Why do you like pharmacy?

[OD4eyes]

Hi,
I am an pre-optometry student and recently applied, so far no acceptances. I am starting to worry and now trying to think of other health professions that will suit my personality and will be challenging. I thought of pharmacy because of the set hours, meaningful job position, financial and job security. What are your personal reasons for choosing pharmacy and what are the negative aspects of the profession.
I chose optometry because of the set hours, the so-called job secuirty, and patient interaction. However, optometry is extremely competitive, insurances reimbursements is not good, and it can be difficult dealing with people becuase not everyone is a pleasant patient. I am still very interested in optometry but I want explore other possible options just in case I don't make the cut or have a change in heart.
I am not 100% sure of what I will decide but I was just curious and want some feedback... Thanks!

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[pharm B]

Pharmacy is another avenue into the health field and allows you to help people in many different ways. The biggest "pro" for me is that I could potentially still work as part of a team in a hospital, using my education, without having to do the internships, residencies, and fellowships required for MD/DO.

If I were single, that wouldn't be an issue, but pharmacy is easier on the family (4 years of school and you're qualified to start working). Residencies are optional for pharmacists. Plus with fields like psychiatric pharmacy, you can still get some pretty hands-on interaction with patients. And you can always work retail a few days a month to get that 10% discount.

The cons: Pharmacy can be limiting. You're not going to diagnose or prescribe (for the most part).

The big negative comes about when you work retail: It can be fun some days, but other days you can dread that you were ever born. "Patients" expect you to provide service the same way a register-jockey would at McDonalds. "Why isn't it done yet? What do you mean my insurance doesn't cover Viagra? I need it!"

Hope that helps.

 

[Passion4Sci]

It's the quickest way to getting "Dr" in front of my name.

Plus the female:male ratio in CA is 3:1... and they're almost all cute Asians.

And six figs, obviously.

 

[letsEAToranges]

pharmacy is another avenue into the health field and allows you to help people in many different ways. The biggest "pro" for me is that i could potentially still work as part of a team in a hospital, using my education, without having to do the internships, residencies, and fellowships required for md/do.

If i were single, that wouldn't be an issue, but pharmacy is easier on the family (4 years of school and you're qualified to start working). Residencies are optional for pharmacists. Plus with fields like psychiatric pharmacy, you can still get some pretty hands-on interaction with patients. And you can always work retail a few days a month to get that 10% discount.

the cons: Pharmacy can be limiting. You're not going to diagnose or prescribe (for the most part).

The big negative comes about when you work retail: It can be fun some days, but other days you can dread that you were ever born. "patients" expect you to provide service the same way a register-jockey would at mcdonalds. "why isn't it done yet? What do you mean my insurance doesn't cover viagra? I need it!"

hope that helps.

+1

 

[andyhaas]

The reason I'm taking Pharmacy is that it's about drugs and I don't have to be a nurse and deal with all that entails (blood and guts, poopy diapers, etc.)

Unfortunately, there's a ton of memorization.

 

[MBkidd]

It's the quickest way to getting "Dr" in front of my name.

Plus the female:male ratio in CA is 3:1... and they're almost all cute Asians.

And six figs, obviously.

Hey P4Sci, what's going on, I thought you have a wife already man!


P.S.
I really hope you're correct though.

 

[SmKN808]

Plus the female:male ratio in CA is 3:1... and they're almost all cute Asians.

OMG! sci, your such a troll...

ANYWAY... i have many to be exact. buuut, for the most part BOTH my mom[CRNA] and my eldest sister[RN] are nurses. so yeah... as andyhaas, mentioned above blood and guts, poopy diapers, etc, is definitely! NOT for me and ultimately, alike the rest of us here, i want to become a pharmacist too...

cons? i'll agree with letsEAToranges, in that b[pharm b], said it best for me as well[+2]

 

[Tinkerbell22]

It's the quickest way to getting "Dr" in front of my name.

Plus the female:male ratio in CA is 3:1... and they're almost all cute Asians.

