Option for getting internship hours?

[bacillus1]

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You know how one has to get extra practice hours besides rotations in many states in order to get licensed? So I was thinking, if I worked as a pharmacology TA at a summer camp thing where the kids take classes (CTY, if you've heard of it), would this count for hours?

 

[RxWildcat]

usually it can count as long as you get pre-approval from the board.

 

[bacillus1]

I just got feedback from my academic advisor. She said that it doesn't count 🙁 I have to actually work in a pharmacy"participate in the practice of pharmacy" and have a preceptor and such. There are no preceptors at a summer camp, and it's not really pharmacy practice participation. Oh well, I might still do it if I don't get a nice pharmacy internship, hours or no hours. I'm sure it's still a sorta useful thing to add to the resume, and I'll probably learn some pharmacology from it as well (good since it'll be the summer before I actually start taking pharmacology).

 

[GatorRxGirl]

You may want to contact your state's board of pharmacy to see what they say about options for internship hours.

 

[njac]

you want to teach pharmacology even though you haven't had it yet?

 

[bacillus1]

you want to teach pharmacology even though you haven't had it yet?

TA, not teach. There's also gonna be an instructor there.

CTY is a program for gifted kids in grades 5-9, with some programs for older students as well. If I TAed pharmacology (this would be a 7th-9th grade class) I feel I would still be qualified because of the drug knowledge I would have gathered by that time (microbiology, physiology, biochem, etc...). It's not like I'd be TAing a college pharmacology class. Right now I work for a CTY 5th-6th grade site as an RA. Best summer job ever, but it's time to move on.

And thanks everyone, I'll contact my board of pharmacy to see what options I have, even if this option won't give me hours.