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Academia

Academic pharmacists can specialize in the pharmaceutical sciences, clinical sciences, or other facets of pharmacy practice to help prepare the next generation of practitioners training to become pharmacists.  These individuals may be responsible for a wide variety of responsibilities including drug discovery and development, the management of graduate and research assistants, the delivery of didactic lectures, student advising, patient care and experiential education of students.  They are often involved in scholarship, service, grant writing, and research.
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Ambulatory Care

Ambulatory care pharmacists interact with patients in an outpatient clinic setting for the management of chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. Often pharmacists in ambulatory care clinics have arranged collaborative practice agreements with the physicians with whom they work. These pharmacists are typically responsible for   adjusting medication doses (i.e. warfarin doses in an anticoagulation clinic), counseling patients on side effects of medications and the importance of medication adherence, and making therapy recommendations to prescribing physicians.
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Association Management

Association management pharmacists work on a state and national level applying their clinical, management, and leadership/communication skills in assisting in the progression of the pharmacy profession.  These individuals work directly with practitioner members with little direct patient care.  Activities include involvement in public/government relations, policy and advocacy, health-care policy development, the development of continuing education/training, and publishing (Best Practices, Drug Information, and Journals).

Cardiology

Cardiology pharmacists work with a cardiology service and make recommendations regarding medication therapy, monitoring, side effects, and drug interactions in patients with conditions such as heart failure, arrhythmias, acute coronary syndromes, or patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. Cardiology pharmacists work with patient on an outpatient setting by managing anticoagulation for cardiology patients by analyzing lab parameters and adjusting anticoagulants accordingly and counseling patients regarding proper administration, side effects, and precautions.  They may also review patients' current drug therapy, screen for drug interactions, recommend dosing adjustments for chronic therapy, and ensure appropriate laboratory monitoring for potential drug-related toxicity.
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Critical Care

Critical care pharmacists work in one of the many intensive care units of a health-system (eg. medical, surgical, cardiovascular). A critical care pharmacist works with the intensive care team and makes recommendations regarding medication use including appropriate antibiotic therapy and duration, drip rates and titration for vasopressor agents, IV compatibility and stability, and proper use and administration of anticoagulants.
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Drug Information

Drug information pharmacists responsible for literature retrieval and evaluation are generally found in a variety of unique settings such as academic drug information centers, drug manufacturers, and health maintenance organizations. Drug information pharmacists provide assistance needed to navigate and use available drug information resources, offer their knowledge and expertise in drug information to other health care professionals and patients.  They may also provide information necessary for P&T committees to make formulary decisions.
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Emergency Medicine

Emergency medicine pharmacists are an integral part of the health care team in the emergency department. Emergency medicine pharmacists recommend and monitor appropriate emergency medication therapy, recognize and evaluate disease state specific pharmacotherapy in all ages, and implement patient specific medication changes.  These individuals are intimately involved in anticoagulation management, sedation, and empiric antibiotic decision making. These pharmacists also perform bedside oversight of the medication use process during resuscitations and trauma responses.

Geriatrics

Geriatric pharmacists engage in practice that recognizes and addresses the unique health care needs of the senior population an specialize in geriatric pharmacotherapy and medication‐related needs of this specific population. Geriatric pharmacists work diligently to identify, resolve, and prevent medication‐related problems that may cause, aggravate, or contribute to common geriatric problem areas, or interfere with goals of therapy.
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Hospital/Health-System Administration

Hospital/Health-system administration pharmacists are members of the pharmacy leadership team and are responsible for assuring the safe and effective provision of pharmacy services in order to ensure optimal patient outcomes. Pharmacy administration pharmacists promote continuous improvement in management, departmental policies and procedures, inventory control, medication utilization, legal and regulatory compliance, and staff performance and efficiency.
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HIV

HIV pharmacists can be found in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings that are responsible for the management of patient’s antiretroviral therapy including monitoring, education, side-effect management, and chemoprophylaxis of opportunistic infections.  These individuals work closely with various health care professionals as well as social work services to ensure that patients are receiving adequate care and are responsible for medication adherence programs in outpatient settings. 
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Home Health/Infusion

