The Meaning of RPh

[goheh]

I recently attended a discussion on organic food consumption, led by a woman and after her name the initials RPh. During her talk, she did that arrogent, "I'm a pharmacist--I would know," claim. Then I was confused--I thought pharmacists had to have Pharm.D's (now required for entering pharmacists) or BS degrees. Granted, this woman was around 50 years old, so I concluded that these RPh letters were some ancient Pharm.D in disguise. Am I right, or is this some different degree entirely?

If RPh and Pharm.D are equal, which do you put after your name after you graduate from pharmacy school? 😕

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[LVPharm]

Here in Nevada, the older pharmacists who graduated with a BSPharm degree will have an RPh after their name (Registered Pharmacist)...all the Pharm.D.s here don't use the RPh designation after their name, whether it's on an ID tag, or on a business card. They use "John Doe, Pharm.D.". This lady was probably a BSPharm degree holder...therefore the licensure designation as a "registered pharmacist" following her name. Designations may be different in other states, so I can only speak for what I know here in Nevada.

I will have a Pharm.D. after my name, this June 3 😉

 

[baggywrinkle]

I recently attended a discussion on organic food consumption, led by a woman and after her name the initials RPh. During her talk, she did that arrogent, "I'm a pharmacist--I would know," claim. Then I was confused--I thought pharmacists had to have Pharm.D's (now required for entering pharmacists) or BS degrees. Granted, this woman was around 50 years old, so I concluded that these RPh letters were some ancient Pharm.D in disguise. Am I right, or is this some different degree entirely?

If RPh and Pharm.D are equal, which do you put after your name after you graduate from pharmacy school? 😕

You may be a PharmD and not be an RPH. An example is a graduate pharmacist waiting to take his board exam or a naughty Pharm D who has
been stripped of his license. RPh indicates licensure with a state board.

One may also be an RPh without being a PharmD. This applies to those of us
who graduated from the five year bachelors program and is an indication of the amount of gray in our hair more than anything else

 

[baggywrinkle]

I will have a Pharm.D. after my name, this June 3 😉

Congratulations, will it translate into $$$ for you?

 

[LVPharm]

Congratulations, will it translate into $$$ for you?

Thanks!

I'm afraid $$$ will have to wait for me.

It will translate to $32,000 in stipend next year

...at least Salt Lake City isn't too expensive a city to live in.

 

[baggywrinkle]

Thanks!

I'm afraid $$$ will have to wait for me.

It will translate to $32,000 in stipend next year

...at least Salt Lake City isn't too expensive a city to live in.

Sounds like a very expensive name tag you've just purchased. Send me a postcard when you cash in on the big bucks selling live CE seminars to us working stiffs

 

[ZpackSux]

A licensed pharmacist is a RPh, Registered Pharmacist.
Pharm.D is a degree, doctor of pharmacy.

Both BS and PharmD can be an RPh. But having BS and PharmD doesn't qualify one as an RPh..unless licensed.

Got it?

 

[LVPharm]

Sounds like a very expensive name tag you've just purchased.

You know? You're absolutely right...shoulda done that correspondence course in TV/VCR repair. 🙂

 

[skp]

Sounds like a very expensive name tag you've just purchased. Send me a postcard when you cash in on the big bucks selling live CE seminars to us working stiffs

i'll take one of those cards too

 

[baggywrinkle]

i'll take one of those cards too

Yo, SKP! Do they still speak of Eugene Parrot in hushed tones there at the COP? How about David (weeds & seeds) Carew? Where is Uncle Dave?