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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Is a Pharm D full of BS? Your thoughts
I was sitting here this morning thinking about what news item i should post but instead I think I am going to pose a question to all pharmacists out there. With the step up in the pharmd degree to a doctorate as opposed to the old BS of pharmacy do you feel you are more qaulified than those with a BS because of your rotations and the step up regardless of how much experience they have? I have no real thoughts regarding the issue I feel that experience in the work field in pharmacy is perhaps most important. This maybe a non issue as well since the BS has not been offered since 1996 but I still have clients who want a pharmaD over a BS no matter how much experience the BS has. Just want some thoughts from the pharmacists out there!
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It depends. For example, PharmD's probably have better "clinical" training since that's the new model. They will be likely to better understand/recall the latest and greatest drug therapies for various diseases and may have better communication skills. That said, BPharms know more about the profession and what it takes. They know more about ruining a pharmacy in general and probably have a more solid knowledge base when it comes to brand/generic side effects and interactions. But give them a patients chart with lab values and a diagnosis and ask them to choose the correct therapy and I think the results will be more varied and probably on average poor compared to PharmDs.(With some being superior and others being abysmal. In the end though it's all it what skills you use and cultivate on a daily basis. (Also, the differing curriculum and quality in PharmD schools may also play a role against PharmDs).
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