Pharmacy Graduate – Jack of all trades, Master of none

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Submitted by abhi271183 on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 16:08.
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It is a set back for Pharmacy profession that pharmacy students study on an average more than 30 subjects in 4 year span but when its comes to the implication of any subject they stands nowhere .

 The main reason for this is that we get only shallow knowledge about various subjects but not in depth. As one studies Clinical Pharmacology & Disease management etc. but if we see the actual picture, pharmacist stands nowhere in patient counseling landscape just after graduation.

What is the need of studying so many subjects, if it can not serve any practical purpose? I think this problem can be solved if PCI starts providing specialization in various subjects just from the level of B. Pharmacy, like B.Pharm.(Pharmacology) ,B.Pharm. (Pharmaceutics), B.Pharm.(Medicinal Chemistry) etc. It can help a graduate to get good expertise in specific area and utilize later in their respective arena.

 It can also help Pharmacy graduates in getting good jobs and make their future bright.

We are being made to remain Jack

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Submitted by lucky_pharmacist on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 06:37.

I know it’s difficult to understand why we are being made Jack, but if you really look in to the deep you'll find the need. We need to have knowledge from many of these fields combined together for making our career in the profession. Graduation is not the finishing school where you will come out as a specialist. I know the lacunae of the system that keeps us blocked from being master in a field but let’s take it the other way and emerge as better pharma professionals.

I can understand !

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Submitted by sailajabyrisetty on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 15:36.

According to PCI president here..

http://www.pharmainfo.net/video/drbsuresh-commitment-and-passion-pharmac...

"Similarly, if you look at practice side, B-Pharmcy graduates does not have enough competencies to deal with physicians."

It is important that these pharmacy graduates also should undergo either post graduate qualification in practice or like developed countries, Pharm D program