Worst Preceptor Experience

[Sparda29]

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So, post your worst experience with a preceptor during your rotations. I've only been on 2 rotations so this is mine:

This was an independent pharmacy. Thus, they don't have scanners like at CVS to scan the bottles to make sure the NDC numbers are correct, thus we have to manually compare them based on what it says on the Rx label and on the bottle. Also, the interns/techs aren't allowed to pull items from the shelves here.

So the pharmacist pulled the item and gave it to me. It was the correct drug + dosage but the wrong NDC#, so I just put a nice "X" mark instead of a "checkmark" next to the NDC# on the Rx Label.

When my preceptor came over to check, he got all upset and told me not to do any of this "freewheeling" stuff all because I put an X mark instead of the checkmark.

 

[IWantTheGenetic]

I had a required rotation at a local community clinic. Over the course of 5 weeks, I counseled 4 patients, filled 3 ibuprofen prescriptions, and called in 10 Rxs to retail pharmacies. Luckily, I had internet access so I studied for the NAPLEX.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Omnicare.

I sat in a little box for 10 hours a day putting unit-dosed meds in boxes. For 10 hours. It was like watching paint dry. There would have been more educational value out of playing Nintendo for 2 hours. I complained to many people about how pathetic the rotation was. Including the preceptor. He then calls the school and tells them that I have behavioral issues. I tell the school his rotation is a joke. I get kicked off of rotation and finish a rotation elsewhere. I almost slit his tires and set his car on fire.

 

[Farmercyst]

Omnicare.

I sat in a little box for 10 hours a day putting unit-dosed meds in boxes. For 10 hours. It was like watching paint dry. There would have been more educational value out of playing Nintendo for 2 hours. I complained to many people about how pathetic the rotation was. Including the preceptor. He then calls the school and tells them that I have behavioral issues. I tell the school his rotation is a joke. I get kicked off of rotation and finish a rotation elsewhere. I almost slit his tires and set his car on fire.

I'd have sent him a present for getting me out of that boring rotation. I did an IPPE at a LTC pharmacy and it was the same. Take these pill and put them in these holes, press/seal the back, repeat. It sucked.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

I'd have sent him a present for getting me out of that boring rotation. I did an IPPE at a LTC pharmacy and it was the same. Take these pill and put them in these holes, press/seal the back, repeat. It sucked.

And the school got pissed at me because I told them the truth about his useless ass rotation rather than lying to everyone and saying how great of an experience it was.

 

[Sparda29]

I'm on a public health rotation right now and it's boring as hell. The place is about helping out domestic violence victims, but its about psychotherapy. Not much of a place for a pharmacist here. Totally going to give this a negative evaluvation when the times up. There is no functional air conditioning in the intern room, which becomes a problem during August in NYC.

There is no work to do here, so I'm just on my laptop all day either on Facebook or SDN.

 

[DAW2]

1. @ walgreens - got time taken off of my hours when i took a lunch break. preceptor/pic didnt tell me until near the end, so i was short on hours. so i quit taking lunch breaks and pulled a 14 hour shift to make up for the time. then i got yelled at cuz osha could have gotten on her.

2. @ hospital. spent weeks refilling plastic boxes with injectables. didnt talk to anybody, boring as hell.

3. @ hospital, psychiatric. preceptor rarely showed up. school admin came up and asked where she was and i gave em the i dunno shoulder shrug

 

[mustang sally]

Omnicare.

I sat in a little box for 10 hours a day putting unit-dosed meds in boxes. For 10 hours. It was like watching paint dry. There would have been more educational value out of playing Nintendo for 2 hours. I complained to many people about how pathetic the rotation was. Including the preceptor. He then calls the school and tells them that I have behavioral issues. I tell the school his rotation is a joke. I get kicked off of rotation and finish a rotation elsewhere. I almost slit his tires and set his car on fire.

Wow, and I thought I had bad IPE experiences. I haven't had anything truly horrible happen on my IPEs, but I have had some "preceptors" who had absolutely no desire to talk to me, evaluate me or basically be a preceptor in any way, shape, or form. Fun.

 

[Praziquantel86]

I had a preceptor cancel a day of rotations with a Facebook message.

Way to be on the ball!

 

[DrWrong]

I had a preceptor cancel a day of rotations with a Facebook message.

Way to be on the ball!

You mean he didn't even have enough professionalism to use Myspace?

 

[Pharmavixen]

One of my rotations was through the compounding dept of a hospital pharmacy. It was a cool rotation - got to make the stuff for the barium swallows, magic mouthwash in huge quantities, Golytely, embalming fluid, and got to play with lots of expensive equipment, but one of the techs had an emotional age of ~ 2 y.o. He'd literally scream, "Mine!" in your face if you used any of his stuff. Throwing hissies over every tiny little thing.

My last day, I got a bottle of gentian violet and sprinkled it over his entire work area, almost imperceptible: this stuff used much anymore? When dry, it's a fine green powder. But any liquid hits it, and boom! Bright indelible purple.

 

[Caverject]

I think a lot of you are crying over stupid bullshi+...

 

[Praziquantel86]

You mean he didn't even have enough professionalism to use Myspace?

He could have at least Tweeted...

 

[Sparda29]

He could have at least Tweeted...

Was Twitter around at that time?

 

[Praziquantel86]

Was Twitter around at that time?

This was three months ago.