This place has been pretty grim lately, and while some good information and insight has come out of it, I'm hoping we can change the pace a little bit.
I've searched around for old threads/answers to this, but there's not a whole lot to read.
What was your favorite class during Pharmacy school? Least favorite?
Favorite classes (no particular order): PK, applied pharmaceutical sciences, and cardiology module of our pathophysiology, pharmacology, and therapeutics courses. I love the application of the basic sciences to the therapeutics.
Least favorite: law; professionalism, ethics, and pharmacy practice. Seriously, can professionalism and ethics be meaningfully taught in an academic setting, especially in a one-semester course?
Same question, but for rotations during school or residency?
Any especially memorable classes or rotations?
As a P3 student, I have few rotations to choose from. None have been exciting or particularly bad. I even kind of enjoyed my CVS 3-week rotation, though my preceptor was lax with my hours which is very unrealistic. At work though, I've been able to shadow various pharmacists throughout the hospital. I've enjoyed my time in (1) AC clinic due to the autonomy and ability to see patients longitudinally, (2) cardiac ICU because I enjoy heart failure and AFib, (3) MICU because of the variety and the great pharmacist and attendings, and (4) methadone clinic because the patients are pretty funny and in a good mood to get their methadone.
I was less excited about the internal medicine and surgical ICU floors mainly because I only had the opportunity to do med recs and discharge counseling, but I think the pharmacists there enjoy their work. Also, I was uncomfortable the entire time on the inpatient psych floor, so that's definitely not for me.
I don't necessarily mean for this to be an advice thread (though it's fine to let it fly if you want), I'd just like to get some of the stories/rants/memories of the schooling and residency process for those of you who have been through it.
No advice or rants here. One thing I didn't mention above was how much I enjoyed this one class that was an interdisciplinary HIV elective. It was a class where we talked about HIV and its relationship with the community in Baltimore. We were given the opportunity to get trained to perform HIV testing and to do outreach for HIV and HCV. It's been great to get people into care. I've tested dozens of individuals and been able to have great discussions with people. I've helped people get onto PrEP for free and into a fully subsidized HepC clinic, which is pretty rewarding. Of course, I have no idea what has happened to those individuals since, but I hope that I made a difference to them.
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You guessed it - in that class, she was 2nd place.
