Pre-Pharmacy

By Ciara Rauckhorst

My Websitehttp://www.personal.kent.e

du/~crauckho

Today’s Topics

Education and Career

• Education plan• Some kinds of

pharmacy• What I like

most• What to expect

Computers in Pharmacy

• Fast, accurate information

• Reduced paper• Internet

pharmacies• Drawbacks

Length of Education

• Long time (see right)

• About 6-7 yrs. is normal

• 2 or 3 yrs. Pre-pharmacy

• 4 yrs. Pharmacy school

Most Common Types of Pharmacy

• Community/retail and hospital are most common• Online pharmacy one of the fastest growing

sectors• Numerous other types, most require more

training

What I Like About My Future Career

•Help people•Generally nice work

environment•Local jobs•Love science

What Will Happen Now?

• The pharmacy profession is expected to grow very quickly

• So is the technology

And…

In The Future…

Computers may take over enough duties of pharmacists to decrease overall need!

Access Information

• Keep up with new and changing treatments

• Medical histories can be stored

• Programs can check for mistakes, drug interactions, insurance coverage, etc.

• PDA is portable

Reduce Paper

•Papers get lost or damaged

•Must be stored

•Inefficient

•A patient died because of this doctor’s handwriting

*I do not want to try to read this doctor’s handwriting

Internet Pharmacies

•Cheaper to run, cheaper to buy drugs, fewer pharmacists needed

•Increasing in popularity, most pharmacies are already online

•Convenience and privacy

Problems With Online Pharmacies

•Some illegally sell drugs without prescription

•Many overseas•May sell fake drugs that look the

same, but either have no effect or may be dangerous

•Most well-known pharmacies can be considered safe

Drawbacks

•Generally the technology is considered helpful

•May lead to a false sense of security; computers can make mistakes, too

•Chance of becoming overly dependent on computers

•Computers can make things less personal

•Potential for personal information to be exposed because of hacking or viruses

Computers Are Also Used For

• Research• Education

• Drug development

Having an understanding of computersis more important now than ever before

The more the role of computers in pharmacy changes

The more the role of pharmacists changes

And I predict a change for the better.

Thank You! To…

•Purdue•BBC• JAMIA•University of Texas•CVS•All of you for giving me perfect

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