This course introduces professions and professionalism as concepts and presents the profession of pharmacy. It covers history of the pharmacy profession and factors that affected evolvement of pharmacist role and service. The course also covers pharmaceutical and medical abbreviations used in practice, the prescription, its anatomy and its legal requirements. The course gives students a view of the pharmacist career options in the settings of retail, hospital, industry, research and academia. This course will also offer some concepts of pharmaceutical calculations used in practice.