Home Health/Infusion pharmacists care for patients in their homes or other living facility (eg. assisting living).  Home Health/Infusion pharmacists manage  and compound intravenous admixtures that are to be administered in the patient’s place of residence.  Through working with various visiting nurses, social services, and even hospice organizations, Home Health/Infusion pharmacists ensure the best use of medications in the home and the safety of complex medication regimens.
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Infectious Disease

Infectious disease pharmacists provide direct patient care in various inpatient settings such as including the patients in internal medicine and critical care settings.  They are often responsible for antibiotic stewardship & surveillance programs.  Infections disease pharmacists can be seen in hemology/oncology, solid organ transplant, as well as outpatient settings such as HIV clinics. Infectious disease pharmacists engage in clinical pharmacokinetic consults, interpretation of microbiologic & laboratory monitoring, utilization of drug information, and translational research.
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Informatics

Informatics pharmacists design, implement, train, and maintain complex technologies to facilitate and automate the medication use process. Some of these technologies are Computerized  Provider  Order  Entry  (CPOE),  clinical  decision  support systems,  robotics,  intelligent infusion devices, automated dispensing cabinets, tele-pharmacy and remote order review systems, barcode medication administration (BCMA) systems, and clinical  documentation  and  surveillance.  Informatics pharmacists must use their knowledge of information systems and the medication-use process to improve patient care by ensuring that new technologies lead to safer and more effective medication use.
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Inpatient Care

Inpatient care pharmacists work with other health-care professionals to ensure the optimization of patient specific therapies which may accomplished through the dispensing of medication, verification and order entry process, ensuring the appropriate monitoring of patient drug therapy, the preparation of intravenous medication therapy, and general oversight of medication administration in a variety of settings and specialties.  Inpatient care pharmacists can be found in a central pharmacy or seen decentralized through a hospital/health-system in various patient care units.
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Internal Medicine

Internal medicine pharmacists address a broad range of areas including common acute and chronic health conditions that present in outpatient and inpatient settings. Internal medicine pharmacists deliver comprehensive health care to all ages with a focus on disease prevention and health improvement as well as patient education. They round with the health care team and perform clinical pharmacokinetics services, research, adverse drug reaction monitoring and treatment, and hospital/health-system staff education.
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Investigational Drugs

Investigational Drug Services run by pharmacists engage in the management of clinical trial activities.  These pharmacists are responsible for preparing medications for these trails, ensuring accurate recordkeeping, education of healthcare professionals about medications and protocols, and meetings with clinical study monitors.  They serve as a resource for all aspects of investigational study where medication administration is involved.  Pharmacists will assist with research protocol development, blinding, randomization, and drug formulation.
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Long-Term Care

Long-term care pharmacists provide medication infusion, education, consulting, and other services for patients within a long-term care facility (eg. skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, and rehabilitation facilities).  These individuals may be employed by a dedicated center or provide independent consultation services to various institutions.  Monitoring therapy, making dosage adjustments, identification of duplicate therapy, management of drug interactions/polypharmacy, and site formulary decisions are all activities of long-term care pharmacists.
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Managed Care

Managed care pharmacists are engaged in a variety of clinical and drug management services.  These individuals are responsible for the supervision of a patients medications assuring high quality of care of members within an insurance plan while considering the economical implications of the entire group.  Managed care pharmacists are responsible for drug distribution services, clinical program development, cost management, and analysis of therapeutic outcomes.
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Medication Use Safety

Medication use safety pharmacists contribute to patient safety and optimize patient outcomes by ensuring compliance with JCAHO standards to decrease medication errors and adverse drug reactions by targeting core measure achievement. Medication use safety pharmacists assist in the implementation and management of national patient safety goals, ADE surveillance, informatics, and medication automation.
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Nephrology

Nephrology pharmacists provide clinical services to outpatients with pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease, identify and manage drug‐related problems in chronic dialysis patients, and manage pharmacotherapy outcomes in the US dialysis population. The nephrology pharmacist will also perform appropriate physical exams that will enable the pharmacist to assess both the efficacy of the patients’ medication regimen and manage any toxicity that may occur.
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Nuclear Pharmacy

