines, know the dosages of medicines and the range of medical substances - the components from which medicines are prepared (there are several hundred ). People who have a higher pharmaceutical education rarely go to work in pharmacies. Most often, they are arranged in organizations engaged in the wholesale of medical products. The range of positions they can count on is quite wide: a pharmacist of a medical (pharmacy) warehouse, a specialist in drug marketing, a licensing and certification specialist, and a sales manager.

3. Qualification requirements

Higher or secondary medical, pharmaceutical education. If education is received more than five years ago, a specialist must undergo advanced training courses.