Wingate- physical assessment course

[Gilmore2B]

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I noticed the following question was asked of an applicant in the interview feedback portion:

“You will be practicing health assessments with each other where you will have to partially disrobe, will this be a problem for you? Why do you think that we make you do that?”

My understanding was we would learn things such as measuring blood pressure and listening to heart sounds. Things that were deemed “uncomfortable” would be practiced on mannequins. Does anyone know any more about this? What specific tasks will we be learning that requires disrobing?

 

[ethyl]

I think the question might be geared more towards the ladies. 😉

for guys: lift up your shirt some so I can listen to your airways.
for girls: lift up your shirt a little so I can akwardly use my stethoscope while trying not to touch your boobs.

 

[Abilify]

For once I will be serious...

Believe it or not, most schools have this course. Schools will never put someone with the opposite sex if it is not desired. The extent of the disrobing is usually undergarments and of course it's done in private areas just like a real patient would. You will be looking for abnormalities on the skin and checking vital signs etc...its really not that big of a deal.

 

[PHARMDhope2b]

I think the question might be geared more towards the ladies. 😉

for guys: lift up your shirt some so I can listen to your airways.
for girls: lift up your shirt a little so I can akwardly use my stethoscope while trying not to touch your boobs.

LOL "trying not to touch your boobs", lol

 

[insipid1979]

I noticed the following question was asked of an applicant in the interview feedback portion:

“You will be practicing health assessments with each other where you will have to partially disrobe, will this be a problem for you? Why do you think that we make you do that?”

My understanding was we would learn things such as measuring blood pressure and listening to heart sounds. Things that were deemed “uncomfortable” would be practiced on mannequins. Does anyone know any more about this? What specific tasks will we be learning that requires disrobing?

Why would a pharmacist need to do this? Are they even qualified to do this? I've never heard of a pharmacist diagnosing somebody.

Unless they teach that purely for academic purposes.

 

[ethyl]

Wait, are we talking about "turn to your left and cough" type of assessment? Or "you've got a slight lump in your balls" or - "This girl wants me to do her mammogram? SCORE!"

 

[DownonthePharm]

Yeah, except for the monitoring of bp this sounds more like a DO manipulation class than pharmacy. Classes will try to make accomidations for squeemy people, but dont count on it, most really want you to get over yourself and feel comfortable touching others (not neccessarly being touched). But this was one of the reasons I liked pharmacy over medical school, I dont like touching strangers, so this sounds weird to me too.

Partially disrobe sounds a lot worse than it probably is....

 

[Abilify]

Work in internal medicine/primary care and you will see that pharmacists do in fact do this. We do not diagnose by any means but we do monitor patients.

 

[ultracet]

Work in internal medicine/primary care and you will see that pharmacists do in fact do this. We do not diagnose by any means but we do monitor patients.

no its not like a DO manipulation class..

it is a physical assessment
literally

we looked at the ears, eyes, nose, throat, skin, assessed heart and breath sounds, assessed for scoliosis, took blood pressures, palpated the abdomen, checked all lymph nodes, pulses, checked for kidney tenderness, checked for scoliosis, did hearing tests, etc


for once abilify is right and is being serious

 

[Gilmore2B]

If most schools have this type of course, how many semesters does it usually last? Even though its not worth many credits, it seems a little excessive for it be 2 years of coursework at Wingate to learn what ultracet listed. Wingate's Dean made it seem that this course was a new approach to pharm education, but now after learning that this is more common than I originally thought, what does Wingate really have to offer me thats different from other pharm schools?!

 

[beccala33]

Why would a pharmacist need to do this? Are they even qualified to do this? I've never heard of a pharmacist diagnosing somebody.

Unless they teach that purely for academic purposes.

Actually, in North Carolina (which is where Wingate is located) pharmacists are able to be certified to perscrible medication. They feel that our country is moving towards a more clinical standpoint when it comes to the profession of pharmacy. They train you to do these things so that their students are prepared for anything that they might encounter.

