Pharmacy or doctor

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pharmacy. you'll not have to see all that unpleasant stuff, that doctors always do. if I returned to my past, I would choose to be a pharmacist.
 
patrick3142 said:
Which is a better choice for having a better social life? Pharmacy takes 8 years a doctor takes only 3 more
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Strictly based on social life: Pharmacy

Based on better hrs (excluding outliers): Pharmacy
“Better hrs does not imply great hrs...”

Based on job availability: Doctor

Based on financial risk / job ratio: Doctor
 
patrick3142 said:
Which is a better choice for having a better social life? Pharmacy takes 8 years a doctor takes only 3 more
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pharamcy actually only takes 4 years... 1 year community college prereqs and then 3 year program.

so a real degree aka MD takes 4 + 4 + 4 residency so 8 more years. MD = 12 year degree pharmacy = 4 year degree. The plus is that a MD degree is actually useful for getting a job.
 
patrick3142 said:
Which is a better choice for having a better social life? Pharmacy takes 8 years a doctor takes only 3 more
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I think pharmacy allows you to have a better social life for multiple reasons.

#1 When applying to schools, all med schools require an MCAT or GRE score which take a lot of time to prepare for. For pharmacy not all schools require an entrance exam (PCAT) so you don’t have to spend all that time preparing.
#2 In med school you have to do a residency after the four years it takes you to get through school. From what I understand the residencies can be up to 80 hours/week of work for 2-6 years. In pharmacy you don’t have to do a residency to get a job after school.
#3 You don’t have to be on call as a pharmacist (like ever if you don’t want) and as a doctor odds are good you’ll have to be on call at some point in your career.
#4 There are accelerated PharmD programs that can get you in and out in 3 years. Although, those accelerated programs don’t allow for summer breaks and require a lot of work, that is still only three years.

For me getting my PharmD is going to take 8 years. I’ve completed 4 years of undergrad and 4 years in my program left, however, I have seen people get accepted into pharmacy school with only 2 years of undergraduate work completed. That would make it 6 years to get your PharmD. If you were to do an accelerated program it could potentially only take you 5 years.
 
Computer programming would still be the best choice out of all. You get a far better social life compared to both and a return on investment that might be even better than that of a doctor.
 
PharmtoCS said:
Computer programming would still be the best choice out of all. You get a far better social life compared to both and a return on investment that might be even better than that of a doctor.
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And it's actually in demand unlike pharmDs.
 
Choice is yours! If you are passionate about doctor: no doubt go for it.

You have plenty of medical universities abroad that would help you succeed in accomplishing this.
 
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