Is this clinical experience?

[prelk]

I work inpatient as a Pharmacy Technician which I am well aware in and of itself is not clinical due to lack of patient contact. However, since this past summer I work down in our anticoagulation clinic where I walk out to the waiting room, call the patient and walk them down to the exam room, then poke their finger and take their INR. I've personally found working in an inpatient pharmacy to be a great view into how a hospital functions and quite enjoy the longitudinal relationships that are formed with patients in clinic (it has also been a great introduction to Epic). I know that people typically think CVS when they say being a CPhT isn't clinical, so I just wanted to confirm my experience is.

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[LizzyM]

You are poking patients' fingers and taking their blood! I'd say that is close enough of a patient encounter to count as clinical experience. Describe this in detail in your application to make clear that the role was just not counting pills.

 

[SahilMehtaMD]

This can definitely count as clinical experience! Be sure to emphasize the patient contact in your description.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Pharmacists work in hospitals too. What you are doing sounds like a clinical activity.