scope of pharmacy

1. Course Title: Physical
Pharmacy I
Lecture No:
By Ms. Eesha Tariq Bhatty
MPhil Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), Pharm D., R.Ph

2. Pharmacy Orientation
or
Scope of Pharmacy

3. What is Pharmacy?
• Pharmacy derived from a Greek word “PHARMAKON” means
medicine or drug.
• Pharmacy is a profession which is concerned with the art
and science of preparing suitable and convenient materials
from natural & synthetic sources for distribution & use in the
treatment & prevention of disease. Also for diagnosis &
palliation.

4. Scope of pharmacy
• Pharmacists expected to grow in opportunities, due to the increased
pharmaceutical needs of a larger and older population.
• Other factors likely to increased demand for pharmacists include the
likelihood of scientific advances that will provide more drug products
for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, new
development in administering medications; and increasingly well-
informed consumers who sophisticated about health care and eager
for more detailed information about medicine and their effects.

5. Scope of pharmacy
• Community pharmacy
• Hospital Pharmacy
• Clinical Pharmacy
• Industrial Pharmacy
• Nuclear Pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical education
• Pharmaceutical journalism
• Organizational management
• Government services
• Clinical trials and Information technology (IT)

6. Community Pharmacy
• Community Pharmacy is the practice of pharmacy in the community
setting. It required professional skills and in many cases management
abilities.
• In addition to dispensing pharmaceuticals, community pharmacists
answer questions about prescription and over the counter (OTC)
drugs and give advice on health care supplies and durable medical
equipments.

7. Hospital Pharmacy
• Hospital Pharmacy is the practice of pharmacy mainly in the hospital
setting, and in clinics or nursing homes.
• In these settings, pharmacists dispense medications, prepare sterile
preparations, advise other health care professionals and patients on
the use of drugs, monitor drug regimen and evaluate drug use.

8. Clinical pharmacy
• Clinical pharmacy is the practice of pharmacy at the bedside of the
patient.
• Pharmacists closely work with doctors and other health care
professionals.
• Clinical pharmacists reviews drug therapy, participate in ward rounds,
provide drug information, identify, resolve and prevent drug related
problems, provide patient counseling to optimize therapeutic
outcomes.

9. Nuclear pharmacy
• Nuclear pharmacy applies the principles and practice of pharmacy
and nuclear chemistry to produce radioactive drugs and used for
diagnosis and therapy.

10. Industrial pharmacy
• Industrial pharmacy the largest number of pharmacists is involved in
marketing and administration.
• Majority of pharmaceutical industries employ pharmacist as their
professional service representatives (sales), who educate physicians
and pharmacists about the manufacturer’s products.
• Multinational companies employ higher degree pharmacy
professionals in research and development, production and quality
control as supervisor and trainee at the initial stage.

11. Government service
• Government service offers opportunities topharmacist in various
capacities.
• They serve as officer in the Army, Navy and Air Force and Coast
Guard.
• Also in Public Health Service (Food and Drug Administration), Bureau
of Prisons, and Health service, Institutes of Health, the Health Care
Financing Administration, the Health services, and Resources
Administration.

12. Pharmaceutical education
• Pharmaceutical education offers opportunities to pharmacists with
advanced degrees in any of the professional specialties. Masters,
doctorate, and postdoctoral degrees are available for pharmacists to
pursue advanced education in specialty to make teaching attractive.

13. Pharmaceutical Journalism
• Pharmaceutical Journalism: offers rewarding experience for a limited
number of pharmacists with writing and editing skills.

14. Organization management
• Organization management careers are available for those with
pharmacy education who wish to serve associations and on boards of
pharmacy.
• Pharmacist’s responsibility is to expand health and welfare agencies
in health care system of society.

15. Clinical trials and
information technology
• Clinical trials and information technology offers opportunities for
pharmacists work as Clinical research associate in the clinical trials and
development of software in IT companies.