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speciality	[ spFSI'xlItI]	спеціальність
pharmacy	['fRmqsI]	фармація
pharmaceutist	[fRmq'sjHtIst]	фармацевт, провізор
pharmacist	['fRmqsIst ]	аптекар, фармацевт
to master	['mRstq]	оволодівати, удосконалювати
volume	['vOljHm]	об’єм
to purchase	['pq:CIs ]	закупати, придбати
to compound	kqm'paund]	з’єднувати
to dispense	[dIs'pens]	готувати і відпускати (ліки)
reception	[rI'sepSqn]	реєстратура, прийом
prescription	[prI'skrIpSqn]	рецепт, ліки
delivery	[dI'lIvqrI]	доставка
manager	['mxnIGq]	менеджер, управляючий
to plan	[plxn]	планувати
production	[prq'dAkSqn]	продукція

I am a student of pharmaceutical department. I study pharmacy. My future speciality is a pharmacist. To be a good specialist in future means to study well at the University. The students who master pharmacy take general and special courses. The students study Biology, Physics, Maths, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology, Technology of drugs, *Organization and Economy of Pharmacy, Marketing and Management, etc.

During the period of studies students have practice in chemist’s shops. Here they get knowledge of the equipment of the chemist’s and the work of pharmacists in general. They learn how to plan the work of the chemist’s and what volumes of drugs to purchase.

A chemist’s shops is a specialized shop. Here drugs are compounded, dispensed, stored and sold. An average chemist’s has a hall for visitors, departments for selling drugs and proper working rooms. The department for reception of prescriptions and delivery of drugs is called a *prescription department. Another department is the *chemist department where drugs are sold without a prescription.

After graduating from the pharmaceutical higher educational school the future specialists can work as managers, assistants, *dispensing pharmacists, chemist-analists, chemist-technologists, pharmaceutical economists. Graduates can also work in different scientific research institutions, pharmaceutical plans, chemistry laboratories. They can become legal experts too. They can master their speciality in state enterprises and private firms. It is a very interesting and useful speciality.

Notes:

* Organization and Economy of Pharmacy – організація та економіка фармації

*prescription department – рецептурний відділ

*chemist department - відділ готових лікарських форм

*dispensing pharmacist – фармацевт, що відпускає ліки (рецептар)

Questions about the text:

1. Are you a student of pharmaceutical department?

2. What do we need to a good specialist?

3. What subjects do you study?

4. Do the students have practice in chemist’s shop?

5. Where can one work with a pharmacy diploma?

6. What do they learn in chemist’s shop?

7. Where would you like to work in your future?

Summary

I am a student of pharmaceutical department. I study pharmacy. My future speciality is a pharmacist.We study general and special subjects. The students also have practice in chemist’s shop. They watch the work of the chemist’s department and the prescription department. They also help to prepare drugs by prescription. The students learn how to plan the workof the chemist’s shop. In future the students of pharmaceutical department can work at chemist’s shops and pharmaceutical firmsand companies. It is a very interesting and useful profession.

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