“How is the study of geography and geographic concepts going to be helpful in the study of pharmacy?” The use of maps when tracking the outbreak of a disease has a direct impact on pharmacists and others in the medical field. For an example, maps can be used to track the origin and spread of an epidemic throughout a specific region or the world. Using maps would provide doctors with an explanation of a potential cause of the disease and how many people it has affected. This information would help pharmacists be aware of who their patients will be and help them to decide the best way to treat the disease. We learned that the United States is made up of many perceptual regions such as the North, …show more content…
By providing better health care for people in these undeveloped countries, it would ensure safer and healthier living conditions that would lower the IMR in these struggling countries. Using this knowledge of population and health geography, I am more educated on how I can make a difference in the world because it applies directly to the role of a pharmacist and other health care professionals.
Organizations such as Doctors Without Borders work to fight diseases and high mortality rates in underprivileged countries. Someday I would like to work with this organization, or a similar organization, to provide health care to those in other countries who are less fortunate.
Prior to studying human geography, I would have thought that there was no possibility that I could apply geography to my career as a pharmacist. After the first half of the semester, I have learned that geography plays an integral part in almost every career and we can apply geographic concepts to almost any area of our lives. I have learned how much human geography will affect my studies and future career. As we continue to study other aspects of human geography, I look forward to learning about the other ways in which my career will be impacted by human