And six figs, obviously.

UGHH so not fair! lol


I chose pharmacy because I honestly knew I wanted to work in health care since I was in grade school, but I wasn't sure exactly which profession. I've always been passionate about science and I have always LOVED all my science courses so it seemed like a good fit. Plus I love being around people and helping them with their issues. lol When I was in high school I was really interested in pharmacogenetics, and when I got into college I researched medical school, dental, pharmacy, etc and I fell in love with pharmacy. My mother was also married to a pharmacist way before I was born, but I know the family well and I grew up with his daughters around their family owned pharmacy.

Every pharmacist I have spoke with has had positive things to say about their career (even the negative things don't worry me, but obviously they exist just as in any other job). I also like how there are so many options unlike what most people are led to believe. I like how I have the option to get into pharmacy school and explore retail, research, hospital, etc and figure out what I am good at and what I enjoy the most.

There are also a lot of other specific things, but basically that was where I started at when I decided to pursue pharmacy over anything else. The more you get into it and research and volunteer and figure things out the easier it is to know what you want to do. If that made any sense. lol

I'm really tired so my posts probably don't make much sense lately. I have a funeral to attend tomorrow of another classmate so I'm sort of exhausted.

 

[SHC1984]

OMG! sci, your such a troll...

ANYWAY... i have many to be exact. buuut, for the most part BOTH my mom[CRNA] and my eldest sister[RN] are nurses. so yeah... as andyhaas, mentioned above blood and guts, poopy diapers, etc, is definitely! NOT for me and ultimately, alike the rest of us here, i want to become a pharmacist too...

cons? i'll agree with letsEAToranges, in that b[pharm b], said it best for me as well[+2]

+1

And the fact that pharmacist have the option of eventually working from HOME is one of the main reasons why I pick the field. I like the job stability, the clean work envirnoment, working from home, many options to choose from (I can choose to work with people or NOT...I am NOT obligated to work anywhere), and did I mention no blood?

 

[SHC1984]

The cons: Pharmacy can be limiting. You're not going to diagnose or prescribe (for the most part).

Con? thats a huge plus for me. Why do more than you have too? Increase work = Increase responsibility = Increase stress and with no pay increase? No thanks!

The ONLY Con of pharmacy is that unlike dentistry and medicine, you can't open your own practice very easily. Therefore you will most likely be working for someone else for a modest salary. (yes, there are pharmacists that own their own pharmacy but its very rare b/c most people can't win with Walmart and Walgreens on every corner) And pharmacy is taken over by insurance like crazy. If most patient are cash paying and you have the ability to open your own practice (like dentistry) then you can make good money!

 

[adma826]

I am just starting to consider it, though at this point, I am thinking "what took me so long to come to this conclusion?". I love science. For a very long time I knew I wanted to do something related to health care/science.

For the longest time I thought I wanted to be a nurse. I loved the idea of having this incredible level of knowledge about disease and health and physiology and how to care for sick people. I discovered I really did not want to do something so physically intimate - but my interest in physiology and desire to work in health care did not diminish.

Like I said, I love science, but large volumes of poop, sputum, pee, vomit, not so much.

I am married to an active duty airman, and have 4 kids, and even completing pharmacy school at one duty location is going to be rough.

For me Pharmacy is a great way to practically apply my interest and (in the future, extensive) knowledge of human physiology and chemistry. I will be able to move and look for a new job each time we move, since it is a clearly defined, licensed profession.

And I will not lie, the salary is attractive because at some point my husband will retire from the military and he has worked so hard supporting me and the 4 kids that I want him to be able to go to school or open a business or pursue a line of work that might not pay that well. I would like to be able to let him do that without worrying about continuing to fund our retirement or how to help the kids with college costs (my 10 yr old thinks he wants to attend either Stanford or MIT and major in physics so I had better save my pennies starting now).

If I simply cannot get in to Pharmacy school my back up plan is to apply to a post-bacc CLS program (about 18 -24 mos long) and work as a Medical Technologist and perhaps apply again later down the line.

