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Hey everyone,
So I've worked part-time as a hospital pharm tech for about a year now, and recently decided to switch from pre-pharm to pre-med. I was wondering if this job would count as clinical experience on a med school app.
I don't usually deal with patients or talk to doctors, but I talk to pharmacists and nurses all the time. I've seen and learned how doctors, nurses, pharmacists, CNA's, etc. interact and work together as a team in a hospital. I also obviously handle meds all the time, and have learned a lot about drug classes, drug names and functions, and dosing. My main concern however is that med schools won't view this as a clinical experience because of the lack of exposure to doctors and patients.
I love my job and plan to keep it through my undergrad even though I've transitioned from pre-pharm to pre-med, but I was hoping it could count as clinical experience as well.
Thanks, any thoughts are appreciated!
So I've worked part-time as a hospital pharm tech for about a year now, and recently decided to switch from pre-pharm to pre-med. I was wondering if this job would count as clinical experience on a med school app.
I don't usually deal with patients or talk to doctors, but I talk to pharmacists and nurses all the time. I've seen and learned how doctors, nurses, pharmacists, CNA's, etc. interact and work together as a team in a hospital. I also obviously handle meds all the time, and have learned a lot about drug classes, drug names and functions, and dosing. My main concern however is that med schools won't view this as a clinical experience because of the lack of exposure to doctors and patients.
I love my job and plan to keep it through my undergrad even though I've transitioned from pre-pharm to pre-med, but I was hoping it could count as clinical experience as well.
Thanks, any thoughts are appreciated!