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studies, and must graduate from anapproved medical school. You mustfinish two to three years of a familymedicine residency program. Youmust also complete the qualifyingexaminations of the MedicalCouncil of Canada and obtain alicense from the licensing authorityin the province/territory where youwill work. Most recent entrantshave an undergraduate universitydegree.Useful Experience/Skills & HighSchool Subjects: Multidisciplinaryteamwork, Business and financialmanagement, Committee work,Interpersonal skills, Communityinvolvement; For admission to abachelors degree one has to studyMath, Biology, Chemistry, Physicsand English and obtain an overallaverage of 90% or above.PharmacistsMain duties of IndustrialPharmacist:• Participate in basic research forthe development of new drugs• Formulate new drug productsdeveloped by medicalresearchers• Test new drug products forstability and to determine theirabsorption and eliminationpatterns• Co-ordinate clinicalinvestigations of new drugs• Control the quality of drugproducts during production toensure that they meet standardsof potency, purity, uniformity,stability and safety• Develop information materialsconcerning the uses, propertiesand risks of particular drugs• Evaluate labelling, packagingand advertising of drugproducts• Promote pharmaceuticalproducts to health professionals.Main duties of CommunityPharmacist:• Check prescriptions for properdosage• Compound prescribedpharmaceutical productsby calculating, measuringand mixing the quantities ofdrugs and other ingredientsrequired and filling appropriatecontainers with correct quantity• Dispense prescribedpharmaceuticals to customersor to other health careprofessionals and advisethem on indications, contraindications,adverse effects,drug interactions and dosage• Maintain medication profilesof customers including registryof poisons and narcotic andcontrolled drugs• Ensure proper preparation,packaging, distribution andstorage of vaccines, serums,biological and other drugs andpharmaceuticals• Order and maintain stock ofpharmaceutical supplies• Advise customers on selectionand use of non-prescriptionmedication• May supervise and coordinatethe activities ofother pharmacists, pharmacyassistants,pharmacytechnicians and other staff.Education/TrainingYou need a Bachelor’s degreein Pharmacy and a license topractice from the appropriatelicensing body of your province.To be a community or hospitalpharmacist, you need a license inthe province/territory where you’llwork. Most recent entrants have anundergraduate university degree.Useful Experience/Skills & HighSchool Subjects: Multidisciplinaryteamwork, Business and financialmanagement, Committee work,Interpersonal skills, Communityinvolvement; For admission toa bachelors degree one has tostudy Math, Biology, Chemistry,Computer related courses andEnglish and obtain an overallaverage of 85% or aboveRegistered NursesNursing is one profession withtwo categories of care providers- Registered Nurses (RNs) andRegistered Practical Nurses. Thetwo main areas of differencebetween RNs and RPNs areeducational preparation and limitsof practice. Although all nursingstudents learn from the same basicbody of nursing knowledge, RNsstudy over a longer period of timeand, accordingly, provide care inmore complex situations.This occupational group alsoincludes nurse practitioners(NPs), also known as extendedclass nurses or RN (ECs). NPs areRegistered Nurses with additionaleducational preparation andexperience who diagnose, order andinterpret diagnostic tests, prescribepharmaceuticals and perform othernursing procedures which RNs andRPNs do not perform.Selected Main Duties• Registered nurses performsome or all of the followingduties:• Assess patients to identifyappropriatenursinginterventions;• Collaborate with members ofan interdisciplinary health teamto plan, implement, co-ordinateand evaluate patient care inconsultation with patients andtheir families;• Administer medications andtreatments as prescribed bya physician or accordingto established policies andprotocols;• Operate or monitor medicalapparatus or equipment;• Monitor, record and reportsymptoms and changes inpatients’ conditions;• Assist in medical procedures orsurgery;• Manage cases and develop andimplement discharge plans;• Supervise registered nursingassistants and other nursingstaff.• Other job duties specific tonursing specialization include:• At an advanced level, nursepractitioners provide basicprimary health care that36 So What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?