Back when I was an undergrad, Pharmacy school was a Bachelor level program. It was in the same building as the Nursing school (where I took a lot of classes b/c I was pre-BSN). I had friends that were studying Pharmacy. I could not wait to take the nursing Pharmacology class I needed before starting the upper level Nursing classes. When I changed my major away from Nursing, I have no idea why I did not consider Pharmacy. I wish I had come up with this decision back then - I'd be doing a PharmD completion program now instead of biting my nails waiting to apply next fall and wondering if I will get in.

 

[delano2000]

I am just starting to consider it, though at this point, I am thinking "what took me so long to come to this conclusion?". I love science. For a very long time I knew I wanted to do something related to health care/science.

For the longest time I thought I wanted to be a nurse. I loved the idea of having this incredible level of knowledge about disease and health and physiology and how to care for sick people. I discovered I really did not want to do something so physically intimate - but my interest in physiology and desire to work in health care did not diminish.

Like I said, I love science, but large volumes of poop, sputum, pee, vomit, not so much.

I am married to an active duty airman, and have 4 kids, and even completing pharmacy school at one duty location is going to be rough.

For me Pharmacy is a great way to practically apply my interest and (in the future, extensive) knowledge of human physiology and chemistry. I will be able to move and look for a new job each time we move, since it is a clearly defined, licensed profession.

And I will not lie, the salary is attractive because at some point my husband will retire from the military and he has worked so hard supporting me and the 4 kids that I want him to be able to go to school or open a business or pursue a line of work that might not pay that well. I would like to be able to let him do that without worrying about continuing to fund our retirement or how to help the kids with college costs (my 10 yr old thinks he wants to attend either Stanford or MIT and major in physics so I had better save my pennies starting now).

If I simply cannot get in to Pharmacy school my back up plan is to apply to a post-bacc CLS program (about 18 -24 mos long) and work as a Medical Technologist and perhaps apply again later down the line.

Back when I was an undergrad, Pharmacy school was a Bachelor level program. It was in the same building as the Nursing school (where I took a lot of classes b/c I was pre-BSN). I had friends that were studying Pharmacy. I could not wait to take the nursing Pharmacology class I needed before starting the upper level Nursing classes. When I changed my major away from Nursing, I have no idea why I did not consider Pharmacy. I wish I had come up with this decision back then - I'd be doing a PharmD completion program now instead of biting my nails waiting to apply next fall and wondering if I will get in.

I don't like any of those in any proportion...whether large or small.

So, pharmacy is the way to go.

 

[docss26]

I liked pharmacy because of the access to all the wonderful pills I can consume depending on how I feel. I was kicked out of the interview for saying that.

lol jp.

 

[UES Girl]

It's the quickest way to getting "Dr" in front of my name.

Plus the female:male ratio in CA is 3:1... and they're almost all cute Asians.

And six figs, obviously.

Hahaha, somene just told me something funny today, we are having an interprofessional mixer with medical and dental students and they said that med students have a special term for going to these types of events: they call it going farming

 

[DocAcclamation]

I choose pharmacy tovescape the workload of a doctor while keepin the title Dr.

Pharmacy>>>

 

[Passion4Sci]

Hey P4Sci, what's going on, I thought you have a wife already man!


P.S.
I really hope you're correct though.

I am married, and quite happily.

but that doesn't mean I don't like admiring other nice scenery.

Besides, everywhere I've worked that has had more female influence than male has always been cleaner, smelled nicer, and generally been a nicer place to be.

 

[NaOH]

It's the quickest way to getting "Dr" in front of my name.

Plus the female:male ratio in CA is 3:1... and they're almost all cute Asians.

And six figs, obviously.

+1 for honesty. ( '_')b

 

[Rockinacoustic]

I always though I wanted to do research, but the idea of being a lab rat and the inability set my heart 110% on material I could breath in and out every day deterred me away.

