Pharmacist

Duties and responsibilities:

  Pharmacists compound, or prepare, prescriptions written by physicians, dentists, and other practitioners.  They review these prescriptions to validate their accuracy and then prepare the medication.  Pharmacists answer patients' and customers' questions about the drugs they are taking and drugs which can be sold over the counter.  In some cases, pharmacists are responsible for taking inventory of the drugs on the shelves and ordering any which they are low on.

 Salary: $33,000 - $51,000          

 Education:

  Students should take the most challenging high school classes (including AP or IB) available in English, science, and math. Normally it takes at least five years to earn a Pharmacy Degree.  To earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, Phar.D., requires at least six.

Reflection:

 I think I would want to be a pharmacist because it has to do with medicine and I can help people get the correct medicine. I would like to be one and they also get paid well not so bad.