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Pharmicist

Job responsibilities
Places of practice
Educational requirements
Educational programs
Professional organizations

Job responsibilities:

• Formulating and dispensing patients' medications
  
• Consulting with nurses, physicians and other health professionals
  
• Serving as an educational resource for patients
  
• Overseeing the operation of the pharmacy

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Places of practice:

• Community pharmacies
  
• Hospitals
  
• Long-term care facilities
  
• The pharmaceutical industry
  
• Mail service
  
• Managed care facilitie

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Educational requirements:

• Six-year doctor of pharmacy degree

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Educational programs:

• Northeastern University School of Pharmacy
• University of Rhode Island
  

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Professional organizations:

• American Pharmaceutical Association
  http://www.aphanet.org/
  
• American Society of Health System Pharmacists
  http://www.ashp.org/

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