Pharm D After 12th: Complete Course & Career Guide
Pharm D After 12th: Complete Course & Career Guide – Also known as Doctor of Pharmacy,this Professional course is similar to a PHd and after completing this course you have the right to affix a “Dr.” prefix in front of your name officially.This course is six years long totally and gives you an in depth knowledge of clinical pharmacy with respect to patients.
Remember that all the best institutes that offer this course should follow the curriculum that has been set by the Pharmacy Council of India.
Note there is a major difference between D.Pharm and Pharm D.The D.Pharm course refers to the Diploma in Pharmacy which is a two year introductory course into Pharmacy that can be taken up by young undergraduate students,where the Pharm D is a course to learn a more thorough outlook into the pharma world.
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Difference between B.Pharm and Pharm D
The bachelor of Pharmacy gives you a good foundation in drugs and prescriptions medication and its relationship with factors related to the pharmaceutical industry,whereas the Doctor of Pharmacy is a more hands on clinical and practical approach to patients prescriptions in a hospital.
This is a wider scope for employment because the job opportunities in clinics,hospital and community centres have a higher requirement for pharmacists.
With a B.Pharm your options are more limited to drug manufacturers,sales and marketing of drugs and R & D for Pharmaceutical companies.
One more principal difference is that B.Pharm and M.Pharm are issued by the regulatory body of AICTE whereas the Pharm D is governed by the Pharmacy Council of India which is a sister concern of the MCI – Medical Council of India.
What is Post Baccalaureate Pharm D ?
In addition to a 6 year regular course of Pharm D,there is also a 3 year Post Baccalaureate Pharm D course that is only 3 years long and can be taken up by students who have already done B.Pharm.Since these candidates already have a basic knowledge regarding the course they will need only 3 years to receive the professional Pharm D course and use the “Dr” title before their name.
About the course,Syllabus and Subjects
The Pharm D course is a total of five years of theoretical and classroom studies and a sixth year of internship on job training.
Some of the subjects you wil learn are:
- Hopital Pharmacy
- Pharmacology
- Biostatics
- Community Pharmacy
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Pharmaceutics
- Patho-psycology
Eligibility
In order to get admission into a Pharma D course you need to have done atleast a class 12 boards in science with main subjects of PCB.You should have atleast 55% in the PCB subjects as the admission will be done on merit basis.Some colleges also ask for an entrance test that you have to take and the top candidates who score well will secure a seat in the course.
Some good colleges for Pharm D
- Pulla Reddy Institute of Pharmacy
- JSS,Ooty
- BM Reddy college of Pharmacy
Future Scope career and job
As stated before,one of the main differences and advantages of the Pharm D course is that after completion, you have knowledge that can land you a job anywhere in Western Countries.It is an Internationally recognized degree unlike the B.Pharm or D.Pharm
If you have the good luck of getting a job in a government hospital then you will receive wages according to the seventh pay commission and can easily get a salary of over Rs.34,000 per month.
Some of the areas where you will be employed are:
- Pharmacist in a Hospital
- Clinical Monitoring of Patients
- Medical Prescription Supervision
- Pharmacist in a Clinic
- CRA – Clinical Research Associate
- Associate in Pharma – covigilance program
Some skills you need to know to get a job:
- Clinical Research
- Clinical Data Management
- Clinical Data Analyst
- Pharmacovigilance
- Pharmacognosy
- Pharmaceutical Analysis
- Clinical SAS
- Medical and Scientific Writing
- Knowledge of anatomy and physiology
So what are your chances of landing a good job with this course?
When applying for ads there is not much difference when employers are searching for freshers and they will employ D.Pharm / Pharm D or B.Pharm all in the same capacity.
If you browse through the job listings,you will notice there are 100’s of openings for medical coders who are freshers.You will definitely get a job after finishing your course and get upto Rs.25,000 in hand starting salary.
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