Pharmacy Intro Exam Study Guide
Prehistoric pharmacy - Answer✔✔-healing properties of natural substances
shamans
ancient pharmacy - Answer✔✔-healing and magic intermingled
blood letting and rituals performed
shamans - Answer✔✔-ritualistic, potions and teas to heal
middle age pharmacy - Answer✔✔-Pharmacy and the preparation of medicinals began to
separate from pharmacy"
renaissance pharmacy - Answer✔✔-•Beginning of the modern period •Expansion of knowledge
on medicinal plants •Formal education and standards
american pharmacy influence - Answer✔✔-from england
transition from apothecaries to prescriptions from physicians and dispensed by pharmacists
apothecaries - Answer✔✔-run by physicians provided products and care
druggist - Answer✔✔-one who sells medicine : pharmacist
sold to physicians and apothecaries
when did the pharmacist develop? - Answer✔✔-1800s
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when did pharmacy colleges begin to form? - Answer✔✔-1860s
iowa formed in 1885
How did the transition to current pharmacy change? - Answer✔✔-preparation from raw
materials not as necessary
dispensing of manufactured products increases
pharmacists in charge of distribution and supply
quality standards more important
how many pharmacists in the US? - Answer✔✔-290,000
about half of the number of physicians
Job outlook in US - Answer✔✔-expected to increase by 14% from 2012-2022
change to more hospital and patient care from community
iowa pharmacist demographics - Answer✔✔-61% women
have increased 17% since 2001
currently more pharmacy students than BS students
Pharmacist roles - Answer✔✔-provide medicine and information
dispense medications and monitor progress with medication
educate consumers
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