Pharmacy interested me for a couple of reasons. One, the (bio)chemistry and pharmacology behind drugs is really freaking cool to me (It was neat to learn about beta blockers for my last Physiology midterm). And two, I find myself happy having a helping hand within the public. Being a doctor never interested me, so Pharmacy seems like a nice medium between expanding my scientific knowledge and being involved in the Healthcare field.

I've been working as a Tech at CVS for almost half a year now, and aside from the typical nuisances of the retail atmosphere, it has been the most rewarding and provocative job I've had. That being said, I see retail pharmacy as just the beginning in the opportunities I have open to me when I get my degree.

 

[justjack]

+1

And the fact that pharmacist have the option of eventually working from HOME is one of the main reasons why I pick the field. I like the job stability, the clean work envirnoment, working from home, many options to choose from (I can choose to work with people or NOT...I am NOT obligated to work anywhere), and did I mention no blood?

wait, what? we have that option?

 

[SmKN808]

And the fact that pharmacist have the option of eventually working from "HOME" is one of the main reasons why I pick the field. I like the job stability, the clean work envirnoment, working from home, many options to choose from (I can choose to work with people or NOT...I am NOT obligated to work anywhere), and did I mention no blood?

+1... back at ya sis...

 

[SmKN808]

wait, what? we have that option?

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=583500...

 

[phathead]

I chose it (aside from the fact that I am a chem nerd) because of the intimate interactions you have with patients.

As a doctor, dentist or what have you, you see your patients maybe what, every six months? And even then it is in a sterile and uncomfortable environment.

In a retail pharmacy, however, you may see your patients several times a week. Equally often you'll begin to develop a relationship with them. They'll come in and you can ask how their son's basketball game was last weekend or how their new garage is coming along.

The patient becomes comfortable with you in a way. And it is then when they start mentioning things that they may not otherwise. Very very often they'll mention a severe side effect to a medication, but they didn't mention it to the doctor because it made them uncomfortable or they weren't sure it was relevant.

In a pharmacy you can talk to a patient one on one without the stigma of being stuck formally behind a desk. You can walk the aisles with the patient, console them when they are upset and help them on a daily basis.

A doctor may be able to figure out how to alievate the pain in the knee, but very often it is the pharmacist who makes the treatment viable from a cost standpoint so they can go on with their life. Living is pointless unless you cannot enjoy life. And when all your money is tapped out due to the treatment to keep you alive... well you can see where I'm going from there.

And there is still the level of respect that most of us require to function every day. It's almost as if the pharmacist is their own personal fountain of advice. And I like that.

Yes there are drawbacks, and yes I want to pull my hair out some days. But as long as every once in a while I get a genuine thank you from a patient, well that's all I really need.

 

[docss26]

I chose it (aside from the fact that I am a chem nerd) because of the intimate interactions you have with patients.

As a doctor, dentist or what have you, you see your patients maybe what, every six months? And even then it is in a sterile and uncomfortable environment.

In a retail pharmacy, however, you may see your patients several times a week. Equally often you'll begin to develop a relationship with them. They'll come in and you can ask how their son's basketball game was last weekend or how their new garage is coming along.

The patient becomes comfortable with you in a way. And it is then when they start mentioning things that they may not otherwise. Very very often they'll mention a severe side effect to a medication, but they didn't mention it to the doctor because it made them uncomfortable or they weren't sure it was relevant.

In a pharmacy you can talk to a patient one on one without the stigma of being stuck formally behind a desk. You can walk the aisles with the patient, console them when they are upset and help them on a daily basis.

A doctor may be able to figure out how to alievate the pain in the knee, but very often it is the pharmacist who makes the treatment viable from a cost standpoint so they can go on with their life. Living is pointless unless you cannot enjoy life. And when all your money is tapped out due to the treatment to keep you alive... well you can see where I'm going from there.

And there is still the level of respect that most of us require to function every day. It's almost as if the pharmacist is their own personal fountain of advice. And I like that.

Yes there are drawbacks, and yes I want to pull my hair out some days. But as long as every once in a while I get a genuine thank you from a patient, well that's all I really need.

