Drug Topics - Residency Requirement?

[WVUPharm2007]

I actually am aware of the one offered out in Preston Co. with WVU....but from what I understand, those pharmacists typically do more than just "count pills" with their residency. Like, say, go be a professor somewhere and teach OTC drug classes. But what I meant is that I hope that some day ALL major retail outlets do not begin offering "residencies" that are basically just training programs where they get to pay people less under the facade of an academic type program.

I also disagree that the majority of retail pharmacists are undertrained. My best bud Brad got a 140 on his Naplex and he's working at a CVS right now. A girl in my class with a 4.0 in pharm school is working right down the street from him at another CVS. They didn't like hospital pharmacy, either, so they chose something where they get to talk to lots of people. And those two bloody know their ****.

If people really are poorly trained, then the PharmD education is not adequate and should be extended, IMO.

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It makes sense to me. Hospitals potentially get nothing from the training of physicians, but no matter what the effort used to train clinical specialists in pharmacy will benefit the hospital industry/academic system.

That couldn't be further from the truth. Having medical residents provides very cheap labor of physicians. And having pharmacy residents doesn't necessarily provide as much benefit as a fully trained clinical pharmacist. In fact, training a resident takes a lot of reource, funding, and time out of the hospital and pharmacy department.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

In fact, training a resident takes a lot of reource, funding, and time out of the hospital and pharmacy department.

Of course it does, but that's a rate limiting step no matter if they are paid in full or paid in stipend. If the hospital wants a specialist pharmacist, they would have to train them no matter what. With residencies, they are able to do it without paying them an arm and a leg.