Career change pharmacist

[AdrianaCZ]

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Hi everyone!

Is anybody in similiar situation as me? I graduated from pharmacy shool last year. I know I want to work within a team and be in the direct contact with patients. However, I find working in pharmacy very boring.

I am considering clinical pharmacy but it takes at least 2 years or more to be specialized. Moreover, the work of clinical pharmacists varies enormously from country to country and sometimes clinical pharmacists are mainly in office or labs.

For aforementioned reasons, I want to study MD for graduates.

Please do you have any suggestions or adviced? I appreciate any opinion. 🙂

Thank you.

 

[pms_testosterone]

MD for graduates

I'm guessing this is a program offered in Europe?

Pharmacy to medicine is a common enough switch (made by me and several of my classmates) and your drug knowledge will really help you in med school.

Just make sure you have enough experience with medicine to know you will actually find it more interesting than pharmacy. (This wasn't an issue for me, as I found working in a pharmacy interesting.)

 

[Goro]

Hi everyone!

Is anybody in similiar situation as me? I graduated from pharmacy shool last year. I know I want to work within a team and be in the direct contact with patients. However, I find working in pharmacy very boring.

I am considering clinical pharmacy but it takes at least 2 years or more to be specialized. Moreover, the work of clinical pharmacists varies enormously from country to country and sometimes clinical pharmacists are mainly in office or labs.

For aforementioned reasons, I want to study MD for graduates.

Please do you have any suggestions or adviced? I appreciate any opinion. 🙂

Thank you.

Are you sure that you're not suffering from "grass is greener" syndrome?

You're going to articulate why you're running TO Medicine, and not merely running away from Pharmacy.

 

[WrenchesToMD]

I have a friend who, after graduating pharmacy school, went on to complete a cardiology residency/ fellowship (not quite sure of the pharmacists terminology). He currently works with a team of cardiologists on an inpatient unit, helping manage patients' care and overseeing treatment protocols. He also teaches the cardiology block at the institution's pharmacy school. He said he chose this route because "counting pills for the rest of my life seemed mind-numbingly boring". While we have never discussed pay, he said he feels well-compensated for his positions.

Having already completed pharmacy school, this may be a good route for you to have a rewarding career? I know you said it would take more years of training to specialize, but pursuing medical school will also be the same if not more training right?