Creighton Pharmacy class of 2028

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Hey all!

I had an interview with creighton on the 19th for the distance program! Has anyone received any acceptance letters yet?! I didn’t see a thread for this so I wanted to make one!

 

[Dred Pirate]

don't go.....

 

[lord999]

@owlegrad Would you please move this to the class threads?

 

[owlegrad]

Your wish is my command

 

[Dred Pirate]

I think this thread is the epitome of how we have successfully driven pre-pharms away from this site by talking about how horrible of an idea going to pharmacy school is

 

[pharmisking2028]

don't go.....

and why is that

 

[Dred Pirate]

1. distance learning is a sub par learning experience. (nothing against creighton as a whole as it is a good school)
2. pharmacy as a profession has a poor outlook - 70% end up working in a retail environment which often is toxic.
3. Salaries are stagnant - I made $50 an hour 19 years ago -starting salaries now are not much more than that (an obvious decrease once you take inflation into account)

 

[pharmisking2028]

not interested in pharmacy school to be a pharmacist. only interested in big pharma sales and marketing. i've done my second masters online, an mph, so that was perfectly fine. to list any online education as subpar is rudimentary as the future of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, will be taken pureline online (using asynch and synch material) meeting then exams. no difference. pharmacy as a profession needs better pharmacists, you seem pissed off and out of touch. retail is always toxic, people need drugs, they're screaming at your head, it's never professional, makes sense. never go into a professional degree (doctorate program) and settle with an hourly wage. bad choice to make.

 

[lord999]

I would advise the rest of us to not doubt this person's "wisdom" but to have them find out for themselves what a poorly thought out plan is going to be.

To everyone else, pharmacy sales and marketing actually do not want PharmDs if possible. This has been the case for 20 years or so. They hire mostly from athletes and cheerleaders for positions. Pharmacists tend to go for MSA positions or not direct sales positions due to professional liability for the company as they experienced with off-label sales. There were professional licenses pulled, and it added to FDA strict criteria liability.

For a good sales position, take the three rule: upper division fraternity or sorority membership, business or major involving sales skills, and preferably an athlete.

 

[Dred Pirate]

not interested in pharmacy school to be a pharmacist. only interested in big pharma sales and marketing. i've done my second masters online, an mph, so that was perfectly fine. to list any online education as subpar is rudimentary as the future of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, will be taken pureline online (using asynch and synch material) meeting then exams. no difference. pharmacy as a profession needs better pharmacists, you seem pissed off and out of touch. retail is always toxic, people need drugs, they're screaming at your head, it's never professional, makes sense. never go into a professional degree (doctorate program) and settle with an hourly wage. bad choice to make.

may the odds forever be in your favor.....


good luck - not sure if this is directed to me, but I am not pissed off and far from out of touch. I really like my job, but I also realize to get my job today you would need 4 years of undergrad, 4 years of pharmacy school, plus a two year residency. 10 years of college to make a Rph's salary is sorta silly. That being said I probably make in the top 10 percentile in my area and have an amazing work life balance. But I also realize what I have is a pipe dream for the majority of pharmacists who end up working in big box retail.

And I doubt any patient care centered job will ever go purely online - you truly need to have interpersonal skills to do the job right - and some of those things you just can't get via an online class - and this is coming from someone who teaches/precepts many students and residents a year.