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i am thankful for what i learned about myself.
however, pharmacy focusses on so many things beyond the scope of practice. how often do you write a SOAP note in pharmacy? NEVER. You are not trained nor allowed to do physical exams. You must rely on other people's examinations. Pharmacy will sit and talk about name badges, pressed white coats, and nonstop about how to be professional. They consider this such a cornerstone of the profression; yet they fail to look at the big picture and the actual work involved. This is where pharmacy education fails students in school. The students are learning so much material that has little practicality in any area of pharmacy.
Pharmacy has not really progressed (esp clinically). If you look at clinical pharmacy in the 80s and now, you will see not much has changed. Pharmacy pushses this MTM junk down your throats, it won't go anywhere.
You basically get paid decent (not great) to verify and check other people's decisions. With that being said, you do not have any income generating capability, always an employee of someone else.
Residencies are not what people try to sell. Take everything people say with a grain of salt because many are drinking the pharmacy kool-aid. I don't see how pharmacy will sustain itself. With the number of schools opening and the less than adequate graduates and mandatory pharmd, it has really cheapened the degree and has lost its luster.
i would not do pharmacy again. like i said, i am happy for what i learned about myself, my own capabilities, friends i made, etc etc. i would not do it again, unless the pay was significantly better than it is now.
100k before taxes and deductions
be married with a kid
take home pay MAX 50K
factor in mortage, home insurance, gas, food, education, clothing, car, car insurance, heating & electric bills, you will have NOTHING LEFT OVER.
What makes things worse is you are in a "higher income level" so your kids when they go to college will not get good financial aid.
however, pharmacy focusses on so many things beyond the scope of practice. how often do you write a SOAP note in pharmacy? NEVER. You are not trained nor allowed to do physical exams. You must rely on other people's examinations. Pharmacy will sit and talk about name badges, pressed white coats, and nonstop about how to be professional. They consider this such a cornerstone of the profression; yet they fail to look at the big picture and the actual work involved. This is where pharmacy education fails students in school. The students are learning so much material that has little practicality in any area of pharmacy.
Pharmacy has not really progressed (esp clinically). If you look at clinical pharmacy in the 80s and now, you will see not much has changed. Pharmacy pushses this MTM junk down your throats, it won't go anywhere.
You basically get paid decent (not great) to verify and check other people's decisions. With that being said, you do not have any income generating capability, always an employee of someone else.
Residencies are not what people try to sell. Take everything people say with a grain of salt because many are drinking the pharmacy kool-aid. I don't see how pharmacy will sustain itself. With the number of schools opening and the less than adequate graduates and mandatory pharmd, it has really cheapened the degree and has lost its luster.
i would not do pharmacy again. like i said, i am happy for what i learned about myself, my own capabilities, friends i made, etc etc. i would not do it again, unless the pay was significantly better than it is now.
100k before taxes and deductions
be married with a kid
take home pay MAX 50K
factor in mortage, home insurance, gas, food, education, clothing, car, car insurance, heating & electric bills, you will have NOTHING LEFT OVER.
What makes things worse is you are in a "higher income level" so your kids when they go to college will not get good financial aid.
