hi i m foreign pharmacist and i want to be a licenced pharmacist in us?the pharm d is a 6 yeAR degree.its a to
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The U.S. PharmD takes two years of undergraduate study and four years of professional study.\nIt is very hard for non permament residents or non citizens to be accepted into colleges of pharmacy.  \nThe bachelors of pharmacy does not meet the minimum requirements to take the licensing exams.  The foreign pharmacists licensing exam is extremely hard.
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Don't, it's a waste of good money.  Most pharmacies will teach you what you need to know.  Work for a retail pharmacy for a while, and then take, if you desire, the certification exam.  Regardless, if you have a diploma or not, an uncertified, no experience tech, is going to initially make $8-$9 an hour.
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hospitals.....home health pharmacy......specialty clinics\nindustry...... and teaching are just five that I can rattle off in 15 seconds.\n\nEither degree will likely be 4 years (some Pharm D are 3 when you go year-round)
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I'm assuming you mean legal drugs. \n\nThe occupation title is Pharmacologist.\n\nHigh school courses required include English, Math, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. \n\nLook at specific universities for requirements and recommended subjects of study for this career. \n\nGenerally speaking you will need a 4 year bachelor of science degree in pharmacology.
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Actually it's between a Pharm D (Doctorate) and a Masters (RPH) if you want to work in the US as a pharmacist.  The B.S. will prolly on let you work as a Pharmacy Assistant under the direction of a Registered Pharmacist
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Most of the school in USA is only has Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) program and I think you need to have M Pharm to apply for it.
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Hi,\n\nI'm currently a 6th year student and will be graduating in May with my PharmD from Rutgers.  With some bias, I would highly recommend it.  The straight 6 program at Rutgers is a great way to go, but is extremely hard to get into and it's competitive admissions process is only increasing(I was on the admissions committee).  All pharmacy schools will offer you relatively the same education, a lot of what you learn comes from how hard you work.(just like everything else, cliche, I know.)  For admissions reasons, you might have to undergo interviews, so I would recommend a job at a local pharmacy when you are able, some might have age limitations.  As to the second part of the question, a pharmacist with a doctorate in pharmacy has a vast amount of opportunities from working in a local pharmacy to a position in the pharmaceutical industry(especially in the northeast).  A pharmacist in the local drug store (ie CVS) makes good pay and works to advise patients and make sure that the medication dispensed is correct.  Also a lot of recommendations on what over the counter products to use.  I plan on working in a hospital and will be doing a pharmacy residency next year so that I can be a clinical pharmacist in the hospital.  I think I touched on all aspects of your question at least a little.  If you have any other questions about this just type an answer that asks for some more specifics.
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As a PharmD. I would inform you that you need 2 years of undergrad and 4 years of grad school.  Not all pharmacy schools are the same.\n\nMidwestern in Chicago only has six, 6 week rotations, one of which is a retail (walgreens) rotation.\n\nTexas Tech has 12, six week rotations one of which is retail, one of which is rural.  The other ten are clinical rotations (PICU, Heme-Onc, SICU, MICU, Inpatient, Amb, Long Term Care, ect)\n\nPharmacy schools like Texas Tech normaly need a bachelorette in chem/bio/bio chem or other like field  and a PCAT test in the top 1/4 to obtain enterance.  Midwestern has its own standards.\n\nAs for working at Walgreens/Osco/CVS.... thats only a small part of the proffesion. Try calling up your local cancer center or Level 1 trauma center and following their BSOP (board certified oncology pharmacist) or BSPS (board certified pharmacotherapy pharmacist) if you think the only thing pharmacist do is count pills and take your prescription drug cards. :)
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There's no need for formal education for pharmacy tech.  Most pharmacies will train you.  After a few months in a pharmacy, you should try to take the certification exam.  There are review books for it.\nPharmacy education, for pharmacists, is accredited by the ACPE, American Council for Pharmacy Education.\nFor pharmacy technicians, it appears programs are certified by the ASHP, American Society of Health System Pharmacists.\nhttp://www.acpe-accredit.org/technicians/accredit.asp
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All applicatants must hold a U.S. bachelor's degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution. Applicants are required to take the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) and/or PCAT (Pharmacy college admission test) which helps the college make decisions about admission and financial aid. \n\nInternational applicants whose native language is not English, or whose undergraduate or master's degree program did not use English as the language of instruction, may require to take one of these English proficiency tests:\nTOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).\nIELTS (International English Language Testing System)\n\n# Letters of recommendation and respective Recommendation Forms\n# Application fee
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Get in touch with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy:\nhttp://www.nabp.net/index.asp?target=/lictransfer/intro.asp&\n\nThey can tell you if you are eligible for licensure.\n\nIf not, one possibility is to see if you can transfer your license to a country or provence that is recognized by the United States.  Don't know if Puerto Rico would work.\n\nIf none of these work you would probably have to go through the pharmacy program here.\n\nIf you have to go through the pharmacy program here, check and see if the pharmacy school will accept some courses towards the basics. If they won't, check and see if a school such as Excelsior will recognize your credits.\nhttps://www.excelsior.edu/portal/page?_pageid=57,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL\n\nIt all depends on how badly you want to practice pharmacy in this country.  Wish you luck
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I don't have an exact answer, but I do have an idea.  Why don't you go to the financial aid office and ask them the same question.  I am sure you wont be the first person to have had this difficulty.  They will most likely have the answer.  I would ask the person who has been there the longest.  They can probably tell you which loans you will still qualify for and how to keep from having to pay your student loans until after you become a pharmacist.  Good luck with that too, one of my best friends is a pharmacist and she loves it!
