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A World of Opportunities: Careers in PharmacyDr. Tayanna Richardson, LECOM Director of Experiential Education, Associate ProfessorDr. Stacey Maravent, NSU Director of Experiential Education, Assistant Professor

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DISCLOSURE SLIDE

Neither Tayanna nor Stacey have (nor does any immediate family member have) a vested interest in or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing education activity, or any affiliation with an organization whose philosophy could potentially bias my presentation.

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Objectives

• Compare the different roles of a pharmacist in various practice settings

• Discuss ways to maximize exposure to various fields in pharmacy school

#FSHP2021 What Career Paths Are Available for Pharmacists?

Traditional Pharmacy Paths

Hospital/Institutional

● Clinical Pharmacist

● Clinical Pharmacist (specialized)○ Emergency medicine○ Infectious diseases○ Critical care○ Pediatrics○ Oncology

● Director of Pharmacy Administration/Operations

Community/Retail ● Staff Pharmacist● Pharmacist Manager● Chain District Manager

Evolving Paths

• A PharmD degree can present a lot of exciting and rewarding opportunities to embark on.

• Continued evolutionary advances in healthcare and technology

• More opportunities will continue to develop.

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NON-TRADITIONAL PATHS

● A PharmD degree can provide exciting and rewarding opportunities to embark on.

● Advances in healthcare and technology drive the creation of new career paths.

Compounding/Specialty

• Compounding Pharmacist

• Specialty Pharmacist

What’s it like?

• Customized preparations of personalized medications

• Working with complex calculations and formulations

• Biologics/Biosimilars

Independent

● Pharmacist

● Pharmacist Manager

● Pharmacy Owner

What’s it like?

•Entrepreneurial mindset

•Developing business ideas tailored to meet the needs of patients.

•Personalized customer service

•Flexibility

•No corporate structure.

Mail Order

What is it like?

• Mail order pharmacies are on the rise.

• Cater to customer service and convenience.

• Counsel patients via telephone

• Prescriptions are mailed directly to a patient’s home.

Geriatric/Senior Care

● Long Term Care

● Home Health Care

● Hospice

What’s it like?

• Providing care to seniors who typically have chronic conditions.

• Performing Medication Therapy Management to optimize therapy.

• Provide consultation on medication use and administrations.

Industry

● Pharmaceutical Sales

● Medical Affairs

● Research & Development

What’s it like?

• Pharmacists are involved in all aspects of a medication from creation to launch.

• Includes involvement with developmental research process

• Marketing, sales, and education

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Managed Care

● Managed Care Organizations (MCOs)

● Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBMs)

What’s it like?

• Analyzing and enhancing patient outcomes.

• Implementing ideas to optimize healthcare.

• Cost-effectiveness strategies

• P&T Committee meetings to review drug formulary

Ambulatory Care

What’s it like?

• Patient-accessible clinic setting

• Provide direct care to patients with chronic illnesses

• Promote patient health and wellness

● Outpatient setting

● Local Community Health Centers

Government/Federal

● Regulatory Affairs○ FDA○ CDC○ HHS○ NIH

● Veterans Administration

● Armed Forces

What’s it like?

Managing and dispensing drugs within a governmental branch

New drug applications process

Wide variety of opportunities and benefits

Lots of room for growth

Nuclear Pharmacy

What’s it like?• Prepare radioactive materials and

medications for specific disease conditions

• Properly handing and safely distributing radioactive medications

• Generally early morning or nights shifts

Academia

● Assistant/Associate Professor

● Dean

● Higher Education Administration Roles

What’s it like?• Teach Pharmacology and other

pharmacy-related topics

• Interaction with students

• Engagement in student success

• Write manuscripts

• Publish research

THE NEW FRONTIER

• Functional Medicine

• Digital/Social Media Medicine

• Community Paramedicine Pharmacy

• Pharmacogenomics

• Pharmacy Informatics

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FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE DIGITAL/SOCIAL MEDIA MEDICINE

COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PHARMACY COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE PHARMACY

Student Perspective

PHARMACOGENOMICS PHARMACY INFORMATICS

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Mentor Mentee Program

FSHP Mentor Mentee Program• Call for mentors and mentees in October• Mentor/mentee connections in November• Guidance documentations to encourage communication

• ALL students should have a mentor: • Faculty• Preceptor• Mentor/Mentee Program or Event

• TODAY 5:30 to 6:30 PM in Salon 7/8 on the 2nd floor

Some Words of Advice

Mentor Mentee Roundtable Events• Coordinated through FSHP, Colleges of Pharmacy, Student

Organizations• Variety of practice areas: Ambulatory Care, Cardiology, Infectious

Disease, Administration, Transplant, etc• New/innovative areas.• 15-minute time limits

Networking Opportunities

FUTURES SUMMIT/OPEN HOUSE Long Term Care- Shadow Opportunities

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Ex. Nuclear Pharmacy

As nuclear pharmacy is so different, I would recommend looking into shadowing before taking an APPE rotation in this area.A shadow experience would be a 2-to-4-hour site visit to get one on one time with a nuclear pharmacist and a "day in the life of" overview.Nuclear pharmacists typically start anywhere from 2 to 6 AM so shadowing would be scheduled sometime early AM.If you are interested in a shadow experience at one of XX’s nuclear pharmacies, please let me know and I will work with you to coordinate.

Shadow Email:On this email, please find X P2 student XX. XX is interested in learning more about consultant pharmacy and long- term care. Would you be able to set up time to speak with XX and possibly meet with her in person for her to shadow you one day at XX?

IPPE/APPE Rotations

• Be Strategic and Be Smart• Don’t select rotations at sites you work at (unless it’s with a

Manager/Director)• Rotate at hospitals with residency programs• Challenge Yourself• Ask Questions• Make sure key people know who you are (in a positive way!)

• STAND OUT• NETWORK

Summer Internships

Public Health- JRCOSTEP and SRCOSTEP (P4 year and upon graduation) https://www.usphs.gov/students/• JRCOSTEP- can start after your P1 year• Train alongside active-duty officers• 30 t0 120 days

USPHS COSTEP

Summer Internships- Community

Walgreenshttps://jobs.walgreens.com/internships

Summer Internships- Community

CVShttps://jobs.cvshealth.com/internships?prefilters=none&CloudSearchLocation=none&CloudSearchValue=none

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Summer Internships- Industry

JNJ, Pennsylvania or New Jerseyhttps://www.careers.jnj.com/students

Summer Internships- HospitalGesinger Medical Center, Pennsylvaniahttps://www.geisinger.org/health-professions/health-professions/pharmacy-education/summer-internship

Johns Hopkins Medicine, Marylandhttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacy/internship/

Summer Internships- Managed Care

AMCP Foundationhttps://www.amcpfoundation.org/student-pharmacists/amcp-foundation-internships

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