Lack of experience entering pharmacy school

[PhatPharm2012]

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I'm preparing to start my first year of Pharmacy school in August but i'm feeling really nervous because I have absolutely no experience in the pharmacy field. I did some volunteer work but never worked as a Pharm tech.
Did ayone here entered pharmacy school without having any work experience in the field? How much more difficult will school be for me if I never worked in pharmacy before?

 

[mike36]

I'm preparing to start my first year of Pharmacy school in August but i'm feeling really nervous because I have absolutely no experience in the pharmacy field. I did some volunteer work but never worked as a Pharm tech.
Did ayone here entered pharmacy school without having any work experience in the field? How much more difficult will school be for me if I never worked in pharmacy before?

I had zero experience...it did not affect me at all. Of course I was not familiar with many of the drugs, but that is just memorization crap. Don't worry about it.

Try search function...numerous threads with this topic exist.

 

[PhatPharm2012]

Thanks Mike36 for the response, it's good to know that the lack of experience didn't affect you. I feel a lot less nervous now, Thanks.

 

[firefighter9015]

I don't think that lack of experience going into school will hurt you. However, I have found it helpul to keep on working during school that way I am able to apply the knowledge that I have learned to some extent and not jut memorize it.

 

[njac]

I also started pharmacy school without any pharmacy experience. Get a pharmacy job as soon as you can but I didn't find myself at a disadvantage due to it at the beginning.

I will say that I have learned tons and tons from work and lots of things we never addressed in school. I think pharmacy work is incredibly important.