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What are the steps of becomin a pharmacists?

ok. so i am a senior and i want to go to collage to be a pharmacists, What is a Pharmacists? What do they do in a daily basis? WHere do you start off? *****Best anwser picked. Thank you very much

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1. Graduate from high school first. I think you will have to go through 3 years of remedial schooling just to apply to a pharmacy school. You realize that your question is valid, but the way you asked it makes you look like a barbarian beating on a book? check this out http://career.berkeley.edu/Health/PharmPrep.stm though I think you are an idiot, and wasted the 18 years of your education, there is a posiblility you could be a pharmacuetical technician. http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos252.htm#training
2. My dear the pharmacy education is a bit different in countries you must tell us where do you want to study the link is all pharmacy colleges in the world I hope it be helpful
3. Pharmacists fill prescriptions by dispensing medicine or compounding drugs. This specialized health care career requires professionals to perform routine tasks with accuracy, while maintaining strong personal relationships with doctors, nurses, patients, and drug suppliers. A basic pharmacy education requires a strong foundation in chemistry, anatomy, and physiology, as well as pharmacy law and drug interactions. Pharmacy students also learn basics of diagnosing illnesses, so they can collaborate with doctors more effectively. More and more pharmacy students pursue a doctor in pharmacy, often called a Pharm.D. It requires at least two years, and sometimes four years, of undergraduate study and four years of graduate coursework. All pharmacy students pursuing health care degrees must spend at least a few semesters as interns in pharmacies. All states require licensure for pharmacists, who must graduate from an accredited pharmacy program and pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam. Forty-three states also require students to pass a national pharmacy law exam. A growing number of pharmacy education programs prepare students for nationally certified pharmacy certificates. These health care certificates authorize pharmacists to directly oversee patients' drug therapy in place of or in addition to a primary care physician. As a start, high school students should take college preparatory or advanced level courses and get accepted into a school with either a 6 year Pharmacy program or a program with a strong science/pharmacy background.