Any Jobs PK related?

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Hey guys. I was thinking what I would want to do after I graduate pharmacy school, and I was wondering if there are any jobs out there for someone who really likes PK. PK is the only subject I actually enjoy, and I can't see myself enjoying a job in a retail pharmacy. I also don't really like research either. Any advice or knowledge would be greatly appreciated!

 

[dblock05]

need a PhD

 

[zelman]

need a PhD

...and it will be a research job

 

[SpartanLaser]

I'm sorry to say. PharmD is 75% retail jobs. Get an independent pharmacy job and you will love retail.

 

[Dred Pirate]

I'm sorry to say. PharmD is 75% retail jobs. Get an independent pharmacy job and you will love retail.

pretty sure if I got a independent pharmacy job I would not love retail, maybe hate retail less, but not love

just sayin.

I do PK for about 5-50% of my day depending on where I staff

 

[Gosondth]

Clinical pharmacology group within pharma companies hire fellowship trained pharmacists to do PK work. The work is mainly population pharmacokinetics analysis for drugs in development. If still interested PM me, I can give you more info.

 

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I know most jobs are retail, but I am just trying to explore other options out there. Most of the people I meet are either going for a residency or retail job. Since PK is the only class that's interesting to me, I thought I'd start off by exploring jobs that relate to PK.

 

[y0ssarian87]

I know most jobs are retail, but I am just trying to explore other options out there. Most of the people I meet are either going for a residency or retail job. Since PK is the only class that's interesting to me, I thought I'd start off by exploring jobs that relate to PK.

Where do you go to school? My school offers a dual degree PharmD/MS in Pharmacometrics. You graduate in the same amount of time, and the one student who did it and graduated this past year just got a job with the FDA. Not sure if your program offers anything similar. Of course, this is more population PK and modeling as opposed to clinical PK in a single patient.

 

[Ackj]

You can dose vanco and aminoglycosides pretty regularly in many inpatient jobs, and some LTC positions too. I imagine it would get kind of old just plugging in values for the same thing all the time, but to each their own.

 

[Gosondth]

Any clinical pharmacist should be able to dose any of the pk dependent antibiotics for 95% of the population.

A "pk specialist" would be the person to ask for the other 5% of the population (I.e. s/p partial or full nephrectomy, morbidly obese, significant limb amputation).

Nevertheless, most that train in pk would be better suited in pharma, FDA, or academia.

 

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Where do you go to school? My school offers a dual degree PharmD/MS in Pharmacometrics. You graduate in the same amount of time, and the one student who did it and graduated this past year just got a job with the FDA. Not sure if your program offers anything similar. Of course, this is more population PK and modeling as opposed to clinical PK in a single patient.

My school doesn't offer a degree like that. I think we only offer a dual PharmD/PhD degree. We're also an accelerated all year long school.