The Formula for Becoming a Pharmacist
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Two listeners, Youngmin Kim in South Korea and Nestor Gastelo in Peru, would like us to talk about pharmacy education in the United States. This will be the subject today in our Foreign Student Series.
"Pharmacists are health professionals who assist individuals in making the best use of medications." That description comes from the Code of Ethics of the American Pharmacists Association.
The job may include filling doctors' orders and helping people choose medicines that can be sold without a prescription. A pharmacist might also answer questions from patients and work with medical devices and other technologies.
Community pharmacists work in drug stores. Pharmacists are also employed by hospitals and drug companies.
Pharmacists in the United States must meet the professional requirements of the state where they want to work.
Many universities have a college of pharmacy. Since two thousand four, these offer only a doctor of pharmacy degree. The program takes four years.
Students generally enter pharmacy school after two years of general courses. Pharmacy students must be skilled in mathematics and the sciences. They must also take the Pharmacy College Admission Test.
After they earn their degree, they must complete a residency training program in a hospital or other setting. One year is required, but a second year can be added in a specialty area like cancer care or infectious diseases.
After their residency, pharmacists must pass the licensing examination given by their state.
Foreign students who plan to train in the United States and return home should make sure their degree will be recognized there. In the same way, foreign-trained pharmacists who want to work in the United States must be sure that their degree will be recognized here.
Even so, they will have to complete a residency in the United States. For more information, check with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, at ashp.org.
Foreign-trained pharmacists must also pass a certification process. More information about that is available from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, on the Web at nabp.net.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. We will have links to these two sites at www.voaspecialenglish.com. You can also get the full details from VOA News about the killings Monday at Virginia Tech. I'm Bob Doughty.
单词注释：
pharmacy [5fB:mEsi] n. 药剂学
pharmacist [5fB:mEsIst] n. 配药者，药剂师
medication [7medi5keiFEn] n. 药物治疗，药物处理，药物
prescription [pri5skripFEn] n. 处方，药方
infectious [in5fekFEs] adj. 有传染性的，易传染的
residency [5rezidEnsi] n. 住院医生实习期
语言点分析：
make use of sth/sb 使用；利用（以谋私利等）
例句：We could make better use of our resources.
我们可以更有效的利用我们的资源。
even so 尽管如此；即使这样
例句：There are a lot of spelling mistakes; even so, it's quite a good essay.
尽管有许多拼写错误，它仍不失为一篇佳作。
如何成为一名药剂师
这里是美国之音特别英语《教育报道》节目。
我们的两位听众，韩国的金扬名和秘鲁的奈斯特·嘉斯特罗想和我们谈论一下美国的药剂教育。因此，这将是本次外国学生系列节目的主题。
“药剂师是帮助个人有效利用药物的卫生保健专家。”这条描述引自美国药剂师协会制定的药剂师道德规范。
药剂师的工作包括按照医生的处方配药，以及在没有处方的情况下帮助人们选择他们需要的药品。一名药剂师可能还需要回答病人的一些问题，操作医疗设备，以及掌握其它与医药相关的技术。
社区药剂师在药店工作。药剂师也会被医院和医药公司聘请。
美国的药剂师必须达到他所希望从事工作的州的专业要求。
许多大学设有药剂学院。从2004年起，这些学院只提供药剂学博士学位，课程计划四年。
学生一般在两年的普通课程结束后进入药剂学院。学习药剂的学生需要对数学和科学有较好的掌握，他们还必须得参加药剂学院的入学考试。
在获得学位之后，学生必须在医院或者其他单位完成一个实习训练计划。一年时间是必须的，但在癌症或者传染病等特殊领域的学生的实习期可能会增加一年。
实习期结束后，要成为药剂师还必须得通过所在州的执照考试。
一些外国学生计划在美国接受药剂师训练后回国工作，这些学生应该确定美国的药剂师学位在回国后是否能得到那里的承认。同样，想要在美国工作的外国培训的药剂师也必须确定他们的学位是否被这里认可。
即使如此，想要在美国工作的外国培训的药剂师还得完成在美国的在院实习。要获得更多的信息，请到美国卫生系统药剂师协会网站ashp.org上查询。
外国培训的药剂师也必须要通过证书认定程序。更多信息可以参见全国药剂委员会的网站nabp.net。
这就是美国之音特别英语《教育报道》，由南希·斯坦巴克撰写。我们会将上述的两个网址链接在我们的网站www.voaspecialenglish.com上。您可以从美国之音新闻栏目了解到星期一弗吉尼亚理工大学凶杀案的全部详细情况。我是鲍勃·多尔蒂。