Nuclear pharmacists seek to improve and promote public health through the safe and effective use of radioactive drugs for diagnosis and therapy. A nuclear pharmacist specializes in the procurement, compounding, quality control testing, dispensing, distribution, and monitoring of radiopharmaceuticals. In addition, the nuclear pharmacist provides consultation regarding health and safety issues, as well as the use of non‐radioactive drugs and patient care.
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Nutrition Support

Nutrition support pharmacists address the care of patients who receive specialized nutrition support, including parenteral and enteral nutrition. The nutrition support pharmacist promotes maintenance and/or restoration of optimal nutritional status and recommends and modifies treatment according to the needs of the patient.
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Oncology

Oncology pharmacists aid the interdisciplinary team in chemotherapy selection and delivery, as well as the management and prevention of adverse events associated with treatment. The oncology pharmacist oversees the preparation of chemotherapy, assesses patient response to medications through management of side effects, counsels patients, and provides chemotherapy‐specific drug information and education to healthcare providers.
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Pain Management

Pain management pharmacists perform patient assessments and follow each patient to assure effective pain control. Pain management pharmacists evaluate the appropriateness of narcotic analgesics and assist in the development of individualize and effective pain regimens for acute, chronic, break‐through, and neuropathic pain. Pain management pharmacists counsel patients on realistic reductions in pain and help to manage side‐effects commonly associated with pain medications, such as constipation and nausea.
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Palliative Care

Palliative care pharmacists focus on comfort, alleviation of pain, and improved quality of life for a patient whose disease is no longer responding to conventional therapy. Palliative care pharmacists play an integral role in hospice pharmacy by assessing the appropriateness of therapy, as well as counseling patients on the medications used in symptom management for pain, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
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Pediatrics

Pediatric pharmacists manage medications for the pediatric population and face unique pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic challenges that differ from that of the adult population.  They ensure the best use of medications by employing unique weight based dosage strategies to delivery optimal therapies to their patients. Pediatric pharmacists recommend patient specific medication therapy to the healthcare team, evaluate and monitor the safety and efficacy of treatment, and counsel patients and their parents regarding the appropriate use of medications.
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Pharmaceutical Industry

There are numerous roles and opportunities for pharmacists in the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmacists are involved in every aspect of the drug development process, including laboratory research, managing clinical trials, regulatory affairs and policies, drug safety evaluation, sales & marketing, drug information, medical writing and collaboration with healthcare professionals or pharmacy benefit managers (third parties). Pharmaceutical companies often place high emphasis on candidates who have previously worked in the industry, but graduating pharmacists who pursue residencies or industry fellowships are also highly sought after.
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Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacotherapy specialists are responsible for the best use of medications including medication safety, appropriateness of therapy, and cost-effective drug use in various practice settings. Pharmacotherapy specialists generally provide direct patient care within the interdisciplinary team and act a source of drug information for other healthcare professionals.
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Poison Control

Poison control pharmacists are experts in toxicology that field emergency calls and suggest plans for handling exposures to toxins, chemicals, or life threatening drug interactions.  Poison control pharmacists also provide general drug information and are responsible for poison prevention initiatives.  They also work closely with treatment facilities, emergency response personnel, and other health-care organizations to ensure early and up-to-date dissemination of life saving information regarding possibly fatal drug overdose.
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Psychiatric

Psychiatric pharmacists address the pharmaceutical care of patients with psychiatric and neurologic related illnesses. As a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team, the psychiatric pharmacy specialist assists in optimizing medication treatment and patient care by conducting such activities as monitoring patient response, performing patient assessments, recognizing drug‐induced problems, providing medication information support, assisting in medication formulary decisions, and recommending appropriate treatment plans.
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Solid Organ Transplant

Solid Organ Transplant pharmacists are responsible for care of patients throughout the transplant process.  These individuals may engage in protocols or collaborative practice agreements that enable them to assist in optimizing therapy, monitoring therapy, and managing patient side effects.  Solid organ transplant pharmacists can provide medication management services in the inpatient or outpatient settings using their knowledge of immunosuppression and infectious disease to assist in the prevention of organ rejection.  These individuals may also be responsible for site specific research and outcomes regarding treatment protocols surrounding transplantation.
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