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How can I become a research pharmacist?

I am a 25 year old guy with a BA in English Lit and I am considering becoming a pharmacist. What do I do?

  • I have looked into programs here in Boston and I am wondering what process people go through to become pharmacists; do you go to school for a Master's in Science in Pharmacology? I mainly am interested in being a pharmacist in a pharmacy, not necessarily research or anything like that...are there other avenues to becoming a pharmacist, like being a pharm tech first? Help!

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    Working as a pharmacy technician ($8-13 dollars an hour) can give you insight into the role of a pharmacist, but it doesn't help you along the road to becomming a pharmacist. Asking to job shadow a few pharmacists would be effective also. You would need to complete pre-pharmacy prerequisites for the pharmacy school you are interested in, take the PCATs, and apply to schools. Each pharmacy school will have different prerequisites. Think 2 semesters Basic Chem, 2 semesters Organic, Math (maybe Calculus), 2 semesters Basic Bio, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, medical terminology, etc. There were several people in my pharmacy class doing this as a second career. One was a gal that had taught high school english for a few years and figured out she hated it. Another guy in his 50s had put his kids through college, retired from the railroad, and went to pharmacy school. He took 7 years to get through it instead of 5 like the rest of us, but he did it!

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hey..i myself aspire 2 b a pharmacist so i kno a lot bout it.. to b a licensed pharmacist(one tht works @ a neighborhood pharmacy), you need a PharmD....most universities that offer PharmD require a bachelore's degree(could b in n e field as long as the prerequisite classes 4 the pharmacy program r taken)...u shuld apply to as many pharmacy colleges as possible after takin the PCAT(required 4 most colleges)..n after u have most of the prerequisites met...its tough getting accepted to a lot of pharmacy schools but if you have a bachelore's to back you up n good PCAT scores/very good grades in prerequisite couses..ur fine..n frm there ur on ur way 2 b a pharmacist! GOOD LUCK!

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since pharmacy covers all the drugs, medicines and solutions, you really have to have a degree. you have to study pharmacology which will be your second course apart from english literature. it will take a while but if being a pharmacist is your passion, go for it.

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