public speaking in pharmacy school????

[craig1212]

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are there times when ill be required to give a public speech/presentation in pharmacy school?

 

[AntiviralsRule]

are there times when ill be required to give a public speech/presentation in pharmacy school?

Absolutely. That's part of the reason why one of the prereqs is public speaking. Students I've talked to say they have to make presentations frequently.

 

[confettiflyer]

all the damn time

we have simulated patient experiences where we go into a room with a clinical situation and an actor-patient and are video taped... we've been making tons of presentations in our practice classes.

in your P-4 years you'll probably be put on the spot more often than not, plus you might have to do presentations to P&T committees (physicians, nurses, etc...) after doing drug research.

so basically, if you have issues with public speaking, you better take care of that ASAP.

 

[UES Girl]

are there times when ill be required to give a public speech/presentation in pharmacy school?

Every day in some form or another you will use public speaking. Excellent communication skills are a must.

 

[Cangri One]

wow I was hoping that wasnt the case. I hate being put on the spot. I always go blank....wow something to look forward to. thanks for the bad news guys at least I can start preparing my nerves now lol.

 

[diastole]

I just gave my first presentation this week and I'm a P1. Fortunately, it was only in front of a group of 13 other students and a faculty member instead of the whole class. It wasn't so bad. I can give a presentation in front of the whole class but I suspect I'll die of boredom if I have to hear 145 other presentations. In fact, I would rather give ten presentations in front of the whole class than have to listen to even fifty speeches.

 

[AntiviralsRule]

wow I was hoping that wasnt the case. I hate being put on the spot. I always go blank....wow something to look forward to. thanks for the bad news guys at least I can start preparing my nerves now lol.

One thing you might consider to help you with those nerves: join Toastmasters. It's a public speaking group with chapters all over the country. Lots of practice available.

 

[Cangri One]

One thing you might consider to help you with those nerves: join Toastmasters. It's a public speaking group with chapters all over the country. Lots of practice available.

oh ok, thanks for the advice, Ill definitely look into it.

 

[Passion4Sci]

I practice on my wife, and if she's not available, I either tape myself or I practice in the mirror.

It really does help.

 

[IrishRxMan]

There are some that are born great public speakers, but those are far and few between. You have to practice it to become good at it like anything else. Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Jerry Rice...all started out not playing their respective games the way everyone knows them. They had to practice to get to the level they were or are. Toastmasters is definitely a great place to get that practice.

 

[bacillus1]

You will need to use public speaking skills to educate patients and/or other health professionals, so pharmacy school prepares you for this.

 

[Monalyce]

As much as I dreaded taking a public speaking class, I'm so glad I did. For me, it doesn't stop being a little scary, but the more I do it, the easier it is. Also, you learn that the better you know your material, the less likely you are to "blank" when the time comes. Be the expert, and you'll sound like the expert.

 

[pharm B]

I had a crippling fear of public speaking until I'd done a few stand-up comedy open mic nights. It's definitely an easy way to expose yourself to tens (!!) of people at a time.

 

[phathead]

Public speaking is an essential part of pharmacy. I have known several who opted out of pursing pharmacy because they were not able to or do not wish to talk to patients.

 

[confettiflyer]

Public speaking is an essential part of pharmacy. I have known several who opted out of pursing pharmacy because they were not able to or do not wish to talk to patients.

patients are easy, they'll nod at whatever you say and ask you simple questions about refrigeration or whether they can have a beer with this or that.

i think it's more of a challenge to talk to physicians and fellow pharmacists who can pick apart what you're saying...and will throw back questions that require on-the-spot thinking (ie you better know what you're talking about).

oh, and forget about blabbering on and on....I HATE people who talk slow or say extraneous things that don't add any value to the sentence.

 

[phathead]

patients are easy, they'll nod at whatever you say and ask you simple questions about refrigeration or whether they can have a beer with this or that.

i think it's more of a challenge to talk to physicians and fellow pharmacists who can pick apart what you're saying...and will throw back questions that require on-the-spot thinking (ie you better know what you're talking about).

oh, and forget about blabbering on and on....I HATE people who talk slow or say extraneous things that don't add any value to the sentence.

that doesn't really define public speaking though, that's just the ability to talk properly lol

 

[Passion4Sci]

Similar to "laughing out loud" all the time.

 

[healthymind]

does anyone know if you speak in the auditorium with the whole 150 students or in class sections of about 30? or both?

 

[koercive]

does anyone know if you speak in the auditorium with the whole 150 students or in class sections of about 30? or both?

both.
-you can choose to avoid the full lecture hall presentations if you don't get involved in anything -running for course boards, etc..
-we had one project where 1 group member out of 10 had to present a case study

most presentations are done in smaller discussion groups.

 

[delano2000]

I guess we all better get used to the idea of public speaking...

 

[IrishRxMan]

does anyone know if you speak in the auditorium with the whole 150 students or in class sections of about 30? or both?

It depends on the school. We had some presentations in front of the whole class of about 100 students.

 

[TXPharmDStudent]

I had a crippling fear of public speaking until I'd done a few stand-up comedy open mic nights. It's definitely an easy way to expose yourself to tens (!!) of people at a time.

HAHA!

I did that once and every laugh I got was when I said "f*ck that joke sucked" after a joke bombed.

 

[twester]

The quantity of public speaking assignments at my school was low, but the ones we did were pretty high pressure including one "seminar" presentation in the style of a journal club in front of about 30 students and a few faculty members. It was scary, but a good experience for presenting high-level clinical and statistical information.

 

[diastole]

It depends on the school. We had some presentations in front of the whole class of about 100 students.

Does that mean you had to watch 100 presentations too? Was it mind-numbingly dull?

 

[atticus27]

Pharm school presentations are done in groups if they are presented to the whole class. I don't believe there is time in any schools curriculum to sit through over a hundred individual presentations.

OP: If you don't like public speaking which most don't it isn't that bad in pharm school.

Most of you guys don't seem to differentiate between interpersonal communication and public speaking. Being an effective public speaker(speaking to an large audience) has little to do with effectively communicating with individual people.

 

[meteor2]

It depends on the school, but most of the time you are required to do the presentation to the whole class as a group. Don't worry about it, everyone in the class has to present so they all know how you feel. Besides, presentation is just the beginning, in my class I have to do group debate as well, not just presentation.

If you think doing presentation in front of your classmates is bad, imagine how you would feel when you have to present in front of your preceptor and possibly in front of a group of pharmacists/physicians during your P3/P4 year when you are on hospital rotations.

 

[DocAcclamation]

I enojoyed pub. speaking esp. with a topic of choice like eatery.

 

[delano2000]

I enojoyed pub. speaking esp. with a topic of choice like eatery.

lol

 

[Pharm2love]

What a nightmare. Hopefully I won't glue my eyes to the notes throughout the presentation.

 

[Monalyce]

Practice, practice, practice.

 

[IrishRxMan]

Does that mean you had to watch 100 presentations too? Was it mind-numbingly dull?

They were over several days and it was usually in groups that we presented to the whole class. It wasn't individual, but the people that were good at public speaking usually ended up doing the presenting.