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Just think of becoming a tech, or getting any experience, as a another step to becoming a Pharmacist. It will help you be a competitive applicant.
One more thing that I forgot to mention, if you want to sign-on with a company, your sign-on bonus will be better if you've worked for that company for a significant amount of time. So if you show the company your loyalty (continuous time served), you should get a better bonus.
I was accepted into 4 pharmacy schools (MWU, UIC, UNC, USC) with no experience. I did not start working in a pharmacy until after my first year of school. While yes, pharmacy experience is a great thing to have, you can get into pharmacy school without it.
Disclaimer: I would still though recommend getting as much exposure to the profession as you can through working or volunteering at a pharmacy.
Yes, it is true. Ask around, and you will find that loyalty can make a big impact. For example, my co-worker just graduated and didn't get a sign on offer from our company b/c his time there wasn't considered significant. My other co-worker got a sign on offer, which was directly correlated with how long she had worked for the company. Companies would be crazy to give up loyal employees just b/c they want to staff in other places.This is not true at all! Most sign on bonuses have to do more with location...i.e. you get more if you sign on to work in a hard to staff area.
Yes, it is true. Ask around, and you will find that loyalty can make a big impact. For example, my co-worker just graduated and didn't get a sign on offer from our company b/c his time there wasn't considered significant. My other co-worker got a sign on offer, which was directly correlated with how long she had worked for the company. Companies would be crazy to give up loyal employees just b/c they want to staff in other places.
What schools require pharmacy experience?
What schools require pharmacy experience?
I know Pacific University requires 40 hours. It could be working, shadowing, or volunteering.
It really depends on the school. Most schools seem to rely VERY VERY VERY heavily on previous or current pharmacy experience. A pharmacy school just opened up in my area, and now you can't touch any sort of job in a pharmacy around here to get any sort of experience, and I fear that it will seriously hurt my application to not have any - I keep applying and talking to pharmacy managers, etc., and think I have a shot but then I just get shot DOWN! Sigh.
"They" say that shadowing or volunteering at a pharmacy is just as favorable, but none of the pharmacies I've been to have been OK with such practice...I usually get the response that "insurance doesn't cover" that sort of thing. Bleh.
Best of luck to both of us, eh? lol.
What schools require pharmacy experience?
I was just wondering what am I really suppose to be doing at a Pharmacy, I have been volunteering for 2 months at a Hospital Pharmacy now and I have done nothing except order their sales in numberical order for the day, also put meds back, cleaning shelves. They don't even show me how to answer the phone or work the register. I seriously think I should be doing something more. I am getting certified in september and at this point I have not been exposed to how a pharmacist work or what a pharm tech do. They just ask me if I have any questions, seems like more busy work. What should I do?? Should I ask them, I feel that most of the time I am in the way of the Pharmacist or Tech?? Suggestions.😕
I was wondering how you when about lookinh for pharmacy volunteer or work openings. I know you don't need it but I want to make sure I get into Pharmacy school since I am only doing my pre -reqs at a CC then applying.
The problem I have is that there are know pharmacies or hospitals near where I live. I job listing at stores like cvs usually don't say anything about the pharmacy. any advice?
I have a quesition about pharmacy experience. The schools that I'm interested in mention that pharmacy experience is not required but is recommended. My question is about how pharmacy experience is defined? Is it mainly retail and hospital pharmacy that counts towards this experience?
I worked for 6 years in an analytical laboratory for a pharmacuetical manufacturer, testing finished dosage forms and raw materials and eventually developing test methods for drugs in our new product development pipline. I also did some QA audits on running manufacturing processes. Will this count at all towards pharmacy experience?
My ultimate goal is be a retail pharmacist and so I think some experience will be helpful in retail but I was wondering if my lab experience will be looked at in considering pharmacy experience.
Yeah, so I just started to volunteer at a hospital and on my first day I was brought to the inpatient pharmacy. I felt like an alien as I don't have any experience and was assigned to a technician to watch them. Within the hour, it seemed as they were very busy and I ended up being alone by myself. Clueless on what to do I asked if I can help do anything (I know that I am new, but I was left alone and didn't know what to do). A certain person heard me and decided to tell me that they no longer needed any volunteers and told me to leave. It was an electric shock. That was just one hour into my first volunteering experience there. Thankfully a nice lady took pity in me and sent me to outpatient pharmacy to stay. The people at outpatient there are very nice and started right away to let me do some things.
I would like to know your first experience in the pharmacy. Like, how did you learn? Truthfully, I feel kind of like a baggage as my speed is very slow compared to others there when doing the same thing (I am a noob and have no experience, remember). I know I am new, but I want to improve and help them out (they are nice to train me). Should I start to memorize drugs? Any suggestions on what a non-experienced person should do? Thanks!
Any kind of pharmacy can be overwhelming at first. I know my first couple days in retail were. You have to adapt to the speed though, if not, you're not going to be a very good pharmacist. Stick with the job for a little bit, see if it pans out for you, if not, you may have to think about your career aspirations.