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pgu - 17 Apr 2005 07:18 GMT

Hi,

Can anybody give me a lead to find a pharmacy volunteer opportunity? I
live in Dublin, CA. I am applying for PharmD program. I called
Walgreen, Safeway, Kaiser, etc and they all told me that they do not
have any volunteer opportunities in their pharmacy. Please help. I
need to get a pharmacist' recommendation for admission requirement.

thanks so much for your help.

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nobody special - 17 Apr 2005 07:44 GMT

> Hi,
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> thanks so much for your help.

Did you try any hospitals, particularly a VA hospital? Since CA has
registered pharmacy technicians, a VA hospital under federal laws might be
an option. Worth a try, I guess.

Also curious- without any pharmacy experience, how sure are you that you
want to get into pharmacy? I'd seriously recommend spending some time in a
pharmacy for your own experience and not just as a means for a
recommendation. Better to know what you're getting into in advance, than
realize after a semester of pharmacy school that you're in something you
don't like.

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pgu - 17 Apr 2005 18:17 GMT

Yes, I did try the VA hospital in Liveremore, CA, but, the coordinator
told me that they do not have the volunteer opportunity in pharamcy
there.

As you said, I am not looking for just for the sake of a
recommendation, but, I do want a REAL experience, specially since I
have a real stable job in the federal government as a computer
scientist which pays me the same (if not more than) a pharmacist
salary.

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nobody special - 18 Apr 2005 13:05 GMT

> Yes, I did try the VA hospital in Liveremore, CA, but, the coordinator
> told me that they do not have the volunteer opportunity in pharamcy
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> scientist which pays me the same (if not more than) a pharmacist
> salary.

Are you comparing your present pay to an entry level pharmacist position
with the US Government? Probably a bad comparison since I know plenty of
pharmacists bringing in over $100k a year in retail.

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pgu - 18 Apr 2005 23:52 GMT

That is about how much I am making now. As I said, health care is my
passion, I am not in for the money. I do have a BA in Molecular Cell
Biology from Berkeley and a MS in computer science.

Thanks guys. Please let me know if any pharmacist here would like to
share with me their experience and let me know if there is any way that
I can do "shadowing".

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P T - 19 Apr 2005 18:52 GMT

"PGU" was looking for a phcy volunteer experience.
I wrote:

>>Why don't you get a job?

An anonymous poster responded:

>PGU's in California, where pharmacy
>techs need to be registered with the state.

I don't understand why that prevents the poster from getting a job. Is
it extremely difficult to get registered? Does it require special
training?

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sam - 17 Apr 2005 08:17 GMT

"pgu" <peironggu@gmail.com> wrote in news:1113718708.435505.70920
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

> Hi,
>
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>
> thanks so much for your help.

You may also want to try independent pharmacies. You'll probably have a
better experience there than a big chain.

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P T - 17 Apr 2005 17:24 GMT

WHY do you want to volunteer?

Why don't you get a job?

Pharmacy tech jobs are not terribly difficult to find.

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nobody special - 18 Apr 2005 13:02 GMT

> WHY do you want to volunteer?
>
> Why don't you get a job?
>
> Pharmacy tech jobs are not terribly difficult to find.

PGU's in California, where pharmacy techs need to be registered with the
state. I'd think there would be a volunteer opportunity somewhere as a
pharmacy aide or something.

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