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After serious deliberation regarding a career in pharmacy services, I am confident that my personal aspirations and allied interests are in line with what the health care industry expects from a Pharmacist. While it is pre-requisite to gain sound clinical skills, my aim is to take up postgraduate studies, attend courses and seminars to continually update my knowledge; and become skilled at evaluating published evidence and health economic data. To facilitate my studies I plan to gain a broad understanding of primary care systems, hospital interface issues, the pharmaceutical industry and a perspective on global public health; and learn more about marketing and information technology. Although I am comfortable working as part of a team, I am also able to work independently. I believe that the Pharmacist should gain a practical knowledge of entrepreneurship should the opportunity arise to consider a management position within the industry or set up an independent pharmacy.
Pharmacists should be responsible and accurate in their work, have good communication, computing and mathematical skills as well as the ability to keep information confidential. Related skills include administrative responsibilities such as simple record keeping and business management - including finance and budgeting; personnel administration, systems development and planning. The pharmaceutical industry today uses technology to speed up dispensing of rising prescription volumes, allowing Pharmacists to focus more on patient care and disease management.
A sincerely care about the well-being of people and believe that as a health professional I would be able to provide nurturing care to patients yet maintain a degree of emotional detachment. Although it is an advantage living in a time with impressive technological advances in medicine such as machines, medications and surgery, I believe that it is the relationships between patients and caregivers that remain one of the most powerful therapeutic tools in health care. The diversity offered by a career in pharmaceuticals assures me that I've made the right career choice. I believe that the health care industry will afford me a rewarding future and the prospect of continually expanding my abilities, education and imagination.
Pharmacy Information Security Information Security in Pharmacies Information security is vital in many firms especially pharmacies and other sensitive fields. Security officers are, therefore, necessary to ensure both physical and logical safety. The Information Security Officer/Manager (ISO) will have different duties such as managing the information security functions in according to the firm's established guidelines and provisions/policies, providing reports to the firm's management at reasonable intervals, establishing and ensuring implementation of information
By monitoring patients in that process, the pharmacist has the opportunity to identify mistakes and other difficulties that could result in errors in drug administration. In a more general sense, pharmacists represent a valuable source of medical information for patients that could help prevent or identify problems before they manifest themselves in presentations that, in the most serious cases, result in unnecessary emergencies and hospitalizations. Technology and Communications: The evolution
Pharmacy Hospital/Clinic Pharmacies and Operations Management The ongoing healthcare debate in this country is not just about the ethicality of medicinal practice, profits, and limitations on access to care, but is also fundamentally and directly about cost. As medical facilities are expected to provide more and more services by upgrading technologies, maintaining current knowledge bases, and often increasing staff, they are also being accused (in part) of contributing to the rising costs
Pharmacy Experiences When describing their various maladies, the clients at my local pharmacy ranged from being completely open and frank to being noticeably ashamed. One woman, for instance, spoke of her skin disorder loudly, so that practically everyone in the room could hear, while another woman's voice was a barely audible whisper so she could hide her obvious embarrassment. When the pharmacist had to lean over the counter to hear her
Pharmacy application was only nine years old when my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. We were still living in Iran at the time, where my mother worked fulltime as a nurse. My grandmother had practically raised me herself. With the diagnosis, it was now my turn to take care of grandmother. A became very involved with grandmother's medication, learning about the different drugs she had to take and reminding her
This ability to learn from adversity will stand me well in the graduate study of pharmacy. My work in the restaurant taught me how serving others can fulfill my sense of self as well as learning about the research aspects of science. Service remains an important aspect of the pharmacy profession. Serving the public, I have learned over this past year, is equally as crucial to my sense of esteem