Reflect on the content assigned for Week #6 using the below questions as a guide, at a minimum:

• • In the 1950s, two schools in California did NOT transition from the 4-year BS degree to new 5-year BS degree in Pharmacy. What was the impact of them moving directly to the entry-level PharmD?
  • The entry-level PharmD degree is now 20 years old as the required degree to practice pharmacy in the USA. How do you feel this significant change in educational requirements has impacted our practice?
  • Are current “apprenticeship” requirements a key component to learning how pharmacy practice works? Should they be changed?
  • What other relevant questions would you ask about this content?
  • At least 2 cited sources
  • 2 Pages lon

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Pharmacy is an essential profession in the field of healthcare. The area appertains to the extensive study of medicine and how different components used in making a drug interact with cells and other elements in the body. The practice of pharmacy has not always been separated from medicine, and before the 18^th century, physicians would often double up as doctors and druggists (Fink, 2018). However, subsequent developments in health science made the distinction of medicine from pharmacy…