Pharmacists Career

For the Pharmacists, the average hourly wage is $64.81 and the average annual wage is $134,790. Understand required skills and ability for the career and find right career colleges for it.
Pharmacists career

Pharmacists

The main tasks and work activities of Pharmacists are to verify accuracy of patient information, advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments, communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members, order medical supplies or equipment. In general, for the Pharmacists, reading Comprehension, active Listening, critical Thinking, service Orientation and other 17 skills are required.

General Job Description and Education/Training Levels for Pharmacists

Most of Pharmacists occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). You can check detailed job description, required skiils, activities, and more detailed description at Pharmacists tasks, skills, and ability page.
The following graph shows the percentage of earned degrees held by Pharmacists occupational group.
Less than a High School Diploma
0.00%
High School Diploma (or the equivalent)
0.00%
Post-Secondary Certificate
0.00%
Some College Courses
0.00%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
0.00%
Bachelor's Degree and Above
100.00%

Vocational Programs for Pharmacists Career

35 vocational programs are closely related to the Pharmacists occupation - Pharmacy, Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy, and 33 more programs. You can check the schools offering the programs with tuition, length of study, and earning information.
A program that prepares individuals for the independent or employed practice of preparing and dispensing drugs and medications in consultation with prescribing physicians and other health care professionals, and for managing pharmacy practices and counseling patients. Includes instruction in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacognosy, pharmacy practice, pharmacy administration, applicable regulations, and professional standards and ethics
A program that prepares individuals to deliver specialized pharmacy services and produce pharmaceutical products in clinical settings in conjunction with other health care professionals. Includes instruction in biostatistics; clinical pharmacokinetics; biopharmaceutics; neuropharmacology; pharmacodynamics; drug metabolism; clinical sampling and research design; drug delivery systems; chemotherapy; pharmacotherapy; clinical pharmacy management; medical and research ethics; and applications to nuclear, nutrition support, oncology, psychiatric, and therapeutic pharmacy

Schools for Pharmacists Occupation

No career colleges offer the vocation programs for Pharmacists career