Before I began to be involved in the healthcare industry, I believed that a pharmacy was just a place to pick up my medication. I also saw the pharmacist as a person who just asked me a whole bunch of questions, walked to the shelf, and gave my medicine. Well having been in the industry now for six months, that opinion changed very quickly.
Firstly, that lady or man in the white coat has an abundance of medical knowledge that is extremely underused and is more than capable of answering and treating common medical issues for which we would run to our doctor. Pharmacists study towards a B. Pharm, this consists of four years studying, one year internship and then a final year of community service.
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