Help! BS in Pharm. Science or Health Management

[AmyO27]

I finished my pharmacy prerequisites and now i want to work on my bachelors. I'm trying to decide which major in Pharmaceutical Science or Health Information Management will best compliment a PharmD degree. I'm interested in both degrees want a BS degree that will benefit me most in the future. What do you think?

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[WhiteSnows]

I finished my pharmacy prerequisites and now i want to work on my bachelors. I'm trying to decide which major in Pharmaceutical Science or Health Information Management will best compliment a PharmD degree. I'm interested in both degrees want a BS degree that will benefit me most in the future. What do you think?

Health Information Management.

 

[AmyO27]

Health Information Management.

Yes thats the one

 

[Passion4Sci]

Either sound like they'd be applicable and useful! Go with whichever one interests YOU the most.

 

[AmyO27]

Thanks a bunch, but I like them both, so I want the most useful BS degree

 

[Passion4Sci]

Thanks a bunch, but I like them both, so I want the most useful BS degree

No one can quantify that for you. When you have a Pharm.D it will be academic anyway... so flip a coin.

 

[AmyO27]

Your right about that. I figured getting a degree in Pharmaceutical Science will help prepare me for pharmacy school and a degree in Health Information Management will help prepare me with Adminstrative side of the profession. But I have some time to decide and I'll just weigh the pros and cons. Thanks again!

 

[PharmPrincess]

Pharmaceutical Science is more research based and really has nothing to do with the practice of pharmacy (more of the clinical aspect). Health information management...i kinda don't see how that would really supplement a pharmacy career, except in the field of informatics, but i think those are two different things if i'm not mistaken.

 

[aboveliquidice]

I finished my pharmacy prerequisites and now i want to work on my bachelors. I'm trying to decide which major in Pharmaceutical Science or Health Information Management will best compliment a PharmD degree. I'm interested in both degrees want a BS degree that will benefit me most in the future. What do you think?

Either degree will work for your purposes... If Health Information Management requires you to learn distributive pharmacy management systems, I would certainly go with it. Data system implementation is a very specialized and rewarding field.