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Ok, so I've thought about this before in life and recently have been giving it some more thought.
In short, when I was in college I called myself premed for a while, didn't want to study or do any extra work, wanted to graduate early, and I did. I got a B.S. with a 3.4something. I taught high school science for a couple years by way of an "emergency certification" program, didn't really like it, quit, and I got into law enforcement which I've been very successful with. I wanted to become a "fed" at one point so I went back to school for accounting for a summer session and a fall semester about three years after I got my B.S., working by night (12 hr. shifts) and schooling by day." In short, I did really bad at that due to some schedule changes causing me to often go more than 48 hours without any sleep. That's a serious safety concern for a law enforcement officer so I cut back on going to class (life trumps grades), and I also found out that my red-green color blindness would prohibit federal law enforcement so I basically gave up. Granted, that wasn't the best move, but it's what I did. I'm still in law enforcement, and I'm in a supervisory position. I've also got what's going on eight years now of volunteer experience. I do lots of things really.
I've always wanted to work in the healthcare community, and I used to work on a part-time basis as a paramedic. At any rate, I need only organic chemistry and physics to apply to either medical or pharmacy school. I'd apparently need calculus too for pharm school. That said, I have medical experience, but no pharmacy experience. I'm sure I could knock out the PTCB exam pretty easily, and I've got retail experience. In fact, I actually run two small retail operations right now. Regardless, I'll HAVE to relocate to take the prereqs I need to get anywhere in helathcare.
Why the interest in pharmacy? Well, I want to learn stuff about physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and so forth. It's just interesting to me, and I like reading about it even on my own. I actually used to teach human A&P to AP kids as a h.s. teacher. I want to use what I'd know to help out others, and (in relation to pharmacy) I really like the retail environment. I love the behind the scenes stuff and working up front with customers. I'm not totally sure pharmacy would be the thing for me, but I'm wanting to investigate this path so I'll need to get some pharmacy exposure other than me picking up my prescriptions, etc. Frankly, I just think working in a pharmacy would be pretty cool although I think the old MD/DO thing is still cool too. There's a definite quandry there.
I know this has been lengthy, and I'm jumping around all over the place. I'm just curious what your opinions on my bio is should I elect to pursue further research into pharmacy as a career choice.
In short, when I was in college I called myself premed for a while, didn't want to study or do any extra work, wanted to graduate early, and I did. I got a B.S. with a 3.4something. I taught high school science for a couple years by way of an "emergency certification" program, didn't really like it, quit, and I got into law enforcement which I've been very successful with. I wanted to become a "fed" at one point so I went back to school for accounting for a summer session and a fall semester about three years after I got my B.S., working by night (12 hr. shifts) and schooling by day." In short, I did really bad at that due to some schedule changes causing me to often go more than 48 hours without any sleep. That's a serious safety concern for a law enforcement officer so I cut back on going to class (life trumps grades), and I also found out that my red-green color blindness would prohibit federal law enforcement so I basically gave up. Granted, that wasn't the best move, but it's what I did. I'm still in law enforcement, and I'm in a supervisory position. I've also got what's going on eight years now of volunteer experience. I do lots of things really.
I've always wanted to work in the healthcare community, and I used to work on a part-time basis as a paramedic. At any rate, I need only organic chemistry and physics to apply to either medical or pharmacy school. I'd apparently need calculus too for pharm school. That said, I have medical experience, but no pharmacy experience. I'm sure I could knock out the PTCB exam pretty easily, and I've got retail experience. In fact, I actually run two small retail operations right now. Regardless, I'll HAVE to relocate to take the prereqs I need to get anywhere in helathcare.
Why the interest in pharmacy? Well, I want to learn stuff about physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and so forth. It's just interesting to me, and I like reading about it even on my own. I actually used to teach human A&P to AP kids as a h.s. teacher. I want to use what I'd know to help out others, and (in relation to pharmacy) I really like the retail environment. I love the behind the scenes stuff and working up front with customers. I'm not totally sure pharmacy would be the thing for me, but I'm wanting to investigate this path so I'll need to get some pharmacy exposure other than me picking up my prescriptions, etc. Frankly, I just think working in a pharmacy would be pretty cool although I think the old MD/DO thing is still cool too. There's a definite quandry there.
I know this has been lengthy, and I'm jumping around all over the place. I'm just curious what your opinions on my bio is should I elect to pursue further research into pharmacy as a career choice.
