What education, training, and experience must one have to function as a Clinical Pharmacist?
Student Pharmacists in the United States complete two years of college-level, pre-professional study and four years of study in a professional degree program to earn the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree. The PharmD curriculum is designed to prepare Pharmacists for providing patient-specific and population-based pharmaceutical care, managing and using the resources of the health care system, and promoting health improvement and disease prevention. Programs leading to the PharmD degree are the only pharmacy education programs that may be accredited in the United States. The accrediting body for these programs is the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Colleges and schools of pharmacy offering the PharmD degree must meet rigorous standards to be accredited. After obtaining the PharmD degree, a Clinical Pharmacist will likely complete postgraduate residency training in the form of a one-year pharmacy practice residency. The Clinical Pharmacist may then complete a one-year resid
