Samgreguc:
The Arch. Spent six yrs and they get an Msc. Degree.(my cousin is one).
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Pharm. D grad. are called Dr in US bro.

obayaya:

You're studying pharmacy in Uniport right?

Find Out!:



Kindly produce your source for the bolded. I wonder how people like you consciously type false information and confidently click the submit button, knowing fully well that thousands of people will read what you've posted. Can you please give the name of ONE university (out of the over 4500 institutions in the USA) that offers the B.Pharm degree?

For anyone who's interested in how to become a pharmacist in the US, a simple google search which Mr. Misinformer above appears incapable of doing will produce a link like this http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Pharmacist


@Topic, I wholeheartedly support the conversion, but of course the necessary infrastructure, facilities and curriculum must be in place so that a Pharm.D. degree from Nigeria will be readily considered equal to a Pharm.D. degree obtained anywhere else outside the country.

joker5180: I see nothing wrong in health professionals striving to improve their skills but I always doubt the sincerity of doing so if there a hidding secrete to it.
No nigerian university award " doctor of ............" as first degree except in the case of optometry ( which is a desaster).
The degree " doctor of .......," is ONLY awarded to students who undergo a postgraduate training in form of PhD.
People who study MEDICINE AND SURGERY are awarded MB,BS( bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery) by universities. The title "Dr" is given by their regulatory body.
An additional year doesnt equate to a PhD.
They just want parade themselves as "doctors" in the society and nothing else.

Samgreguc:
any problem?

ACM10:

The catchword there is NITTY-GRITTY. Even Physiotherapists/Nurses/Radiographers do study these courses too, but not in details. Does pharmacy students do practicals with cadaver? I mean dissecting cadaver region by region. It is only Anatomy/MedSurg students that does it.

Moreover, how can you treat a patient without the knowledge of the PATHOLOGY behind the disease. Don't you think that this defiency in knowledge can make a difference between life and death?

Pennywise:

Its a relation. I went to visit him. I saw 2 others on drip with a young pharmD brandishing stetoscope. What insult.

ACM10:

For the first time we are on the same side of the debate.

It is every paramedics desire to bear the title 'Dr', but none of them wants to pass through the medical school and study the nitty-gritty of Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Pathology. I was teaching a Med. Lab student Immunology, he continued to interrupt me, telling me that I was paying attention to details, reminding me that he is not a studying Med/Surg. Explaining further that he only need a general overview of the course to enable him pass exam. Tommorrow, the same guy will rub shoulders with doctors in the hospital.

Pennywise:

Why are architects not callesd Dr sb since they spent 6yrs.

Even medical doctors in the US are mostly addressed with the suffix M.D.

ACM10:

For the first time we are on the same side of the debate.

It is every paramedics desire to bear the title 'Dr', but none of them wants to pass through the medical school and study the nitty-gritty of Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Pathology. I was teaching a Med. Lab student Immunology, he continued to interrupt me, telling me that I was paying attention to details, reminding me that he is not a studying Med/Surg. Explaining further that he only need a general overview of the course to enable him pass exam. Tommorrow, the same guy will rub shoulders with doctors in the hospital.

sikells:
this post is just not encouraging at all..why must doctors always have problems with other health professionals?y do they seek to control all health professions...health professionals are supposed to work together..little wonder why our health system is just nothing to write home about

Shori: Tsk! Pharmacy students take Biochemistry,Anatomy,Pharmacology and Physiology with Pathology the only exception. . . Come up with something ''better'' please. . .

obayaya:

Answer yes or no, then maybe we can look objectively at your clamor for Pharm.D using the facilities and the curriculum at the faculty of Pharmaceutical sciences in Uniport as a point of reference.

You game?

zeezahbee: In my year 2, I did anatomy (histology and gross) so we dealt wit cadaver and pathology is a course under pharmmicrobiology in 300level. Get your facts right ok

Black Swan:
Ha! Isn't it obvious that the desire to be called 'Doctors' is a huge driving force behind this development?

