How exactly does one get into nuclear pharmacy

[Navypharm]

I'm entering pharmacy school soon, and I was wondering when do you start the process to become a nuclear pharmacist? Do you specialize at somepoint during pharmacy school, or simply apply to a position after pharmacy school and get training then?

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[Notecard]

I'm entering pharmacy school soon, and I was wondering when do you start the process to become a nuclear pharmacist? Do you specialize at somepoint during pharmacy school, or simply apply to a position after pharmacy school and get training then?

There are I think four or five schools with authorized nuclear pharmacist classes which can be taken while you are in school. If you aren't going to one of those schools the typical route is to graduate pharmacy school and then take the classes. They aren't exactly cheap though, in the past the popular option was to get hired by a company that then pays for you to go through training rather than pay for it yourself. This is becoming less common though because of obvious reasons.

In addition to the classes you'll need 500 hours of actual experience working in a nuclear pharmacy. Easiest way to get those is on your APPEs or through internships or getting a job in a nuclear pharmacy in whatever city you go to school in.

Read this if you want more,
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=555396

 

[mustang sally]

At least in the midwest, there really isn't a particular path to take to get into it that I know of.

The pharmacists I met who worked in nuclear pharmacy did rotations in it during P4 where they made some contacts, then applied to the companies later on. The companies then paid for them to do a six month training program.

 

[NickW9682]

I think most schools offer electives in nuclear? I work in a hospital as and tech and make chemo on a regular basis. Just a forewarning... it gets lonely in that chemo room.