Know your Career Options

• As a pharmacist, pharmacy is not restricted to community pharmacy or hospital pharmacy.
• Envision what your options are with a pharmacy degree.
• Envision the potential opportunities with your degree in your country.
• Or be bold! You can be innovative and create a pharmacy specialty that your community may be lacking. The future is in your hands. Just be creative and start building to provide those desired services.

Look at the following Pharmacist Career Options:

Academia

• Administration
• Biological Sciences
• Clinical Pharmacy*
• Continuing Education
• Experiential Education
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmaceutics
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacotherapy
• Pharmacy Administration
• Pharmacy Practice
• Pharmacoeconomics

Administration

• Continuing Education
• Professional Relations

Business

• Administration
• Management
• Marketing
• Sales

*Clinical Pharmacy

• Adult Medicine
• Ambulatory Care
• Cardiology
• Clinical Coordinator
• Clinical Informatics
• Clinical Manager
• Critical Care
• Dermatology
• Drug Information
• Emergency Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Family Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics
• Hematology
• Immunology
• Infectious Diseases
• Internal Medicine
• Intravenous Therapy
• Medication Therapy Management
• Neurology
• Nephrology
• Nutrition
• Outcomes and Economics
• Oncology
•  Pain Management/Palliative Care
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacokinetics
• Poison Control
• Psychiatry
• Rheumatology
• Substance Abuse
• Surgery
• Toxicology
• Transplantation
• Women’s Health

Community

• Apothecary
• Clinical Pharmacy*
• Consultation
• Compounding Pharmacy
• Franchise
• Home Health Care
• Long-term Care
• Medical Group Affiliate
• Specialty Pharmacy

Computer Technology Consultant

• Clinical Pharmacy*
• Home Health Care
• Long-term Care

Drug Information

Federal

• Alcohol, Drug Abuse
• Mental Health
• Armed Services
• Clinical Pharmacy*
• Drug Enforcement Administration
• Food and Drug Administration
• Health and Human Administration
• Health Care Financing
• Public Health Services
• Indigenous Health Services
• National Healthcare Services
• Veterans Services

Hospital

• Administration
• Ambulatory Care
• Clinical Pharmacy*
• Distribution and Control Nuclear
• Inventory Control
• Long-term Care
• Staff

Independent

• Apothecary
• Clinical Pharmacy*
• Compounding Specialist
• Consultation
• Franchise
• Home Health Care
• Long-term Care
• Medical Group Affiliate
• Office-Based Practice
• Specialty Pharmacy

Industry

• Regulatory Affairs
• Medical Communication
• Medication Safety

Mail Order Pharmacy

Manage Care Pharmacy

• Clinical Pharmacy*

Nuclear Pharmacy

Others

• Automation Technology
• Computer Technology
• Contract Research Organization
• Public Policy and Law
• Publish and Communications
• Third Party Insurance
• Wholesaler

Pharmacy Associations

Research and Development

• Administration
• Basic Research
• Biological Sciences
• Clinical Research
• Clinical Outcomes
• Cosmetics/Formulation
• Informatics
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Research
• Pharmaceutics
• Pharmacogenomics
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacy Administration
• Pharmacy Practice

State/Province

• Board of Pharmacy
• Clinical Outcomes
• Department of Consumer Affairs
• Department of Health
• Legislature
• State Healthcare Services

Technical/Scientific

• Drug Information
• Manufacturing
• Postmarketing Surveillance
• Product Quality Control
• Regulatory Affairs

Veterans Pharmacy

• Veteran Services

Veterinary Pharmacy

You can see that you have limitless options for your career. Make your choice! Then go for it!