Samgreguc:
yes. Bt, nt yet in the faculty though.
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adeola_drg:

Don't be ignorant and like u're not. B.pharm students study Physiology, Anatomy, and Biochemistry. We sleep and wake up with pharmacology. In addition, pharmD students study pathology and pharmacovigilance with these.. Say something else puhleeeeezzz!

Samgreguc: Pharm. D? B. Pharm?
Pharm. D encompases wider curriculum than B. Pharm so, a graduate of Pharm. D can do what a grad. Of B. Pharm will do. The additions starts from 400level.
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Will it be of help? YES of cos.
HOW? ,
I hope the quoted tells you something.
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What is it about that title Dr?
It wunt be fair if you possess a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and wunt bear Dr.
Bt, the fact that u bear Dr doesnt change the fact that you are a Pharmacist.
. . . . . Most of those studying Medicine dont really knw that their real name is Physician and dat the DOCTOR title in full is MEDICAL DOCTOR so also the pharm. D owner is PHARMACEUTICAL DOCTOR(DOCTOR of PHARMACY).
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As for the person asking if we study Pathology as a pharm. Student. In my UNIPORT FACULTY OF PHARMACY curricullum(which is alike everywhere) Pathology is done in 300level. Common sense will even tell u that u must knw of a disease to bring a drug for it.
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.#PEACE

Dannylux: Later y'all will scream that Doctors pride over their appellation when the title is envied by almost every other paramedic
Quite laughable.
The way they hammered the need to be addressed as doctors I doubt if they truly intend to involve the clinical upgrade which they cited as their prime aim of the protest.

nagoma: The "wannabe Doctors" are desperate . Pharmacists , Optometrists and even ambulance drivers want to be referred to as Docrors and they refuse to go through medical school. The confusion in Nigeria's healthcare continues as we copy blindly from America.

obayaya:

Oooops!!!

Now I see why you're raising your voice here. It's all good though.

Cheers mate. Happy Sunday

obayaya:

This post goes a long way to show that all you guys are interested in is a fight for relevance.

If you guys do all these courses that in your B.Pharm, what else are you guys fighting for? You already have the basic knowledge to be able to help the doctors in the wards.

PCN should work out modalities that will enable Pharmacists in the hospitals have advanced interaction with patients.

Isn't that what all this is about?

moderatorr: Why must a pharmacist be forced to do the job of a doctor?
Doctor => patient
pharmacist => drug lord
Simple
i dont think what they were studying in school was drugs for trees and insects. it has always been drugs for patients.

eagleu:

You know you lie. Have you even been to the USA?
Many schools offer Pharm B and Pharm D, and even some only Pharma B

obayaya:

And the emphasis of the B.Pharm is on the product?

Well, lemme go to church first.. I'll edit this space later

Evergreen123:

I know one optometrist that prides himself as an eye doctor, forgetting that optometrist job Is limited to the lenses while ophthalmology is a whole new level which will require 6year undergraduate medical training and another 5 years of residency in OPTHALMOLOGY.
I don't argue with him based on that cos I don't want him to take it personal and feel bad, on a good day, he is a nice person.
If not, I no dey use my ear to listen to that kind of trash.

Evergreen123:
Name your beer brand, I will deliver it to you.

hayoakins: I won't be puzzled if the Dr.s are being threatened by having Pharm.D to compete with.

Black Swan:
Ha! Isn't it obvious that the desire to be called 'Doctors' is a huge driving force behind this development?
PharmD in other countries is like a post graduate degree but the Nigerian case is different. PharmD in Nigeria is first degree .

the general84:
Medical students do a course called pathology/ lab medicine. This course includes: haematology, medical microbiology, chemical pathology and pathology
Microbiology is not Pathology and vice versa

Samgreguc:
Pharm. D has much more benefit to the patience than B. Pharm.
Read my first post pls.

Samgreguc:
ooops what?
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Yes am nt yet in d faculty bt, I relate very well with the faculty. Do u get it?

adeola_drg:

We want to interact with the patients, doctors and nurses in the wards. Our mates everywhere is into this already, just naija!