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Students usually don't know what they get themselves into....they just want to be in school and ignore digging research for future job prospect. A lot of nursing students are on same boat too. Too many nurses now...also.
Yup. Pretty much this. Cutting class sizes and getting rid of all of these for-profit pharm schools is pretty much the only solution, as long as it's combined with expanding pharmacist services/reimbursement. Provider status will probably be a make-or-break thing for us in the next year or two.
Thanks for sharing the info! There have already been fewer applicants this year and some pharmacy programs have advertemtly cut down class size to avoid the tip of the iceberg headed this way as U of F just did.
But, if you think about it, why does pharmacy need to be corporate? We have the potential for more entrepreneurship than is going on currently.
So you switched to medical schools? Did you apply medical schools and pharmacy schools at the same time? Very wise decision. I feel like I am stuck in Pharmacy boat already.I used not to believe this however if you look up at indeed.com and many other job posting website forums, you will see the reality. However, if your heart says pharmacy, then go for it. I just realized that pharmacy was not for me after few acceptances from pharmacy school last year.
I thought my heart was at pharmacy, and I spent 6-7 years to get into pharmacy schools (including pre-reqs and military as a pharmacy tech). I don't regret my previous experiences though. at least now I know what i want to be.So you switched to medical schools? Did you apply medical schools and pharmacy schools at the same time? Very wise decision. I feel like I am stuck in Pharmacy boat already.
Well good for ya! My heart was set on pharmacy and I knew it's gonna be an extremely arduous journey due to the bleak profession prospect the way it's been headed toward and the fact that I was an international from Asia but I still wanted to be part of it and contribute to some of it's on-going change. For the worst case, I would go anywhere in AK, MT or WY looking for a job upon graduation.I thought my heart was at pharmacy, and I spent 6-7 years to get into pharmacy schools (including pre-reqs and military as a pharmacy tech). I don't regret my previous experiences though. at least now I know what i want to be.
Well good for ya! My heart was set on pharmacy and I knew it's gonna be an extremely arduous journey due to the bleak profession prospect the way it's been headed toward and the fact that I was an international from Asia but I still wanted to be part of it and contribute to some of it's on-going change. For the worst case, I would go anywhere in AK, MT or WY looking for a job upon graduation.
Thank you for sharing the article! It was very interesting to read! Pharmacist saturation is currently bad and is going to get worse with the endless opening of new schools. I think ALL pharmacy schools should require a bachelor's degree and pharmacy experience to reduce the number of students who just want to enter pharmacy because they think it's easy money.
The real question is...
Why do students put themselves at risk by borrowing 6 figures of money for an education that, when completed, allows one to dispense and label bottles?
But the pharmacy schools tell us that we have provider status, MTM, pharmaceutical care, and Obamacare. Those will create plenty of jobs for us, right...?
All are lies...Out of 1000 PharmD grad, you will likely see at most 5-10 people doing MTM.
The ACPE will be sued for violating antitrust laws for keeping schools from opening.
The only organizations that can stop new schools from opening are hospitals. Hospitals control rotation site availability. But hospitals want more schools because it means lower wages for pharmacists
Meanwhile, students seem to be ignoring more lucrative fields such as engineering, finance, and computer science, simply because they think that a PharmD automatically provides job stability. It's similar to taking out $100k in loans for a liberal arts degree over going to a trade school simply because of the mistaken belief that a bachelors degree in anything is a better path to a stable career compared to being a plumber, electrician, auto mechanic, or any trade that is in relatively high demand.
started working as a house framer amongst other trades for a construction company, making 4k a month in my inbetween year before pharm school begins and I wonder why in the world so many people go to college