Academic Pharmacist
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Academic pharmacists enjoy exciting careers in universities, research institutes and other organisations throughout the world educating, training, assessing and developing pharmacy students, pre-registration trainees, pharmacists as well as other healthcare professionals.
You will use and apply your pharmacy knowledge and expertise to teach the next generation of pharmacists through a variety of teaching methods. Working alongside the wider educational team, you will update the degree programme and develop learning material to reflect changes in education and practice. Academics also offer general support to students and are often viewed as role models and mentors.
Teacher practitioners have a split role, spending on average around 60% of their time working in a hospital, in the community or in industrial pharmacy and 40% of the time as a lecturer.
Academic pharmacists are also thought of as researchers, as the role usually involves conducting some form of research, e.g. in a science-based area of practice, drug design or pharmacy services. You will collect evidence, analyse it and use this data to make improvements to medicines and patients’ health. You will be thought of as an expert.
