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PHARMACIST/ HEAD DISPENSER Pharmacist studied at the University for three years and Master of Pharmacy continue for another two years of their studies. Pharmacist is lower university (bachelor) degree and a pharmacist is a Master of Arts, Master's degree in higher education. Pharmacy can be studied at University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio and Helsinki University. For pharmacists education may apply for Pharmacy rights, this option is not pharmacists. For pharmacists the job description of a pharmacy customer service. I interviewed a person's title is a Pharmacist and Customer Service Manager. In addition, he is responsible for training of the personnel department, work shifts, sales and service activities for monitoring. In addition, the pharmacist in pharmaceutical care activities, such as the delivery of prescription and non-prescription sale of products, such as pharmaceuticals up to work with. Pharmacists also take care of the future of pharmacy students in pharmacist training. The current employment situation in the Kuopio region is challenging. Kuopio eight so-called. main pharmacy employs only one salaried pharmacist for muisss pharmacies pharmacies pharmacist to handle their own work. Also the size of employment in Finland is a little tougher because of the economic recession, as small pharmacies pharmacists to make yourself more practical work and by this means to cut our human resources. Pharmacy medicine knowledge needed to work with these days to computers and databases and all need to memorize. Comprehensive service skills, must be able to ask, to listen, to provide the right help, the right products, friendly nature and courage. Pharmacists need leadership and management skills, financial expertise, not forgetting the sale of know-how, which emphasized ethics as the products sold are for human health related. I interviewed the person intends to apply for the rights of the pharmacy within 5-10 years. Nora Pulkkinen Finland