In the United States, only a pharmacy college accredited by ACPE can award a doctorate in pharmacy and become a pharmacist. Due to the protection policy for local students, the College of Pharmacy is less open to international students. About 70% of PHAMD in state-owned pharmaceutical colleges must be state-owned students, while private schools have less restrictions.
It is more difficult for foreign pharmacists to become American pharmacists. First, you must pass the certification of Foreign Pharmaceutical Postgraduate Examination Committee (FPGEC), TOEFL and TSE exams, and then pass the Foreign Pharmaceutical Postgraduate Equivalent Examination (FPGee). Finally, you must pass the NAPLEX and MJPE practice exams to become a pharmacist.
Because pharmacists have secure jobs, good pay and fierce competition, it is difficult for even American students to apply, and there are often 2,000 pharmacists. 3,000 applicants competed for 300 places.
Fifty states in the United States, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico, require foreign pharmacists to obtain foreign pharmaceutical degrees.
Only after being certified by the Examination Committee-FPGEC and passing the qualification examination and other prescribed examinations can you practice in the United States. Some States have special laws and regulations for pharmacists in some countries, and the main ones are state laws and regulations.
American college of pharmacy branch
American pharmaceutical colleges are generally divided into different departments. Of course, it is not excluded that apart from PharmD, some pharmaceutical colleges have only one PharmaceuticalSciences.
pharmaceutical chemistry
Pharmaceutical science
pharmaceutics
Pharmacology pharmacology
pharmaceutical analysis
pharmacognosy
These are different departments under the College of Pharmacy.
It is worth noting that not every one of these six departments is our imaginary pharmacy. Some are engaged in biology and chemistry under the banner of pharmaceutical college. Especially for students who have just applied for pharmacy and non-pharmaceutical colleges, it is even more necessary to see this clearly.
1. medicinal chemistry+
It is no accident that the target drug was designed and synthesized. To put it bluntly, it is basically the same as organic chemistry. If your chemical background, especially organic chemistry, is not good, be careful. Toxic, heavy workload, similarly, there will be this branch under the chemistry department of many chemistry colleges. It is not difficult to apply in the school of pharmacy.
2. Pharmacology: Pharmacology
The name is very nice, and it studies the action mode of drugs in the body, but as long as you browse a certain number of pharmaceutical colleges, you will find that many pharmaceutical colleges do not have this branch. On the contrary, you can find this under the medical school, which may be pharmacology, molecular pharmacology, and even biochemistry and pharmacology. In a word, it's no different from being a creature. If you hate biological experiments, or you don't want to study biology, then pharmacology is not for you. Then, for students who like to do biological experiments, it is good to apply for pharmacology, but when applying for it, don't just stare at the school of pharmacy. There are only 60 in the United States, and not every pharmaceutical college has this department. You can try to apply for medical school, and the difficulty will be much lower.
3. Pharmacy: American pharmacy major
This is the real and imaginary pharmacy. At the same time, the application is surprisingly difficult, and the undergraduate application is even more difficult. Professors in this department are mainly divided into several categories: physical pharmacy, formulation development and prescription design, manufacturing design and industrial production, new drug delivery system design, new drug delivery system design and some cell research. Most of these directions are easier to find a job after graduation, and the annual salary is also considerable.
The strength of those schools on the second page of the American news pharmaceutical ranking is really not as good as that of the previous ones. But I hope everyone will not take it lightly, let alone take it as a guarantee. Because poor schools don't mean they want you, some schools like to recruit CSC, that is, national scholarships, that is, students who are sent abroad.
4.PK/PD
This is a special branch of the College of Pharmacy, which is usually located under pharmacy or pharmaceutical science and studies drug metabolism. However, unlike pharmacology, PKPD prefers applied mathematics.
5. Drug analysis
In fact, most schools don't have this major, so it should be merged into analytical chemistry.
6. Pharmaceutical Science
It is a general term used by some schools to merge pharmacy, PKPD, pharmacology and so on. There is no specific statement.
The difficulty of applying for American pharmacy major
Pharmacy > analytical chemistry > pharmaceutical chemistry > pharmacology
Pharmacy includes PKPD, and analytical chemistry includes drug analysis.
The overall difficulty of pharmaceutical application is to explode chemistry and biology. Applicants from all over the world include chemistry, biology, chemistry, BME, pharmacy and so on.
Application process of American pharmacy specialty
1 Apply for the certification of Foreign Pharmaceutical Postgraduate Examination Committee -fpgec;
2 TOEFL English reading as a foreign language (TOEFL)
3 Oral English Test (TSE)
After passing the exam and English exam, you must pass the equivalent examination for foreign pharmaceutical graduate students.
Apply for one to two years of clinical experience or postdoctoral research (depending on state regulations);
6. Passed the North American Pharmacy License Examination (Naplex) and the Multi-State Pharmacy Law Examination (MPJE).