In France and in other countries like Portugal, Spain, Belgium or Switzerland, a Biological pharmacist (called Pharmacien biologiste in France) is a Pharmacist

Pharmacist

Pharmacists are allied health professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use...

 specialized in Clinical Biology a speciality similar to Clinical Pathology

Clinical pathology

Clinical pathology , Laboratory Medicine , Clinical analysis or Clinical/Medical Biology , is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids, such as...

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They have almost the same rights as Medical Doctors specialized in this discipline. They both are called a "Clinical biologist

Clinical biologist

A Clinical biologist is an health professional, doctor in medicine , pharmacy, biology specialized in clinical biology, a medical speciality near from Clinical Pathology....

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These Pharm.D. follow a "post-graduate" formation in hospital's medical laboratories.

In France, these specialization called "Internat de Biologie médicale" are a residency

Pharmacy residency

Pharmacy Residency is education a pharmacist can pursue beyond the degree required for licensing as a pharmacist .-In France:The residency lasts four years....

 and lasts fours years after the five undergraduate years common to all pharmacist

Pharmacist

Pharmacists are allied health professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use...

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External links

• Reglementation for French Residency in Clinical Pathology (Biologie médicale)
• Curriculum Content of French Resident formation in Clinical Pathology, First Level and Second Level

See also

• Pathology
  Pathology
  Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
  
  
• Medical laboratory
  Medical laboratory
  A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are done on clinical specimens in order to get information about the health of a patient as pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.-Departments:...
  
  
• Anatomic pathology
• Medical technologist
  Medical technologist
  A Medical Laboratory Scientist is a healthcare professional who performs chemical, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, and bacteriological diagnostic analyses on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, cerebrospinal fluid , peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, and synovial...
  
  
• Veterinary pathology
  Veterinary pathology
  Veterinary pathologists are doctors of veterinary medicine who specialize in the diagnosis of diseases through the examination of animal tissue and body fluids. Like medical pathology, veterinary pathology is divided into two branches, anatomical pathology and clinical pathology. Veterinary...
  
  
• Clinical Biologist
  Clinical biologist
  A Clinical biologist is an health professional, doctor in medicine , pharmacy, biology specialized in clinical biology, a medical speciality near from Clinical Pathology....