What is Pharmaconomist?
{{Simplifying}} In Denmark (including [[Greenland]] and [[Faroe Islands]]), '''pharmaconomists''' ({{langx|da|farmakonom}}) are experts in pharmaceuticals ({{langx|da|lægemiddelkyndig}}) who have trained with a 3-year [[Higher education|tertiary degree]]. '''Pharmaconomy''' ({{langx|da|farmakonomi}}) describes either their professional practice or their training courses. ==Work== The majority of the Danish pharmaconomists work at [[Pharmacy|community pharmacies]] ([[Chemist (disambiguation)|chemists' shops]] or drug stores) and at [[Hospital pharmacy|hospital pharmacies]] and [[hospital]]s. Some pharmaconomists work within the [[chemical industry]], the [[pharmaceutical industry]] and in [[Medical laboratory|medical or clinical laboratories]]. Other pharmaconomists [[Teacher|teach]] pharmacy students and pharmaconomy students at [[college]]s or [[University|universities]], such as at the University of Copenhagen's [[University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences|Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences]] or at the Pharmakon—Danish College of Pharmacy Practice. Pharmaconomists are also employed by the Danish [[Ministry of Interior and Health (Denmark)|Ministry of Interior and Health]], [[Danish Medicines Agency]] and [[Danish Association of Pharmacies]]. Some pharmaconomists do work as [[pharmaceutical consultant]]s. ==Education== The 3 year higher education corresponds to 180 [[European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System|ECTS points (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System)]]. ===Pharmakon—Danish College of Pharmacy Practice=== During his or her [[education]] programme at [[Pharmakon—Danish College of Pharmacy Practice]], the pharmaconomist student studies [[human]] and [[animal]] [[anatomy]], [[physiology]], [[pathology]], [[pharmacology]], [[pharmaconomy]], [[pharmacy practice]], [[pharmaceutics]], [[toxicology]], [[pharmacognosy]], [[clinical pharmacy]], [[pharmacotherapy]], [[pharmaceutical sciences]], [[chemistry]], [[pharmaceutical chemistry]], [[biochemistry]], [[biolog