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become a pharmacist, do your research
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The process to become licensed to practice pharmacy in Canada involves several stages. There is an organization that assesses competency for practice anywhere in Canada, the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC). Their website is http://www.pebc.ca/\nEnglishPages/General/HomePage.... \n\nInitially a foreign-trained pharmacist would need to have their qualifications assessed. Once that assessment has been made, the next step is to write the Evaluating Exam. Once that is passed, the next step is the two-part Qualifying Exam. Part I is the Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) exam and Part II is the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). \n\nA foreign-trained pharmacist may choose to start working on the PEBC requirements before making the commitment to actually move to Canada. For example, the process of having qualifications assessed can be done from overseas and a candidate could come to Canada on a Visitors Visa in order to attempt the Evaluating Exam.\n\nHaving completed the PEBC requirements allows a pharmacist to apply to any provincial licensing body (College) in Canada for a license to practice. In British Columbia, the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia (CPBC) requires completion of a language assessment, a jurisprudence exam and some internship hours. Information regarding these requirements can be found on their website www.bcpharmacists.org\n/registration\n/pdf/QC_Info_Guide_info.pdf. There may be slight variations in these requirements from province to province, but they are essentially very similar. Websites for the various provincial licensing bodies can be found at \nwww.napra.ca/docs/0/745.asp. \nComparative information from the provincial licensing bodies can also be found at \nwww.napra.org/\ndocs/0/94/109.asp.\n\nUBC has a program to help foreign-trained pharmacists learn the skills they need to practice pharmacy in Canada, the Canadian Pharmacy Practice Programme (CP3). Information can be found at \nwww.pharmacy.ubc.ca/\ncppd/programs/CP3_Program.html... \nIn order to be able to register for the program, a pharmacist must have passed the PEBC Evaluating Exam and have completed the CPBC language requirements. Working on their own to prepare for the PEBC Qualifying Exam, foreign-trained pharmacists frequently take 2 or 3 attempts to pass each part of this exam. A program such as CP3 provides the candidate with the necessary competencies for practice, and those are the competencies that PEBC is testing for.\n\nImmigration and visa information can be found at www.cic.gc.ca/english\n/immigrate/index.html. \nIf a pharmacist wished to come on a Student Visa and take the CP3 course, there is a process in place to help with obtaining the visa, but the pharmacist would first need to have passed the Evaluating Exam. If the pharmacist took the course, there is also a process to help arrange a Work Visa or Permanent Resident status once the necessary Qualifying Exams have been passed.
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I'm not sure how the international transfer works, your best bet is to contact one on the six places and either email or speak with an academic advisor (admissions may be able to help as well).  Here are the 'steps' to getting a PhD in the US(on average):\n\nAssociate's Degree (this takes about two years and is the lowest of all degrees, you can get one from a junior college, community college, or university...some people get their associate's from a community/junior and then transfer to a university to get the next level...)\n\nBachelor's Degree (this is the degree that most students go for, it takes normally takes four years at an accreditted university)\n\nMaster's Degree (this takes roughly six years, and is usually in preparation for the next step...)\n\nDoctorate (this is the highest level of degree available and takes roughly 8 years to complete)\n\nEach of these degrees build on each other....so when I say that a doctorate takes 8 years that includes getting the rest, but in itself is normally only a 2 year program.  Sometimes you can go directly from a bachelor's to a doctorate, but that's not the typical practice.  There are also specialized degrees (like a law degree...which you go to Law School for, right after recieving your bachelor's, and takes an additional 3 to 4 years to complete).  Sometimes certain things are required before finishing a degree (like a thesis, research, or examination) It is all rather confusing.  The best thing to do is determine what you are using your degree for (do you want to be a psychologist? or just a therapist?  do you want to go to Medical School? ecetera) and then go through the program that will get you there.  If you list a particular use for your degree, I'll try to help you further :).  Good luck, and hope this confusing answer helps!
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It varies from state to state, but I think the  normal requirements are 2 years of work in a pharmacy or 2-3000 work hours on the job (rough equivalent of 2 years, forgive me for not being precise). It would be a great prospect for a future pharmacist, but you should know that you do not need to become a tech to get experience in pharmacy at all. If you're still in highschool, visit your local hospital and set up a meeting with the clinical pharmacist or director there, explain that you're interested in entering the pharmacy program at the college you plan on attending and more often than not, they will schedule you to shadow them for a day and take you around to tour the hospital pharmacist's duties (if you're truly interested, they might hire you back for summer work when you've entered the actual school of pharmacy). Also, this can be done at any local pharmacy or pharmacy chain. All pharmacy students are required to work as interns and externs as part of their "rotation" period. During this time they visit various pharmaceutical institutions and work hands on with the professionals there to get first hand experience at what board certified pharmacists do day to day. This will help you determine what kind of pharmacist you would like to become, whether it be retail, hospital, or something more administrative. When you actually enter the school of pharmacy at your college, revisit the place you shadowed and see if they participate in rotations and see if you can get a rotation there in the future. Hope this helps :)
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Your M.D. is conferred at graduation, but that doesn't mean you can get a license to practice medicine. States require different levels of post-graduate education, but at least an internship year and in many states a three-year residency are minimal requirements for licensure.