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becoming a pharmacist in america???

  • 02-04-2011 4:37pm
    #1
    kdowling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭


    Anyone got any experience of registering as a pharmacist in the united states from ireland?
    i know you have to do an entrance exam but looking for info on how hard it is etc and how different pharmacy is over there.
    any help would be greatly appreciated.


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  • #2
    bleh!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭bleh!


    Been wondering about this too. Anyone? How about Canada as well?:confused:


  • #3
    lonestargirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭lonestargirl


    Pharmacist registration is going to be on a state by state rather than a national basis. Have a look on the sdn forums as there is a pharmacy section there. It will require visa sponsorship by your employer (I think the logistics of getting registered and getting a job on the 1 year J1 would be too complicated).


  • #4
    ceegee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,237 ✭✭✭ceegee


    As far as i can make out, the regulations for registering vary from state to state but as a general rule, you need to have completed a 5 yr curriculum to register if you graduated after 2003, 4 if you graduated earlier.

    some more info at these sites:

    http://overseascareer.com/pharmacy_career/countries/pharmacist_usa.htm

    http://www.nabp.net/pharmacists/


  • #5
    anotherlostie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭anotherlostie


    You have to do a certificate in cigarette sales too I think :D

    Pharmacy in America is v commercial. I was there two years ago and my sister needed something for an insect bite she got. I went into the pharmacy with her but didn't mention I was a pharmacist (since I don't work in the community). After waiting 20 minutes to speak to the pharmacist, this girl appeared and she hadn't a clue. Eventually I walked away and picked a few things up from the shelf and bought them. It left me wondering at the standard of education they receive in the US.


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