Well, what I was experiencing along with my classmates was that most employers weren't interested in new grads. They wanted people with several years experience. That's why I say for those us who are graduating now or before all this started we still have a good chance to find the right job. However, I feel sorry for the students who are going to attend these new schools that are suddenly popping up in super saturated markets thinking the hardest part of getting into pharmacy school is over just because some new "diploma mills" have opened their doors. These applicants probably haven't given thought to the crappy rotations and lack of networking that awaits them in a few years....not to mention how hard it will be for them to find a job. That isn't necesarily a bad thing but it really irks me that academia keeps spewing this garbage about pharmacist shortages, mandatory residencies and all the "clinical" mumbo jumbo they love to harp on (ambulatory care is such a joke but the way my professors used to talk you would swear 1 in 3 pharmacy jobs are am care)
Bottom line,
Our professional organizations need to push for REAL reimbursement for clincial services.....maybe even prescribing rights for PharmDs. My hospital is biggest trauma center in the area. We got everything...NICU, pediatric hospital, oncology, etc. Yet administration only looks at pharmacists' productivity as the number of orders we process. All of our time spent in the ICU or on Stroke rounds is basically "lost money" to them. That's the reality of the situation in almost every non-teaching/university health center. sad but true.
The mandatory residency thing is a joke. All these new schools have been allowed to open yet there are still only residency slots available for 10% of new grads every year.
ASHP, APHA, etc have good intentions but they really are missing the boat.
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