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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Pharmaciae Doctor (Doctor of Pharmacy)

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Examples

  • If the PharmD degree entitled bearer of said degree with more research opportunities, clinical work and job opportunities as well as throwing a LOT of additional training in there, I would not be averse to hearing the PharmD addressed as doctor.

    Is There a Doctor on the Blog? 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • As a PharmD, I really avoid the "doctor" salutation here at the hospital.

    Is There a Doctor on the Blog? 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • If Obamacare gets passed, the bright side will be I'll get into a PharmD program really easily since the shortage of ALL health care workers will be Epic!

    "Canadafornia" Medical Care, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The specialization of a PharmD cannot be coded into a simple database that will prevent drug interactions.

    Why I find "Just Do Your Job" Rhetoric Repugnant Academic 2009

  • As a pharmacist with a PharmD title I alway avoided being called "Dr." because I felt that tacking on one extra year to a BS program did not a doctor make.

    Is There a Doctor on the Blog? 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • For every in-patient, a clinician MD, PharmD, NP, PA should be looking up new information 3 times per patient, for every 3 outpatients, should be looked up 2 times.

    Rant Alert: Attention, Pharmacists 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • I love a lot of our local MD, DO, ARNP, PAs,etc... they are hard working practitioners that want to improve patient care and patient outcomes, like myself I am a PharmD by the way.

    Rant Alert: Attention, Pharmacists 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • I think the problem lies not with the PharmD. or the MD, but whoever the hell is supposed to be phoning the scripts in.

    Rant Alert: Attention, Pharmacists 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • Last year I was in a clinical rotation for my PharmD when my mother was hospitalized.

    A Series of Vignettes Amanda 2008

  • A patient we just had on the GI ward was on warfarin and during the weekend without the PharmD present like they usually are on rounds the resident MD decides to put the patient on bactrim for an upper respiratory infection.

    Rant Alert: Attention, Pharmacists 1 Dinosaur 2008

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