♪ ♪ Bill Terrell> Hi, and welcome to another session of the Job Man Caravan.

I'm Bill Terrell.

The Job Man Caravan is a television show designed to bring you job information, community information, and plenty of entertainment.

And today, on the Job Man Caravan, we'll take a look at pharmacy.

♪ Entertainment wise, we feature Sequence and Mainland.

♪ In medical folklore, there are numerous references to potions and spells for the cure and prevention of pain and disease.

Pharmacy, the art or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding and dispensing drugs has been in practice for hundreds of years.

♪ This European apothecary shop contains equipment used by pharmacists from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

Animals that symbolize the genuineness of rare drugs derived from such creatures hang in the small laboratory study room, where the pharmacist also compounded his drugs.

Displayed in this 19th century pharmacy are drug containers, patent medicines and other drug related items that were sold by 19th century pharmacists.

Even during this time, the pharmacist had to prepare and compound his medicines in the shop.

Today's pharmacists are members of the health care team of physicians, nurses and public health officials responsible for community health and well-being.

Their specific duties depend on their specialties and where they are employed.

Bonnie Frinks> The main job that we have to fulfill in in a community pharmacy is filling prescription that's making sure that the patient gets the proper and efficient type of medication, the best service that we have available for them.

Type in the prescription, and doing the...follow work up on that, the profile records of the patient.

Some of the main job difference areas is retail pharmacy, community pharmacy, hospital, pharmacy, tablet production in the large pharmaceutical houses.

If you're interested in manufacturing, there's also industrial pharmacy, public health, facilities and clinical pharmacy.

It's a five year program, two years of pre pharmacy and three years of pharmacy.

Once you've completed your five years, there is an intern period, which, consist of 1500 hours of, intern at a pharmacy or in a hospital.

You need 12 to 1500 hours.

Of course, to be to practice in the state, you have to take your South Carolina exam board of pharmacy examination.

You have to have, patience, you need to have, really a good, strong background in chemistry to study, the course itself.

You have to, realize the total healthcare needs of a patient.

You just have to be there, you know, for them to serve their needs.

A independent, community pharmacy may vary, anywhere from 15 to 18,000 dollars, whereas chains and different, larger corporations may, vary anywhere from 18 to 22,000 a year.

The job market is there.

We need more pharmacists in that area.

We need more people in the total healthcare area.

They may not want to become just a community pharmacists.

Some may be interested in hospital pharmacy or industrial pharmacy.

Some may be interested in sales management or sales representatives for the large pharmaceutical companies.

And the jobs are available.

Bill Terrell> You're on the Job Man Caravan.

And this week we're taking a look at pharmacy when we return on the Job Man Caravan, we'll take a look at hospital pharmacist right here on the Job Man Caravan.

But now here is Sequence.

(Sequence: "Funk you Up") ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Bill> Hospital pharmacists have many of the same duties as community pharmacists who spend most of their time handling prescription orders.

The kind and size of the hospital help to determine its pharmacy operations.

Frank Woods> My job duties as a pharmacist here at the Veterans Administration Hospital includes filling prescriptions, preparation of I.V.

medications, preparation of medication for patients in the hospital.

It includes making rounds with physicians and counseling patients, and advising physicians on orders that they have written on patients.

Working in a hospital pharmacy versus working in a community pharmacy basically the only difference is the preparation of I.V.

medications.

However, in this hospital, we make rounds with the physicians and counsel patients.

There are additional training requirements for many pharmacists that work in the hospital setting.

Many hospitals include the preparation of I.V.

medication.

Many hospitals include the preparation of unit dose medication and it requires special knowledge and training.

The salary for the hospital pharmacy pharmacists is very attractive.

It ranges anywhere between 17 to $25,000 to start.

There are various types of opportunities for advancement for the hospital pharmacist, they include moving into management type positions.

We have what we call the clinical pharmacist who is involved directly with the patient and the physician and spends most of their time at sizing physicians and working directly with patients.

To young people who think that pharmacy is the area that they would like to pursue, I would like to advise them to first get acquainted with pharmacy, to go to your neighborhood.

Pharmacy, hospital pharmacy.

And maybe right there as a volunteer or better still, work there as an employee to get a knowledge of what pharmacy is.

And it would be well for that person to be knowledgeable in the area of chemistry and math and, to get prepared as early as possible to get good backgrounds in math and chemistry, because pharmacy involves a lot of math and a lot of chemistry.

♪ Bill> You're on the Job Man Caravan.

And this week we're taking a look at pharmacy.

When we return with our view of pharmacy on the Job Man Caravan, we'll take a look at a pharmacy owner.

Mainland is also standing by on the Job Man Caravan.

So is Sequence on the Caravan with their brand new one.

It's called "And You Know That" on the Job Man Caravan for you.

