Healthcare Professional Articles: Vocabulary, listening, and reading exercises for students to learn and practice English.
The Pharmacist
Vocabulary:
counsel
deal with
dispense
drug interactions
drug
healthcare professional
medication profiles
pharmaceutical
pharmacist
prescribe
prescription
regimen
side effects
Activities to verify and solidify key vocabulary: matching, crossword
Listen to the Pharmacist article:
Listen and try to answer the discussion questions or take the quiz. You can also listen and read along with the script below.
Article 1: The Pharamacist 
Tests for Article 1: multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks
Listen to the audio file for the Pharmacist and then you may advance to the test questions. Listen as many times as you need to answer the questions. (You can read the full articles below.)
Follow-up: After completing the test exercises, try the speaking activity with the conversation questions.
For self study: Verify you understand the key words for the articles. Then try to answer the following conversation questions, speaking out loud.
Conversation Questions:
- What is a pharmacist?
- Where do pharmacists work?
- What are the main roles of a pharmacist?
- What are some types of patient education nurses provide?
Reading: read the article and then answer the questions.
The Pharmacist
Pharmacists are healthcare professionals that deal primarily with dispensing medications and managing patient medication regimens. The pharmacist has many responsibilities. The pharmacist fills prescriptions from doctors. The pharmacist also counsels the patient about medication, side effects, and how to use the medication correctly. Another responsibility of the pharmacist is to manage and monitor patient medication profiles. Pharmacists must check for drug interactions, proper prescribing and drug safety. The pharmacist works closely with patients, physicians, and other healthcare professionals to provide medication to the patient.
Roles of the pharmacist:
Reviewing and monitoring patient medication regimens
General health advice
Counseling patients about disease states and medication
Dispensing medication by prescription
Counseling patients about the best use of medication
Pharmacists work in a variety of places with many different specialties. Pharmacists are often the first person patients ask for medical advice. With their position in the community and because they are very accessible, pharmacists play a major role in patient care.
Pharmacist work in:
- community pharmacies
- hospitals
- clinics
- pharmaceutical companies
- government offices
Pharmacist specialties include:
- community pharmacists
- hospital pharmacists
- nuclear pharmacists
- clinical research pharmacists
- consultant pharmacist
Tests for this article: multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks
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