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Celebrating National Pharmacist Day

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

Steps to a Career as a Pharmacist Complete a PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) program After completing a PharmD degree, you must pass two licensing examinations, the North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam® (NAPLEX®) and the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Exam® (MPJE®) on pharmacy law.

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Keep it Real: Optimizing Patient Encounters in Pharmacy Education

Pulses

4 One study compared HPS to case-based learning (CBL) in undergraduate pharmacy students learning about diabetic ketoacidosis and thyroid storm. 4 More than 60% of the students strongly agreed that HPS improved their understanding of the cases, and nearly 80% felt that HPS sessions should be incorporated into the pharmacy curriculum.

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Pharmacy FAQ’s – About Me

The Luxe Pharmacist

What type of pharmacy program did I complete? I completed a 6 year accelerated (undergraduate & graduate combined) Doctor of Pharmacy program right out of high school. The first two years were healthcare focused undergraduate classes followed by four years of graduate pharmacy classes.

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PharmDs – Crucial to Chronic Care Management Services: A Doctor’s Perspective

PharmD Live

Chronic care services managed by a doctor of pharmacy, PharmD, is a critical addition to a medical practice, but they are not widely engaged with these responsibilities. Diabetes 2, low quality of life, cardiac-related illnesses, osteoarthritis, and more are caused or exacerbated by obesity. PharmDs Earn MVP Status .

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Top 9 Takeaways From 2232 People With Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

I enrolled in a four-year PharmD program (Doctor of Pharmacy) and became a pharmacist with the goal that one day, I would be able to discover new treatments for people who were suffering. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. In elementary school, I was introduced to the scientific method and thought: “This is it! 2019;127(7):417-422.

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Is Blasto Behind Your Hashimoto’s, Hives and IBS?

The Thyroid Pharmacist

I focused all of my limited energy on my studies, and was eventually able to improve my GPA to be accepted into a competitive Doctor of Pharmacy program. Efficacy of berberine in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. After much rest, I got somewhat better at the end of the summer, and went back to college. Exp Parasitol.