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Summary: Today pharmacists typically go through a seven year program including an undergraduate degree in chemistry or biology. Choose the correct classes to take as a student to prepare for a pharmacist career with tips from a veteran pharmacist in this free video.
Kate James is the principal pharmacist at Broadway Apothecary. She works with health care providers to tailor medications to each patient’s individual needs and also provides herbal...read more
"My name is Kate James. I'm a Compounding Pharmacist in Eugene, Oregon at Broadway Apothecary, and now I'm going to tell you about how one becomes a Pharmacist. Generally speaking, nowadays people go through at least a seven year degree program. Often times they will have an undergraduate degree, a bachelor's degree in some sort of science field, often chemistry or biology. But it can be any bachelor's degree. It's just the science fields tend to prepare you for what's needed in the advanced degree in Pharmacy. And that advanced degree is, gives you a PharmD or a Doctor of Pharmacy. And that's how most people nowadays are Pharmacists. Although previously, myself for example, I just have a Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy. That's a degree that's been phased out over the years as more and more drugs are added, more and more curriculum had to be added. So as far as how I became a Pharmacist, I really enjoyed science and I like people, so it was a natural fit. It's a good way to enjoy both of those things at the same time within a career."
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