Hello all,
Not asking if I should work during school- I've already decided I have no choice lol, but rather WHERE should I work.
This will be my first year of pharmacy school. I'm debating between working in a hospital as an "intern assistant" or as a pharm tech at a Walgreens. I know that both places will promote me to an intern during P2 and give more responsibility as I go through school. I'm also guessing the hospital will pay better than Walgreens...
Regardless of the pay... which would you guys choose in terms of which will be better for my career in the future? I feel like I hear that there is more demand for clinical pharmacists and the hospital would be a better experience. Are retail pharmacies going to go the way of the Dodo? Honestly I would be perfectly happy working at Walgreens as an intern and then jumping right into retail, rather than spend another 2 years doing residency and then going into clinical pharmacy- but then if I do that I feel like I will be at a disadvantage because I will have no clinical experience. What would you guys do? Should I do both lol
Not asking if I should work during school- I've already decided I have no choice lol, but rather WHERE should I work.
This will be my first year of pharmacy school. I'm debating between working in a hospital as an "intern assistant" or as a pharm tech at a Walgreens. I know that both places will promote me to an intern during P2 and give more responsibility as I go through school. I'm also guessing the hospital will pay better than Walgreens...
Regardless of the pay... which would you guys choose in terms of which will be better for my career in the future? I feel like I hear that there is more demand for clinical pharmacists and the hospital would be a better experience. Are retail pharmacies going to go the way of the Dodo? Honestly I would be perfectly happy working at Walgreens as an intern and then jumping right into retail, rather than spend another 2 years doing residency and then going into clinical pharmacy- but then if I do that I feel like I will be at a disadvantage because I will have no clinical experience. What would you guys do? Should I do both lol