Couldn't have said it any better.

 

[hdtv]

+1 for honesty. ( '_')b

That honesty point is only deserved if he was truly honest during his interviews about:

It's the quickest way to getting "Dr" in front of my name.

Plus the female:male ratio in CA is 3:1... and they're almost all cute Asians.

And six figs, obviously.

If anyone actually got into pharmacy school saying that during interviews...

 

[docss26]

That honesty point is only deserved if he was truly honest during his interviews about:



If anyone actually got into pharmacy school saying that during interviews...

Lol, no one would ever say that. Thats absolutely ******ed.

 

[Passion4Sci]

Of course not.

 

[hdtv]

Of course not.

Too bad, that would have been so awesome. I believe your true reasons for entering pharmacy are similar to most people's reasons for entering health care. I believe even the administration is aware of the hypocrisy that exists: to get into health care, you have to say some variation of "I care about people" during your interview, but once you're in the program it doesn't matter why you're there. They'll never boot you out for wanting job security and a decent salary over helping others. I know of two pharmacy preceptors who chose pharmacy NOT because they wanted to help people, so you know they bullsh*tted their ass off to get in. They even admit this to me, since once you're in it doesn't matter.

 

[Passion4Sci]

Too bad, that would have been so awesome. I believe your true reasons for entering pharmacy are similar to most people's reasons for entering health care. I believe even the administration is aware of the hypocrisy that exists: to get into health care, you have to say some variation of "I care about people" during your interview, but once you're in the program it doesn't matter why you're there. They'll never boot you out for wanting job security and a decent salary over helping others. I know of two pharmacy preceptors who chose pharmacy NOT because they wanted to help people, so you know they bullsh*tted their ass off to get in. They even admit this to me, since once you're in it doesn't matter.

Sure, life is about duplicity to a certain extent. That's a foregone conclusion, and to get anywhere, you have to play by the rules.

When I said "of course not", it was to saying that in my interview. It may not necessarily have been "of course not" to those 3 things being part of my motivation or not.

 

[hdtv]

Sure, life is about duplicity to a certain extent.

Yeah, but depending on how far it goes, to live a lie for so long you could end up trapping yourself in a prison of your own making. A prison where everything you've obtained is because of massive lies and game playing, and if you were to ever slip up and be yourself you could lose it all. Thus to keep your hard earned accomplishments you'd be trapped in your lies forever. Though I think most people won't be in that situation, the possibility exists.

It isn't even about deception, but hypocrisy. Most of the administration probably got to where they were through bullsh*t too. But they expect us to be better than that. Which, of course, we're not. But we can pretend to be. Just like they did. And when our generation becomes the administration, the cycle repeats.

That's a foregone conclusion, and to get anywhere, you have to play by the rules.

If you play by the rules, the system pushes you ahead. At least, that's in my experience when it came to my pharmacy interviews. Some of them actually fed me answers during the interview, which suggested to me that they either wanted me before they met me because of my application, someone put in a good word for me behind my back, or they were testing my ability to bullsh*t since it's such an important ability to have in the professional world.

When I said "of course not", it was to saying that in my interview. It may not necessarily have been "of course not" to those 3 things being part of my motivation or not.

I'll plead the fifth on that one. But do you ever wonder if any administrative people from your pharmacy school can deduce your identity on SDN and learn the truth about you? Do you think they would care?

 

[OD4eyes]

Thanks for the responses! Changing career paths is a big step and still need time to plan things and sort things out if I change from optometry to pharmacy.

 

[2411t]

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[Passion4Sci]

Yeah, but depending on how far it goes, to live a lie for so long you could end up trapping yourself in a prison of your own making. A prison where everything you've obtained is because of massive lies and game playing, and if you were to ever slip up and be yourself you could lose it all. Thus to keep your hard earned accomplishments you'd be trapped in your lies forever. Though I think most people won't be in that situation, the possibility exists.

