Scope and Career Opportunities of Clinical Pharmacist: Current Scenario in India
Keywords:
Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacovigilance, Clinical WritingAbstract
Clinical pharmacy practice is experiencing extraordinary changes as standard carrier of pharmacy by methods for pharmaceutical
consideration. Despite the fact that, the clinical pharmacy is very much perceived in created nations, however the usage of clinical pharmacy practice is still at emerging stage in India. This article focuses on the scope and understanding the carrier opportunities available in India for clinical pharmacist.
To improve the status of this field in India a fresh course, Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) was presented 10 years back. The students pursuing this course are undefined and misled about the career options of pharmacists. Due to lack of alertness and talents among the budding pharmacists as well as the lack of guidance by academicians and academic institutions, it is really becoming difficult for the students to understand the areas where they can pursue their career. There are diverse fields in which Pharm.D students can pursue their career for example, pharmacovigilance, result inquire about, clinical research, therapeutic composition, scholastics and research.
How to cite this article: Kumar R. Scope and Career Opportunities of Clinical Pharmacist: Current Scenario in India. Int J Adv Res Pharm Edu 2019; 1(1): 29-31.
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