What do pharmacists do?
I know pharmacists dispense medication and find any prescription errors I’m just confused as to why they have to go through 8 years of school to do that. I was recently able to shadow a pharmacist and it seems as if the computer will alert the pharmacist if a medication prescription has an error in it. It also seems like the pharmacy techs are also able to count pills and because the computer flags any prescription errors the pharmacy tech could probably also fix any errors.
However I’m sure pharmacists do more than what I saw in my couple of hours of shadowing I’m just not sure what else they do. It would be kind of messed up if they went through 8 years of school just to count pills and have a computer do the rest so I imagine a pharmacist has responsibilities that goes beyond that.
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It also depends on the type of pharmacist. My wife is a clinical pharmacist and it makes a ton of sense for her to go through that much schooling for the job she does, along with 2 years of residency, one general and one specialized. Under a collaborative practice agreement, pharmacists in her capacity can actually prescribe medication under certain circumstances.
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