It isn't even about deception, but hypocrisy. Most of the administration probably got to where they were through bullsh*t too. But they expect us to be better than that. Which, of course, we're not. But we can pretend to be. Just like they did. And when our generation becomes the administration, the cycle repeats.

If you play by the rules, the system pushes you ahead. At least, that's in my experience when it came to my pharmacy interviews. Some of them actually fed me answers during the interview, which suggested to me that they either wanted me before they met me because of my application, someone put in a good word for me behind my back, or they were testing my ability to bullsh*t since it's such an important ability to have in the professional world.
I'll plead the fifth on that one. But do you ever wonder if any administrative people from your pharmacy school can deduce your identity on SDN and learn the truth about you? Do you think they would care?

No, I don't think they'd care, nor do I think they have the time to read SDN. Doesn't bother me a bit. I am who I am here as I was in my interview... for better or for worse.

We seem to agree on Paras. 1 and 2... so I don't have anything to say there.

 

[UES Girl]

No, I don't think they'd care, nor do I think they have the time to read SDN. Doesn't bother me a bit. I am who I am here as I was in my interview... for better or for worse.

We seem to agree on Paras. 1 and 2... so I don't have anything to say there.

I like this mantra a lot, I would not be embarassed of anything I say on SDN either. The website is a lot less anonymous than people think, so things that are said should be things that one is prepared to back up.

 

[Passion4Sci]

I like this mantra a lot, I would not be embarassed of anything I say on SDN either. The website is a lot less anonymous than people think, so things that are said should be things that one is prepared to back up.

Agreed. In the Army, I always found it odd that the Soldiers most likely to employ electronic journals/communications services were the same ones most likely to be completely clueless about just how un-anonymous they truly are and that what they say/type has real-world, often dire, consequences.

Case-in-point: My unit nearly lost a 13-vehicle convoy due to an overly-giddy PFC chatting up on Live Journal about a mission he was going on - Leaving complete mission details on his publicly-viewable journal. As if Al-Qaeda doesn't have computers, right? No interwebz in Iraq? Where's that facepalm emoticon... I can smirk about it now, but at the time, I nearly wrung his neck.

Overall I'd like to think that I've been a positive force on SDN and that if an admin at one of my prospective schools could potentially narrow me down, they'd notice that too. I'm sure they noticed my glib sense of humor at the interview, so I'm not too worried about that.

 

[Tinkerbell22]

I agree... anything you put in writing on the internet is not anonymous. I really doubt any highly influential people have the time to come investigate our identities on SDN, but after a while it's not hard to put toegther the little pieces of our identities that we reveal. I've never met anyone off SDN, but I'm sure those of us who talk about what schools we're applying to, where we've interviewed at, our GPAs, PCAT, gender, alma mater, etc wouldn't be hard to pin point by someone who has this info.

With that said... I guess the best policy is to remember that what you say on the internet IS public. If you are worried about it, then don't say anything you wouldn't say otherwise.

 

[pharm B]

This is part of the reason I'm hoping more people use PharmApplicants. It's hard to keep your anonymity when there's only a few people on the site applying to the same schools you are.

 

[Maestrojo]

The ONLY Con of pharmacy is that unlike dentistry and medicine, you can't open your own practice very easily. Therefore you will most likely be working for someone else for a modest salary. (yes, there are pharmacists that own their own pharmacy but its very rare b/c most people can't win with Walmart and Walgreens on every corner)

are you sure about that?

I live in a small town of about 44k people. We have a CVS/Rite-Aid/Wal-Mart and Walgreens and a grocery store (Raley's) with a pharmacy. However, we still have 5 Pharmacist owned pharmacies with patients lined up out the doors.

 

[pharm B]

I think she's pointing out that it's different from opening up your own practice as any kind of clinician. Rather than offering a service, you're having to stock a store and then compete with the big chains just to keep some food on the table.

I hope independents never die, but it's hard to compete with $4 or $5 generic drug programs. People come to the big chains not because of superior customer service, but for the low cost. As soon as they find somewhere else with cheaper medications, they're moving on.

