PharmD/PA

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With a PharmD/PA degree, do you choose to practice as a PharmD or a PA after graduation, or do you get to do both? How many years of residency or post-graduate clinical hours are required to become a full-fledged PharmD/PA?
Can some of you please shed some light on this for me?

 

[DrDrugs2012]

With a PharmD/PA degree, do you choose to practice as a PharmD or a PA after graduation, or do you get to do both? How many years of residency or post-graduate clinical hours are required to become a full-fledged PharmD/PA?
Can some of you please shed some light on this for me?

You will end up typically in a career which will focus on one more than the other. For example, if you are a in a primary care setting, you'll end up being more of a PA. I believe some schools of pharmacy have either started or will soon be starting dual degree programs which typically take 5 years (thus saving you one year).

 

[Lubeckd]

yeah, Im intertested in PharmD/PA. As the interest for primary care is on the rise, I want to be able to diagnosis and prescribe. I also want to be able to work in a pharmacy.

my school has a pharmD/mba program (I might do that, since it only takes summer)
it also has a PA program, Im going to ask about it.

 

[pharm B]

How many of these programs are still around? I know when I was applying to schools, I could only find one or two PharmD/PA programs with info online. The one in Washington required you to apply for the PA portion after completing a year of pharmacy school, and that was too big of a gamble for me to consider. "Hey honey, let's move to another state and pay OOS tuition on the off chance I might get into a dual degree program next year."

To those who see no benefit to the extra training, I would say that our patient assessment class has made me wish I had the PA training so that I could have a lot of options at the VA or similar institution.