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Hi all. So here's another predicament at ur hands. lets not get carried away though. I have recently been reconsidering becoming a pharmacist. I have already been accepted to a couple of pharmacy schools and plan on go for Fall 2010.
Here are a couple of reasons why i am reconsidering: after working in retail i feel like you study very hard for 4 years and for what? being yelled at customers and ringing out items like ur a cashier. It doesnt seem as rewarding as i had previous envisioned this career to be. Also, pharmacy, well at least retail pharmacy, is very repetitive which makes it even harder to enjoy going to work. Another reason is the increase push to doing residency for those who feel retail is not for them. Thats 5 to 6 years. If i already feel like having second thoughts on this profession how am i ever going to endure 6 years of this? The the last, yet not least, reason would be the demand and supply of pharmacy. Right now the demand and supply is about leveling out. And some newly graduates are having a hard time finding jobs now (i know a few that are struggling right now). So by the time im a new graduate (lets say for now 4 yrs) will i be struggling even more? On top of this there are more pharmacy schools opening (mainly b/c the school need $$) which will increase the supply of pharmacists. this leads to why more and more professors saying go do residency so u look more qualified....okay im going on a tangent here
btw i have shadowed hospital pharmacists b4 and the lack of patient interaction is a big downfall and i hate that it looks like ur lock away in a basement. the good side of hospital pharmacist is less stress i feel and more use of what u learn in pharmacy, unlike retail.
The good things i like about pharmacy would be that i enjoy learn anything that is related to chemistry, and the human body (which i feel pharmacy is a good mix of both), great salary for retail good salary for hospital, good hours, not as stressful as other careers
I have volunteered at hospitals b4 and i love patient interactions and the clinical aspect of medicine.
any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated
Here are a couple of reasons why i am reconsidering: after working in retail i feel like you study very hard for 4 years and for what? being yelled at customers and ringing out items like ur a cashier. It doesnt seem as rewarding as i had previous envisioned this career to be. Also, pharmacy, well at least retail pharmacy, is very repetitive which makes it even harder to enjoy going to work. Another reason is the increase push to doing residency for those who feel retail is not for them. Thats 5 to 6 years. If i already feel like having second thoughts on this profession how am i ever going to endure 6 years of this? The the last, yet not least, reason would be the demand and supply of pharmacy. Right now the demand and supply is about leveling out. And some newly graduates are having a hard time finding jobs now (i know a few that are struggling right now). So by the time im a new graduate (lets say for now 4 yrs) will i be struggling even more? On top of this there are more pharmacy schools opening (mainly b/c the school need $$) which will increase the supply of pharmacists. this leads to why more and more professors saying go do residency so u look more qualified....okay im going on a tangent here
btw i have shadowed hospital pharmacists b4 and the lack of patient interaction is a big downfall and i hate that it looks like ur lock away in a basement. the good side of hospital pharmacist is less stress i feel and more use of what u learn in pharmacy, unlike retail.
The good things i like about pharmacy would be that i enjoy learn anything that is related to chemistry, and the human body (which i feel pharmacy is a good mix of both), great salary for retail good salary for hospital, good hours, not as stressful as other careers
I have volunteered at hospitals b4 and i love patient interactions and the clinical aspect of medicine.
any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated
