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Many students are actively involved in these or other groups and it is an important part of our student experience. I personally have learned so much with these groups. CACIF is now also a member of IPSF so we have new international opportunities available for students of our faculty. Our studies in UNESP are more focused on industry work but this is not true everywhere in Brazil: other schools might be more focused on community pharmacy, others in clinical work, etc. We have an overview in other areas as the pharmacy degree in Brazil is intended to be general, but most students decide to focus their elective classes to the area of industry.
For the state of São Paulo it is interesting to be focused on industry as many of the pharmaceutical industries in Brazil are in the region. We have pharmacists working on clinical research, quality control, marketing, production, among other areas. We also have pharmacists working on hospitals and on community pharmacies but the profession still has a lot of room to grow in Brazil in terms of patient care and pharmaceutical care. Brazil legislation requires only one pharmacist per pharmacy and, because of this, they are usually not able to council the patients properly. Unfortunately, for the amount of years we study (4 to 6 depending on the school and program), being a community pharmacist does not pay a lot which is why there are many people interested in this area but do not pursue it because of a possible limited income.
Personally, I am not completely sure which area I will want to pursue but most likely public health and work with NGOs in the future. For now, I am focusing on applying for a masters of public health and possible jobs options in this field.
Thank you for the opportunity to write a little bit about Brazil.
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