(Sequence: And You Know That") ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ About 75% of the more than 135,000 pharmacists in the United States work in several different kinds of community pharmacies, which range from those that restrict their activities solely to dispensing prescriptions, to those that carry a wide variety of items for health, beauty, comfort, and other purposes.

Most owners of pharmacies began their careers as a pharmacist by working for someone else, but by using their integrity, talent and energy, they have become owners of one or more pharmacies.

Marion Jamison> There are many duties involved in ownership of a pharmacy.

We start, I would imagine with getting licensed and what have you and after this is done to secure sufficient and proper help, what we look for in getting our personnel is, number one, honesty.

Number two, dependability.

And number three, a relationship with other people.

When dealing with most of our people, when we're dealing with our ill, and they need special care and special attention, a smile.

And we need, our front people, who are willing to give this.

And, other duties involve accountability, an idea of particular prescription drugs, the necessary record keeping that's involved.

And these are just a few of the things that you're concerned with.

I was brought up in a business.

And when you're in a business for a long time, it becomes a part of you.

So I thought of a profession that would be incorporated into this business.

And this is retail pharmacy.

This is what you have a profession and a business, and you have to remember this, that you are dealing with both.

And we found it to be a very enjoyable and very successful in retail ownership of pharmacies, one can always expand, and open more than one store and this is how your chains developed.

Of course, management is so important in a business, and we find that about 90% of your businesses fail because of lack of proper management.

So, this must be taken in regard if you plan to expand your business or open another business that you have the proper management, one must know something about the business and a great deal about business, if he plans to own his own pharmacy.

So those courses in the pharmacy curriculum, you have courses that are designed to help you operate a business.

If you're going into retail end of it.

One should have sufficient experience, before opening a store, particularly from the business end of it, the filling of the prescriptions and necessary record keeping for prescriptions, is not difficult, but, keeping up with proper inventory, hiring and knowing his personnel, these things are personal and involved, and one should be quite adept if he is to have success in the management end of it.

I feel that the small community pharmacy still has a place.

It's a matter of securing, the proper location and getting the necessary capital to open.

And as I said earlier, getting the experience necessary to manage and operate the pharmacy.

Bill> You're on the Job Man Caravan.

And this week on the Caravan, we're taking a look at pharmacy.

And for those of you who are interested in pharmacy, be sure to get your pencil and paper ready for some additional information should you desire that information right here on the Job Man Caravan.

We continue with our entertainment on the Caravan for you.

As a matter of fact, this instrumental group is called Mainland for you on the Job Man Caravan.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Debra Glover> I decided to pursue a career in pharmacy in my junior in college.

I'm a chemistry major.

And back in high school, I knew that I wanted to be in a profession where I'd help people.

But I wasn't sure whether it's going to be medical or what.

And then when I went to college, I needed, a career in sciences that would permit me to be accepted into a school.

But then I was thinking more about medicine.

But then as time went on, I decided that I'd want to go into something like pharmacy, because hopefully one day I want to have a family.

And I was thinking about myself too.

Personally, seeking a degree in pharmacy must have a lot of science oriented courses like biochemistry, microbiology, physical chemistry, and a lot of mathematics because you have a lot of math in there too, along with the chemistry, because you have a lot of chemistry and math together.

High school students should take anything that has a lot of mathematics and chemistry in it.

Like in high school, you probably can take all the chemistry and biological biology courses that are offered because there are limited in high school, because you pick your own whatever future career you want in college, and that's where you really go into a greater degree.

of your chemistry and mathematics.

So I'd say anything that has to do with math or chemistry, take it.

I would tell any high school student, get them a good basic foundation while they are there.

Because while they're there they don't realize that that's the basis for their future.

That's what they need to get into college, and that's what they're going to need to get into any medical profession from then on, because they look back on all the way to high school, college and whatever else that you pursue.

Bill> As pharmacists become increasingly important members of the health care team, employment and professional opportunities for them should increase.

The employment outlook for pharmacist is expected to be favorable through the 1980s.

Employment will grow as new pharmacies are established in large residential areas, as well as in small towns and rural locations.

Many community pharmacies are also expected to hire additional pharmacists.

The demand for pharmacists will be generated by such factors as population growth, increased life expectancy, greater demand for drugs, particularly among the elderly.

Availability of a wider range of drug products for preventive and therapeutic uses, the rising standard of health care and the growth of public and private health insurance programs that provide payment for prescription drugs.

♪ Since they provide consultative services to physicians and other professionals in hospitals, nursing homes, and other health facilities, the employment of pharmacists in these settings is expected to rise faster than in any other work settings.

There are a number of pamphlets that you can order if you desire.

More information on the pharmacy as a career.

For a list of the pamphlets, as well as information on how to order them, write Job Man Caravan ETV Drawer L Columbia, South Carolina 29250.

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