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WesternU has
best health care
jobs in 2015
P scope of pharmacy practice to include greater
P H A R M A C Y
Pharmacy, podiatric medicine and physical therapy
opportunities for direct patient care in nearly all
are among the top 10 health care jobs in 2015,
according to the website CareerCast,
practice settings, Robinson said.
http://healthcare.careercast.com/article/best-jobs-
“Pharmacists are now being recognized as an
healthcare-2014
integral part of the health care team, and under the
Western University of Health Sciences offers Affordable Care Act, they share responsibility for
doctoral degrees in all three programs, and officials improving the patient experience, improving
agree that the future is bright for these professions. health care outcomes and controlling costs,” he
said. “This is a great time to become a pharmacist.”
Pharmacy has an average annual salary of
$116,670, and the profession is projected to grow Podiatrists make an annual average salary of
14 percent by 2022, according to CareerCast. $116,440, and the profession is expected to grow 23
percent by 2022, according to CareerCast. The
Pharmacy is a great career, and it’s getting better aging baby boomer population is one of the drivers
every year, said College of Pharmacy Dean Daniel of the surge in job growth for podiatrists.
Robinson, PharmD, FASHP. Pharmacists have been
ranked among the highest of all professions for “Most people are going to have problems with their
honesty and ethics for more than 20 years by the feet over time,” said College of Podiatric Medicine
Gallup Poll, he said. Pharmacists are also recognized Dean Lawrence Harkless, DPM. “As Socrates said, ‘If
as being the most accessible health care your feet hurt, everything hurts.’ The diseases of
professionals by the public. age and overindulgence affect the feet - diabetes
and arthritis put people’s feet and limbs at risk. In
“Pharmacy education and the profession have fact, an entirely new branch of podiatric medicine
evolved over the past 30 years, from a focus on the and surgery has grown out of the complications of
drug product to a focus on the appropriate use of diabetes - limb salvage surgery.”
drugs to manage and prevent disease,” Robinson
said. “In the U.S., we spend over $300 billion A simple bunion or hammertoe in a person with
annually on prescription drugs, and we spend diabetes can turn into a limb and even life-
another $200 billon on the management of adverse threatening problem, Harkless said.
drug events. There is a tremendous opportunity for
pharmacists to improve the outcomes of “It is the podiatrist’s responsibility to help the
medication therapy and reduce the consequences patient head off problems with prophylactic surgery
associated with improper drug use.” to correct deformities and to treat wounds if they
occur due to a lack of sensation and decreased
California has led the nation by expanding the circulation,” he said. “We can diagnose and
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best health care
jobs in 2015
P scope of pharmacy practice to include greater
P H A R M A C Y
Pharmacy, podiatric medicine and physical therapy
opportunities for direct patient care in nearly all
are among the top 10 health care jobs in 2015,
according to the website CareerCast,
practice settings, Robinson said.
http://healthcare.careercast.com/article/best-jobs-
“Pharmacists are now being recognized as an
healthcare-2014
integral part of the health care team, and under the
Western University of Health Sciences offers Affordable Care Act, they share responsibility for
doctoral degrees in all three programs, and officials improving the patient experience, improving
agree that the future is bright for these professions. health care outcomes and controlling costs,” he
said. “This is a great time to become a pharmacist.”
Pharmacy has an average annual salary of
$116,670, and the profession is projected to grow Podiatrists make an annual average salary of
14 percent by 2022, according to CareerCast. $116,440, and the profession is expected to grow 23
percent by 2022, according to CareerCast. The
Pharmacy is a great career, and it’s getting better aging baby boomer population is one of the drivers
every year, said College of Pharmacy Dean Daniel of the surge in job growth for podiatrists.
Robinson, PharmD, FASHP. Pharmacists have been
ranked among the highest of all professions for “Most people are going to have problems with their
honesty and ethics for more than 20 years by the feet over time,” said College of Podiatric Medicine
Gallup Poll, he said. Pharmacists are also recognized Dean Lawrence Harkless, DPM. “As Socrates said, ‘If
as being the most accessible health care your feet hurt, everything hurts.’ The diseases of
professionals by the public. age and overindulgence affect the feet - diabetes
and arthritis put people’s feet and limbs at risk. In
“Pharmacy education and the profession have fact, an entirely new branch of podiatric medicine
evolved over the past 30 years, from a focus on the and surgery has grown out of the complications of
drug product to a focus on the appropriate use of diabetes - limb salvage surgery.”
drugs to manage and prevent disease,” Robinson
said. “In the U.S., we spend over $300 billion A simple bunion or hammertoe in a person with
annually on prescription drugs, and we spend diabetes can turn into a limb and even life-
another $200 billon on the management of adverse threatening problem, Harkless said.
drug events. There is a tremendous opportunity for
pharmacists to improve the outcomes of “It is the podiatrist’s responsibility to help the
medication therapy and reduce the consequences patient head off problems with prophylactic surgery
associated with improper drug use.” to correct deformities and to treat wounds if they
occur due to a lack of sensation and decreased
California has led the nation by expanding the circulation,” he said. “We can diagnose and
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