Future Outlook of a Pharmacist Career

[Shaun786]

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Hi, I have read several posts discussing the outlook of future graduates into this field, but I would like to hear more from people with some insight on this subject. So, basically I would like to know after a decade how this field will be when looking at the pay rate and available jobs.

 

[inquirer89]

Well I know that the average has shot up from $85,000 to almost $100,000. BLS updated this recently.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos079.htm

BLS has also gave pharmacists "Excellent Opportunities" in Job Prospects and employment is expected to "Grow much faster than Average".


I've learned through personal research that pharmacists really have no glass roof when it comes with opportunities. You can fill out prescriptions in the back or you can pursue more challenging and responsible positions (with more pay). What I want to do is to get a Pharm. D, get experience, and eventually earn an MBA and go into administration. The CEO of the hospital I volunteered at had both degrees and he is now currently the CEO of a major hospital system in Philadelphia, earning the big bucks.

Other possibilities that I've looked at include joining medical missions to 3rd world countries, joining the military with an automatic officer rank, research, becoming a drug representative (great if you like traveling), eventually teaching as a professor at a pharm university, etc.

 

[inquirer89]

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[steveysmith54]

search the "pharmacy" forum. There are several highly intelligent pharmacists who expressed their views on this issue.

 

[Shaun786]

Thanks for the info

 

[Shaun786]

Check this post out I just found... It answers the question with great detail

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5558668&postcount=31

 

[herpa767]

Employment change. Employment of pharmacists is expected to grow by 22 percent between 2006 and 2016, which is much faster than the average for all occupations.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition


Jim Jorgenson, administrative director for pharmacy services at University Health Care and an associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of Utah's College of Pharmacy, said there is about a 6 percent increase in new U.S. pharmacy graduates annually, but a 30 percent increase in demand.
"By 2015, the estimate is that we are going to be over 40,000 pharmacists short nationally, and 157,000 short by 2020," Jorgenson said. "We're actually expecting to fill 7.2 billion prescriptions by 2020."


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[Clinicalrph2362]

Hi, I have read several posts discussing the outlook of future graduates into this field, but I would like to hear more from people with some insight on this subject. So, basically I would like to know after a decade how this field will be when looking at the pay rate and available jobs.

I have been a California hospital pharmacist for over 25 years, and since my graduation I have never seen the future job outlook to be so grave. There are too many pharmacy schools,especially in California. There are fewer and fewer jobs for new grads, and it's only going to get worse.

 

[delano2000]

Why was a 4 yr old thread bumped?😕

 

[rxlea]

Why was a 4 yr old thread bumped?😕

They used the search function

 

[lisinopril]

Future is very gloomy and doomy...

 

[dahwsi]

If it looks gloomy then what are you doing here. If you actually have a passion for pharmacy then go for it. If your doing it for the wrong reasons (e.g. money etc.) then please just do yourself and everyone else a favor and just leave.

Don't believe me? Ask other PharmD dropouts. Hell, for that matter ask other grad school dropouts for that matter while your at it! (MD, DO, DVM etc)

 

[Corpseman]

If it looks gloomy then what are you doing here. If you actually have a passion for pharmacy then go for it. If your doing it for the wrong reasons (e.g. money etc.) then please just do yourself and everyone else a favor and just leave.

Don't believe me? Ask other PharmD dropouts. Hell, for that matter ask other grad school dropouts for that matter while your at it! (MD, DO, DVM etc)

Ask them what exactly?

 

[dahwsi]

Ask them what exactly?

Why after working so hard to get into a competitive graduate school doctorate program of their choice, they dropped out. In reference to my previous post, because of the wrong reasons... 🙄

 

[HoltMD]

Why after working so hard to get into a competitive graduate school doctorate program of their choice, they dropped out. In reference to my previous post, because of the wrong reasons... 🙄

Pharmacy school is NOT graduate school, hence a PharmD is NOT a graduate degree. It is a professional degree.

They used the search function

Pretty funny!

 

[dahwsi]

Pharmacy school is NOT graduate school, hence a PharmD is NOT a graduate degree. It is a professional degree.




Pretty funny!

You get what I mean...

 

[SanMateoRph]

do not do pharmacy for the money anymore. do it because you love stress and hate money

 

[JayHawks1983]

Anecdotally, pharmacy is supposed to involve more clinical decision making as opposed to dispensing medication. I really do not know what this means, does anyone have an idea? I know dispensing involves organization and sending out medication to patients, but clinical decision making was not clear.