 

[ethyl]

I believe Wingate tops most other schools on our amount of experience hours. I'm not sure about other schools' summers, but it's going to be nice having the first two summers off... and not having to do summer clinical hours or classes. 😀

 

[ethyl]

Actually, in North Carolina (which is where Wingate is located) pharmacists are able to be certified to perscrible medication. They feel that our country is moving towards a more clinical standpoint when it comes to the profession of pharmacy. They train you to do these things so that their students are prepared for anything that they might encounter.

Remember the guy with black hair, charcoal grey suit, silver shirt and black/silver striped tie? The guy that asked too many questions to the Dean and bombed the group interview? Yeah, that was me. 😛

 

[beccala33]

Remember the guy with black hair, charcoal grey suit, silver shirt and black/silver striped tie? The guy that asked too many questions and bombed the group interview? Yeah, that was me. 😛

I think I interviewed the Monday after you did. How did you "bomb" the group thing? I feel the same way about that stupid essay (I am a bad writer when I am under pressure...) I felt like my essay was terrible. I STILL haven't heard from them BTW.

 

[bananaface]

Every year I get a couple of ladies wearing sweaters at flu shot appointments. After we make sure that the blinds to the counseling room are pulled and that no male staff members wander in, the sweater goes over the shoulder, and we proceed. You need to be comfortable acting casual while seeing a patient in less than full clothing, so that they feel comfortable. The lab exercise is probably to make you understand the role that acting professional plays in patient comfort.

 

[ethyl]

I think I did okay on the essay. I hadn't done any creative writing since my freshmen year 4 years ago... and my handwriting on the sample was HORRENDOUS! I think they were looking for a sense of integrity, being able to live with your choices, honesty to yourself and relating it to a future in pharmacy.

During the brainstorming, I think I did great in speaking up, contributing and clarifying things that needed to be emphasized. Unfortunately, I wasn't the leader. A girl jumped in front of me at the beginning for that position. 🙁

I stumbled on my portion of the presentation. I found it hard to get my thoughts out when the professor was giving me absolutely no visual feedback. Looking at a cold or empty stare made me even more nervous and my voice started shaking... and I began to get repetitive. 😳

I hope you hear from them soon! Did they mention what date they'll be finished with all their interviews? Did they explain the point system to you?

 

[beccala33]

I think I did okay on the essay. I hadn't done any creative writing since my freshmen year 4 years ago... and my handwriting on the sample was HORRENDOUS! I think they were looking for a sense of integrity, being able to live with your choices, honesty to yourself and relating it to a future in pharmacy.

During the brainstorming, I think I did great in speaking up, contributing and clarifying things that needed to be emphasized. Unfortunately, I wasn't the leader. A girl jumped in front of me at the beginning for that position. 🙁

I stumbled on my portion of the presentation. I found it hard to get my thoughts out when the professor was giving me absolutely no visual feedback. Looking at a cold or empty stare made me even more nervous and my voice started shaking... and I began to get repetitive. 😳

I hope you hear from them soon! Did they mention what date they'll be finished with all their interviews? Did they explain the point system to you?

I felt like I did alright in the group thing. Actually, I felt really good about the interview overall. I am suprised that I haven't heard from them, but really my stats aren't that great. I have a pretty low gpa due to a hateful engineering major that I HATED and not much pharmacy experience. It's making me crazy that I haven't heard from them. I didn't know anything about the point system until you told me. My pcat score was an 86 and I have a decent personal statement and LORs, but I think my low gpa makes me not so competitive. 🙁

 

[Gizmo]

The physical assessment was not mentioned by any of the faculty during my interview session. I only learned about the assessments b/c our tour guide (a student) warned us to "pick a lab partner that you will be comfortable with" while showing us the lab room. From reading here, the interview sessions after mine got more info about these assessments.

 

[beccala33]

One of my interviewers actually said to me, "We have classes where you will have to be partially disrobed, is this a problem for you?"