Ok so im graduating this Spring from University and now its time for me to pick what i want to do. I'm leaning towards Pharm or Med school. The pros of Pharm school are as follows: faster than med school, wont be hard for me to find a job since I've been a tech for 2+ years, and ability to work in research or retail. The cons however are long hours, alot of standing, its not meaningful work, and im starting to hate pharm.
The reasons i want to go to med school are as follow: meaningful work, I can run my own practice one day, just the thought of medical school excites me, and many med school grads i have met have found a job before graduating from school. What's stopping me from going to med school is: how long it takes to graduate i mean 8 years come on, i hate the sight of blood, and i will most likely have to go out of state. Everyone i spoke to gave me really vague answers i hope someone on thie forum has the answers im looking for and thank you for reading this long post.
I agree with the others here, that you seem to have a very superficial understanding of either pharmacy or medicine.
Your "pros" of pharmacy school: whether or not you can easily find a job depends on where you practice. If you want to work where anyone else wants to work, you will find the market saturated, regardless of your experience. If you are willing to work where no one else will work, sure you will be able to get a job. And "ability to work in research or retail" ....????? 90% of pharmacy jobs are in *HOSPITAL OR RETAIL*, if you want to work in research, that almost always requires a PhD in addition to your Pharm D. There is no option between "research or retail". And, as others have mentioned, Pharm. D. is generally faster than MD/DO, but that depends on what speciality or field you are wanting to go into....it is possible for a pharmacist in a specialized field (4 +4 + 2) to end up doing more time than an basic general MD (4 + 4 + 1 at least in some states.)
As for cons "standing"....depends if you are hospital or retail.....or family dr vs surgeon. Standing is good for your health anyway. "its not meaningful work".....that is your attitude, it is meaningful work, but just like an MD/DO, you aren't going to be able to help everyone. Appreciate the ones that you can help.
As for med school "meaningful work", again that depends on your attitude, getting an MD/DO is no guareentee that you will find your work meaningful. "run my own practice", possible, but statistically unlikely, since an ever increasing majority of doctors are employees of a hospital/health care system....not to mention, you can always run your own pharmacy. It's not 6 years of pharmacy vs 8 years of med school, its most likely 4 + 4 + 1 years of pharmacy vs 4 + 4 + 3 years of medicine--granted pharmacy is still usually the shorter route, but you seem oblivious to the educational of both fields. "I hate the sight of blood"....if this is like a phobia, you will have a hard time every becoming a dr, if this is just a distaste, then you can most likely learn to work through it.
"i will most likely have to go out of state"....depending on your state, that is probably true for both pharmacy & medicine.
And honestly, you should have "picked" what you wanted to do, long before now. Waiting until the spring of your graduation, is waiting until the last minute. Assuming you get acceptances to both medical and pharmacy school (which seems unlikely, given your superficial knowledge of both), my suggestion is to do whatever you can to learn about both--talk to people working in different areas of both, job shadow as much as possible, read more on Student Doctor, and maybe by this fall you will be in a better position to decide where you want to commit yourself to.
and PharmD and MBA.
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