I'm sorry i know im new to this whole SDN thing so i dont entirely know how it works, but there are some things im not understanding...
a) does somebody posting about something that THEY want to talk about, whether it be lazyness or otherwise, take up room on your precious forum in some way? is there some unwritten SDN law that I dont know about where every member must read every thread even if they aren't interested in it? If nothing else it should give you something to read when a thread that you're interested in hasn't been updated yet.
b) the Kiddy SDN forum? like it or not chief we're going to be colleagues in a couple of years. So you are a professional already? Congrats- but referring to us as kids simply because we are discussing something that is effecting us at this point in our lives doesn't seem like the most professional point of view on things, especially coming from a health care professional.
If there are answers to these questions that i simply dont know about please inform me.
If you take a quick glance at the topics on the Pre-Pharmacy Forum and then at the Pharmacy forum, you will see a big change. I'll help you:
Pre-pharmacy/kiddy forum--mostly, but not all, blind leading the blind:
"GPA question"
"Advice for 2.3GPA"
"Pharmacy school entry with Low GPA "
"Wall OF Shame"
"But I've currently got a 2.3 gpa for my first 3 years of undergrad work. I'm a little behind of course, and am now just entering the real major coursework.
Did my dreams go up in smoke?"
Pharmacy Forum--more "sustenance"
"Herbs and Dietary Supplement"
"Pharmacy Specialty"
"non-specific antibiotic question"
Yeah, people should research if the quesiton's been addressed before,
BUT it's NOT so much that this topic has been answered before as is the fact that:
Bottom line is
(1) there are some of us who have moved on and out of the pre-pharmacy days
(2) There's a time and place for everything. If we want to go back into the more pre-pharmacy topics, there's a place--it's called "SDN Pre-Pharmacy." Why duplicate areas for such topics?
(3) For the 2 reasons above (less "health professionals" visiting the pre-pharmacy forum), pre-pharmacy students have this strong inclination that they will get more and/or better responses to their questions if they post here (and consequently, if inappropriate, such topics will be moved BACK to the pre-pharmacy forum).
(4) For those of us who return home from long days standing on our feet at the pharmacy after putting in 8-12 hours of work or sitting in 6 hours straight of pharmacy school classes, we find it rather REFRESHING to go to a forum that PRIMARILY discusses current issues our other colleagues (read--pharmacists, current pharamcy students).
Now it's true that there are are some current pharmacy topics discussed in the pre-pharmacy forum. But you have to admit that it's buried in much of the "OMG! I HAVE A 1.5 GPA! WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF GETTING IN??????" and it's a chore to have to weed thru that to find the "sustenance"--for instance, over on the pre-pharmacy forum, I had to scroll down to thread #45 (yea, I counted, lol) before reading about something that pertained to my current practice ("just take welbutrin to quit smoking??!") i've read hundreds of scripts (pharmacist) written by MDs who can't write legibly or books/lecture notes (pharmacy student) today and I really don't have the time (or care at all) about some kid whining about their piss-poor performance in freshman year days b/c of drug addiction (as bad as it may sound).
Bottom line--there's a place for everything. You wouldn't go to your work's meeting to discuss why school board elections at your kid's school.
also, many pharmacy students and pharmacists actively try to stay on top of their profession. 1 way is to subscribe to newsletters like Medscape. Another way (maybe it's just me) is to come to SDN PHARMACY forum and see what the other people who work in pharmacies (whether it be current pharmacy students doing internships or pharmacists) have encountered. If you know, there are just 4 yrs for pharmacy school. Time is of the ESSENCE. Keeping things succinct (in both this forum & Medscape Newsletters) has been a primary reason some of us like using these resources to stay active.
Seriously, when I first read the name of this thread, I thought I clicked on the wrong link in my favorites folder, thinking I had clicked on "pre-pharmacy" instead.
What does reading about someone's whining about Physics II have to do w/ me?? Therapeutics, rotations, physiology, ok, now you've got our attention.
Moderators, it would be great if this thread was moved to pre-pharmacy to keep topics in this pharmacy forum relevant & succinct to the current PRACTICE of pharmacy.