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Bottom line: In the hospital setting, we are consultants to physicians. When a physician is stumped on how to treat a patient, he will call on the PharmD. Not a PhD , NP , PA or JD, but a PharmD. It only matters to us that physicians find us as an asset; who cares what the public thinks. I myself belong in treatment group with specialists (akin to the House show) where we round and treat difficult patients. My job is to develop an appropriate pharmacotherpeutic regimen. After I present my idea on how the patient should be treated, the specialists order the treatment. I believe that it took a long time to get physicians to trust PharmDs. We are here and our gig is awesome. BTW, when I present on Grand Rounds, yes, the physicians call me "Dr".
So please, do not discount this new degree. Do yourself a favor.. google PharmD and see all the research that our fellow pharmds are doing. Like MDs , there are many types with that degree. Some poor saps like to use that degree to count pills and some of us work next to physicians ( not in front, or in back, but next ). It is your scientific aptitude that counts in this field.
Also a nota bene : "Physician" is the title the State gives a person after a rudimentary test is passed. "Doctor" is a title given by the eductional institute.
‘When a physician is stumped on how to treat a patient, he will call on the PharmD’ That could not be more BS!!! The only plausible time that would happen is if there was a contraindication and he, rightfully so, seeked your council on an alternative drug that would not interfere with another drug.
BTW, when I present on Grand Rounds, yes, the physicians call me "Dr".
So please, do not discount this new degree. Big freaking deal. They do that because the PharmD’s lobbied for years once the RPharm curriculums moved to PharmD programs.
Grand Rounds? Who cares. Nurses present at grand rounds on AE management etc.
“Some poor saps like to use that degree to count pills and some of us work next to physicians ( not in front, or in back, but next ).”
“SOME” – Sorry try ‘MOST’ poor saps are counting pills not some. And those poor saps are not relegated to only retail most hospital and academic center pharmacists are pill counters or mixing drugs. The smallest percentage of pharmacists are researched based. Learn you facts before you use your N of 1 to describe and entire field.
“google PharmD and see all the research that our fellow pharmds are doing” Almost all of your ‘research’ is PK PD phase I or II. Less than 1% of pivitol phase III trials have PharmD’s as a lead author. You are the guy at the bottom of the list who did the PK/PD evaluation. BIG DEAL!
Again from the labor board and trade websites, the vast majority of R.Pharm and PharmD’s are in the retail setting(counting pills), second in the hospital or institution setting(counting pills), and a very small proportion are in the academic research setting.
Again the PharmD was a manufactured degrees as a money grab for pharmacy schools. No one in the medical community was screaming for something more that the RPharm education. BTW a tech and a computer do 95% of your job for you in retail and hospital setting. Have fun living in your inflated world.