Emerging Job Opportunities for PharmD Graduates: Looking Outside the Box
Akram Ahmad1★, Muhammad Umair Khan1, Anantha Naik Nagappa2, Isha Patel3★ Corresponding author
- 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University, No. 1 Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, Cheras 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- 2Department of Pharmacy Management, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal 576104, India.
- 3Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy Shenandoah University, 1775 N Sector Ct, Winchester, VA 22601, USA.
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Akram Ahmad
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University, No. 1 Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, Cheras 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Received: 20-08-2014; Revised: 25-08-2014; Accepted: 03-09-2014.
Volume 48, Issue 4 · pp. 6–10 · PUBLISHED 2014 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.48.4.2
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In India, PharmD program started in the year 2008 with the aim of increasing the scope of pharmacy to meet the current health care needs.1,2 At present, the Pharmacy council of India (PCI) has approved 160 pharmacy schools offering PharmD in India and near about half of them (70) are located in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. 157 of the 160 PharmD offering schools are private institutions and universities. 3 A Pharm.D aspirant assumes that after completion of PharmD, he/she can diagnose, treat and provide pharmaceutical care to the patients. In India, pharmacists are still often known as mere compounders/ dispensers.
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Ahmad, A., Khan, M. U., Nagappa, A. N., & Patel, I. (2014). Emerging Job Opportunities for PharmD Graduates: Looking Outside the Box. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 48(4), 6–10. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.48.4.2