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Pharmacists

  • Health Science

Tasks

What tasks do Pharmacists perform?

  • Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability.

  • Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.

  • Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage.

  • Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive usage or harmful interactions.


Knowledge

What do Pharmacists need to know?

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • Mathematics

    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.


Skills

What skills do Pharmacists need?

  • Reading Comprehension

    Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

  • Active Listening

    Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

  • Speaking

    Talking to others to convey information effectively.



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