ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Professional Further Education in Clinical Pharmacy and Public Health

Okay, imagine you are playing a game and the game has different levels. The more levels you play, the more difficult the game becomes, right?

Now, think about education and how it works. You may have already gone to school and learned a lot of things like how to read, write, and do math. But there are more things you can learn as you grow up like how to become a doctor or a pharmacist.

Sometimes, after you become a pharmacist, you might want to learn even more about medicine, how it works in different people's bodies, and how to keep people healthy. That's when you might start "professional further education." It's like another level in your game of education.

In clinical pharmacy, you would learn more about how to give medicines to people in hospitals or clinics. You would learn how to talk to the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to make sure the patient gets the right dose of medicine at the right time.

In public health, you would learn how to keep whole communities healthy. You would learn about important things like clean water, healthy food, and how to stop the spread of diseases like coronavirus. You would also learn how to work with lots of other people like government officials, doctors, and even everyday people to make sure everyone stays healthy.

So, professional further education is like when you decide to play another level of education. You get to learn more and become even better at helping people stay healthy!