What would happen if no pharmacists were available to fill your prescription at the local drugstore, or to recognize medication errors in the emergency room?
That could be reality if America doesn’t train another 150,000 pharmacists by 2020.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 7,000 to 10,000 pharmacist positions are left unfilled every year.
Pharmacy graduates can expect a variety of possible career directions as well as four or five job offers. Besides earning a mean annual wage of $77,050, pharmacists can choose from a wide variety of employment settings, from research laboratories to poison control centers to veterinary clinics.
To help teachers encourage students to pursue a career in pharmacy, health and science, the pharmaceutical company Roche created a free teacher’s guide in collaboration with the Parenteral Drug Association Foundation for Pharmaceutical Sciences Inc. and WLIW New York public television.
“Encouraging students who already have an interest in health and science may be key to closing the potential shortage gap of pharmacists,” said Vivian L. Beetle, director of corporate relations and...
To view and download this full PLR article, you must be logged in. Registration is completely free. Once you create your account, you will be able to browse, search & downlod from our PLR articles database of over "1,57,897+" on 1,000's of niches and 200+ categories without paying a penny. Click here to signup...
