18 and 19 year olds getting accepted?

[rxlea]

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As far as drug interactions go, they could probably come out with computers to do that, seeing as they've got computers nowadays for everything. And as for the other tasks mentioned, they are not limited to pharmacists. Before I looked into the profession, I also believed that pharmacy was a useless field. I don't know about clinical pharmacy, but as far as retail goes, were it not for laws mandating that pharmacists alone are responsible for dispensing, counseling, etc., the chains would have replaced pharmacists with pharmacy technicians a long time ago.

On a side note, I also think that general practitioners don't serve much use in society, either. In fact, my doctor had to go look something up in a book because she didn't know how to deal with something. I could've done that myself. If I had a real problem, I would go see a specialist. If I want a physical, well, any old geezer can check my blood pressure and send me to the lab for a blood test. All the white coat really shows is that you've been through more schooling than most people, and accordingly, you need a higher salary to pay off those college debts.

Have you worked in retail? You don't know how these people think. I've heard countless managers arguing that pharm techs should be able to dispense medication. As far as liability goes, they have insurance for that.

Pharmacists don't get the general respect that MDs do because they don't do that much compared to the amount of schooling they have to go through. The six-figure salary means A) we've gone to school and passed the board exam and B) we have a lot of responsibility and simple mistakes could mean death. If you want to argue that pharmacists should be respected, then ok, pharmacy school is tough and you have to work hard on the path to become a pharmacist. But I still don't consider pharmacists to be the most vital component of society. They check for drug interactions, counsel patients, and administer vaccines, along with some other stuff, but if all pharmacists dropped dead today, there would be only be a few months of chaos before they came out with computers to do most of the work and pharm techs to do the rest. People on this forum are too arrogant and self-centered to think that their profession is not nearly as important as they think. When people tell me that they think pharmacists just stand behind a counter and count pills, I just tell them about all the things we have to learn. I don't pretend like pharmacists are God's greatest gift to mankind.

Quite the fitting name you've got there.

 

[SHC1984]

Real pharmacy school = ???

Real pharmacy school= Top 50 pharmacy schools

Others shouldn't even be opened.

 

[oh no dont stop]

Real pharmacy school= Top 50 pharmacy schools

Others shouldn't even be opened.

lol that would make the first 50 pharmacist schools opened the best. Cool. I graduated from one.

 

[Sparda29]

Real pharmacy school= Top 50 pharmacy schools

Others shouldn't even be opened.

Yes, because the opinion of some fool in the US News magazine matters?

 

[IrishHammer]

Real pharmacy school= Top 50 pharmacy schools

Others shouldn't even be opened.

I can't believe how clueless you are. You are saying that only top notch students would get in if only 50 schools existed. So all the new schools are the problem? Then why are you mentioning a student at your school (a long-standing school, mind you) who got in despite what you deem to be an unacceptable stat on their application? Sounds like the "old schools" have their share of blame as well for lowering their standards, according to you. Unless you believe that your school is part of the problem as well and shouldn't be open. In which case, you're a massive hypocrite for going there.

 

[Pink Ranger]

http://pharmacymike.blogspot.com/2010/08/future-of-retail-pharmacy.html

 

[SHC1984]

I can't believe how clueless you are. You are saying that only top notch students would get in if only 50 schools existed. So all the new schools are the problem? Then why are you mentioning a student at your school (a long-standing school, mind you) who got in despite what you deem to be an unacceptable stat on their application? Sounds like the "old schools" have their share of blame as well for lowering their standards, according to you. Unless you believe that your school is part of the problem as well and shouldn't be open. In which case, you're a massive hypocrite for going there.

My school accepts too many people (150) so that could be the reason why some of the people in my class aren't qualified to be there. 50 Top schools around 30 to 80 people per school should do it. That is about how many people they have in dental school and there are 52 dental schools in the USA. There are way too many pharmacy schools and the class sizes are too big...there aren't enough qualifed applicants out there so they accept what they can get which shouldn't be the case.

 

[owlegrad]

My school accepts too many people (150) so that could be the reason why some of the people in my class aren't qualified to be there. 50 Top schools around 30 to 80 people per school should do it. That is about how many people they have in dental school and there are 52 dental schools in the USA. There are way too many pharmacy schools and the class sizes are too big...there aren't enough qualifed applicants out there so they accept what they can get which shouldn't be the case.

I don't get the constant comparison to dental. Most people see dentists once a year. Most people see pharmacists like 12x that. More really. Considering how medicated we as a sociaty obviously we need more pharmacists than dentists.

 

[charfdorn]

My school accepts too many people (150) so that could be the reason why some of the people in my class aren't qualified to be there. 50 Top schools around 30 to 80 people per school should do it. That is about how many people they have in dental school and there are 52 dental schools in the USA. There are way too many pharmacy schools and the class sizes are too big...there aren't enough qualifed applicants out there so they accept what they can get which shouldn't be the case.

If we had 50 schools accepting less than 80 students a year we'd still be in a super-shortage mode, and it'd be getting worse, not better. I mean, I want demand in the profession, but I don't want so much that I'll be asked to work 30 days in a row because there simply aren't enough pharmacists to fill all the prescriptions.

 

[Sparda29]

If we had 50 schools accepting less than 80 students a year we'd still be in a super-shortage mode, and it'd be getting worse, not better. I mean, I want demand in the profession, but I don't want so much that I'll be asked to work 30 days in a row because there simply aren't enough pharmacists to fill all the prescriptions.

Yes, but then with that kind of shortage, you can demand like $100/hour with a BMW M3 and free steaks from Peter Luger for lunch daily.

 

[charfdorn]

Yes, but then with that kind of shortage, you can demand like $100/hour with a BMW M3 and free steaks from Peter Luger for lunch daily.

At some point, pharmacies will just close up shop rather than pay the pharmacists. There's a limit to how high the demand will go.

 

[RxMTM]

thats because you couldnt get into a "real" pharmacy school.

I got accepted to multiple schools. I did get accepted to a top 50 program. Your comments never contribute to any thread you post on. You're the fluffiest poster on this forum.

 

[SHC1984]

yes, but then with that kind of shortage, you can demand like $100/hour with a bmw m3 and free steaks from peter luger for lunch daily.

+1

 

[Its Z]

I got accepted to multiple schools. I did get accepted to a top 50 program.

sure you did!

Your comments never contribute to any thread you post on.

I'm ok with that!

You're the fluffiest poster on this forum.

I like fluffy pillows! 👍

 

[spacecowgirl]

You're the fluffiest poster on this forum.

He's quite svelte, actually.

 

[Its Z]

He's quite svelte, actually.

If your definition of "svelte" is...

then "yes!"

 

[Filler]

Yes, but then with that kind of shortage, you can demand like $100/hour with a BMW M3 and free steaks from Peter Luger for lunch daily.

Doubt it, if supply had dropped to THAT point, major chains would simply just lobby to start shipping in foreign grads.

 

[StevePerry]

Doubt it, if supply had dropped to THAT point, major chains would simply just lobby to start shipping in foreign grads.

Already happened far before that point! The year... 2004(ish).