Pharmacy or PT? help

[Ramenoodles]

Please help me I am really confused. I am into my junior year of college and I am still not sure which healthcare career I want to pursue. I worked as a pharmacy technician in retail and had a horrible boss who verbally assaulted me which contributed to me hating the experience. Also when I worked there the counting of pills stressed me out plus I was the only tech there and I always felt lost. I prefer group settings and I don't think i'll ever be able to memorize all the brand and generic drug names. And I do not like how you're working against a clock and you have 50 tasks that need to get done at once and you're the boss as a pharmacist so all responsibility falls on you if anything messes up...and some patients are very rude they treat you like a slave. I know so many people that pursue this field and they seem to love everything about it and it comes so easily to them...maybe I just don't have the confidence or personality for it and am scared I will mess up

The things I do like about it are:

• the flexible hours, working 2 days a week, or when needed as floaters. I feel that if I master all the tasks that stress me out it's a pretty straightforward job
• conversing with patients
• the pay

I am also thinking of PT as it sounds really interesting; I like how interactive it is and how your physically working to help reduce the pain of a patient. I am an active person so I feel I will enjoy that. I also like how you're not looking at a screen all day. To me, the PT environment seems more people friendly. The con is I know it pays less than pharmacy and requires the same amount of studying and I am not sure if hours are flexible.

This is the year to be taking grad school exams and doing applications and I still don't know what I want and everyone around me does...I feel because I don't have a clear path my grades and motivation have also suffered. I don't even know if i'll get into any grad schools with my gpa.

In the end I just want to be happy and make a good living. I am really lost. If someone could guide me I would really appreciate it.

Thank you for taking the time to read this

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[ACPTWannabe]

Please help me I am really confused. I am into my junior year of college and I am still not sure which healthcare career I want to pursue. I worked as a pharmacy technician in retail and had a horrible boss who verbally assaulted me which contributed to me hating the experience. Also when I worked there the counting of pills stressed me out plus I was the only tech there and I always felt lost. I prefer group settings and I don't think i'll ever be able to memorize all the brand and generic drug names. And I do not like how you're working against a clock and you have 50 tasks that need to get done at once and you're the boss as a pharmacist so all responsibility falls on you if anything messes up...and some patients are very rude they treat you like a slave. I know so many people that pursue this field and they seem to love everything about it and it comes so easily to them...maybe I just don't have the confidence or personality for it and am scared I will mess up

The things I do like about it are:

• the flexible hours, working 2 days a week, or when needed as floaters. I feel that if I master all the tasks that stress me out it's a pretty straightforward job
• conversing with patients
• the pay

I am also thinking of PT as it sounds really interesting; I like how interactive it is and how your physically working to help reduce the pain of a patient. I am an active person so I feel I will enjoy that. I also like how you're not looking at a screen all day. To me, the PT environment seems more people friendly. The con is I know it pays less than pharmacy and requires the same amount of studying and I am not sure if hours are flexible.

This is the year to be taking grad school exams and doing applications and I still don't know what I want and everyone around me does...I feel because I don't have a clear path my grades and motivation have also suffered. I don't even know if i'll get into any grad schools with my gpa.

In the end I just want to be happy and make a good living. I am really lost. If someone could guide me I would really appreciate it.

Thank you for taking the time to read this

I would definitely recommend shadowing some DPT's in your area in different patient settings to see how you like the atmosphere, and most programs require shadowing hours.

 

[deleted797640]

I also worked as a Pharm Tech, my experience was fantastic. However, I hated how boring and non-interactive the job I saw pharmacists do was. Counting pills, typing up prescriptions and counseling patients rarely, did not get me excited. I'm sure the job is a bit more fun for those in compounding pharmacies or in-patient hospitals where they are mixing medications together and things like that. If you're looking for something in the middle that is interactive with patients but has good salary to time spent studying I would look into PA school.

 

[truthseeker]

Please help me I am really confused. I am into my junior year of college and I am still not sure which healthcare career I want to pursue. I worked as a pharmacy technician in retail and had a horrible boss who verbally assaulted me which contributed to me hating the experience. Also when I worked there the counting of pills stressed me out plus I was the only tech there and I always felt lost. I prefer group settings and I don't think i'll ever be able to memorize all the brand and generic drug names. And I do not like how you're working against a clock and you have 50 tasks that need to get done at once and you're the boss as a pharmacist so all responsibility falls on you if anything messes up...and some patients are very rude they treat you like a slave. I know so many people that pursue this field and they seem to love everything about it and it comes so easily to them...maybe I just don't have the confidence or personality for it and am scared I will mess up

The things I do like about it are:

• the flexible hours, working 2 days a week, or when needed as floaters. I feel that if I master all the tasks that stress me out it's a pretty straightforward job
• conversing with patients
• the pay

I am also thinking of PT as it sounds really interesting; I like how interactive it is and how your physically working to help reduce the pain of a patient. I am an active person so I feel I will enjoy that. I also like how you're not looking at a screen all day. To me, the PT environment seems more people friendly. The con is I know it pays less than pharmacy and requires the same amount of studying and I am not sure if hours are flexible.

This is the year to be taking grad school exams and doing applications and I still don't know what I want and everyone around me does...I feel because I don't have a clear path my grades and motivation have also suffered. I don't even know if i'll get into any grad schools with my gpa.

In the end I just want to be happy and make a good living. I am really lost. If someone could guide me I would really appreciate it.

Thank you for taking the time to read this

its hard to master anything doing it two days a week

 

[Azimuthal]

Pharmacy. You can work 2 days on-call and make equivalent to a full-time PT’s salary during that same week.