 

[SmKN808]

i think she's pointing out that it's different from opening up your own practice as any kind of clinician. rather than offering a service, you're having to stock a store and then compete with the big chains just to keep some food on the table.

+1...

 

[TXPharmDStudent]

The biggest reason for me: hot chicks love pharmacists. To quote Borat "very niiiiiice".

It's the quickest way to getting "Dr" in front of my name.

I guess so even though I've never heard anyone call a pharmacist "Dr." if they weren't in an academia setting.

 

[NaOH]

I guess so even though I've never heard anyone call a pharmacist "Dr." if they weren't in an academia setting.

I hear it all the time.

Of course it's usually from meth-heads trying to buy some Wal-phed "in the green box".

 

[TXPharmDStudent]

I hear it all the time.

Of course it's usually from meth-heads trying to buy some Wal-phed "in the green box".

HAHA those junkies don't know when to quit.

True story: a lot of junkies like to seem to be friends with employees who aren't there. Well, my dad keeps my grandpa's name bar (whatever you call it) up there since he was the one who started the independent in the town he's in. One guy comes in and looks at it and says "so how's ken doing? is he still golfing?" to me, not knowing he died 9 years ago.

 

[joh0472]

I want to become a pharmacist because we are the last line of defense for medical treatment. Case-in-point, my little boy got an upper respiratory tract infection and after a fun trip to the doctors office we went to the pharmacist where he took one look at the presciption and said, "this definately is the wrong dosage for a child." The guy prevented an already lousy day turning into a worse day and showed me that the guy behind the counter is more than just a pill counter.

 

[SmKN808]

I want to become a pharmacist because we are the last line of defense for medical treatment. Case-in-point, my little boy got an upper respiratory tract infection and after a fun trip to the doctors office we went to the pharmacist where he took one look at the presciption and said, "this definately is the wrong dosage for a child." The guy prevented an already lousy day turning into a worse day and showed me that the guy behind the counter is more than just a pill counter.

OMG! that is SO terrible but, he[your little boy], sure sounds like a future pharmacist in the making eh ???

 

[SmKN808]

True story: a lot of junkies like to seem to be friends with employees who aren't there. Well, my dad keeps my grandpa's name bar (whatever you call it) up there since he was the one who started the independent in the town he's in. One guy comes in and looks at it and says "so how's ken doing? is he still golfing?" to me, not knowing he died 9 years ago.

OMG, i can only imagine his facial expressions after realising your grandfathers passing and my apologies for laughing by the way

 

[SHC1984]

I guess so even though I've never heard anyone call a pharmacist "Dr." if they weren't in an academia setting.

Same here and in an academia setting the professors have a PhD and a PharmD so I thought I was calling them Dr. b/c of the PhD.

 

[diastole]

Screw pharmacy. I'm going to be a professor in pharmacy school. Read powerpoints all day. Answer a few questions. The students are mostly well behaved. Nobody is complaining about copays. With all the schools opening up, there will definitely be job security. I wonder how you get that sweet gig.

 

[OD4eyes]

I just want to thank everyone for their responses and very interesting input. I do respect the profession and look forward to sending my red eye patients to the pharmacy....LOL!!!
I won't be joining to this profession and will be attending Pennsylvania College of Optometry... Look forward to the NPI # requests!!!!!

 

[NaOH]

Screw pharmacy. I'm going to be a professor in pharmacy school. Read powerpoints all day. Answer a few questions. The students are mostly well behaved. Nobody is complaining about copays. With all the schools opening up, there will definitely be job security. I wonder how you get that sweet gig.

When you put it like that, it sounds... pretty awesome?

 

[SHC1984]

Screw pharmacy. I'm going to be a professor in pharmacy school. Read powerpoints all day. Answer a few questions. The students are mostly well behaved. Nobody is complaining about copays. With all the schools opening up, there will definitely be job security. I wonder how you get that sweet gig.

They make 6 figures too! If you are the dean then you make even more $$$ I think you should go for it! However one drawback...you will need a PhD along with your PharmD.