Addressing a Pharmacist

[Yutis]

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[KARM12]

I'm just curious, when you address a Pharmacist are you supposed to call them Doctor, i mean they have a Pharm.D. Which is a Doctor of Pharmacy....

In most settings you generally call them by their first name. However, at school you always refer to them as "Dr. X." The academic setting is the only time I've seen the pharmacist refered to as Dr. I work in community and have done rotations in hospital/clinics and it is always their first name. Not all pharmacists have a PharmD as well.

 

[Yutis]

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[eddie269]

WHEW! That was a close one. 🙂

 

[Rxbound]

I have been known to refer to the pharmacists that I work with as "Viceroy", "Professor", "Monsignor", and "Dictator". We don't take the title thing too seriously...😀

 

[psychoandy]

I'm just curious, when you address a Pharmacist are you supposed to call them Doctor, i mean they have a Pharm.D. Which is a Doctor of Pharmacy....

Honestly, at work, all of the bigwigs who I would talk to formally like that don't have PharmDs...

I would say anyone you're rotating with will usually have a pharmd and would want to be called that. Professors are always profs to me, regardless of PhD or PharmD. And work people...well, most shouldn't/don't care.

 

[pharmboy30]

apothecary general - one of the older pharmacists at my hospital called himself that (as a joke)

 

[disboifan]

apothecary general - one of the older pharmacists at my hospital called himself that (as a joke)

lol that sounds cool.

 

[Farmercyst]

If you want to know proper etiquette when addressing medical professionals such as PharmD's I'd suggest Emily Post.

 

[pharmd4me@510]

Do you call pharmacists (with PharmDs) working at the hospital doctor or by their first name?

 

[Rxbound]

I work at a hospital and everyone calls our pharmacists by their first names.