Re: Being a pharmacist

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Re: Being a pharmacist

Bob G.

20 May 2004 13:38

>I am applying to pharmacy school, and have been thinking in more
>detail about what I want to do when I become a practicing pharmacist.

I am now retired and honestly The only thing I was interested in when
I was in your situatuion was BUILDING MY BANK ACCOUNT ..period...

>It seems like pharmacy school curricula is highly intense. I would
>think that pharmacists have SO much knowledge about drugs,
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>I would like to hear from others, both in retail, hospital, industry -
>what do you think?

I did "work" in Hospitals and Retail ..along with a few years in
the Military ....the ONLY place I really used my education on a daily
bases was in the Military...most likely because the Physicians
were "Green" and the supply of drugs limited

>Do you use your education?

See Above....

>Are you consulted on by other healthcare peers as an expert?

Hell No

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>>To me, a pharmacist is a sort of a specialized doctor. Someone who can
>be there to provide very specific and accurate information, and apply
>that to a situation where lives are at stake, helping to save those
>lives, and make them better. Do you feel this is the case in reality?

I have a feeling you are smoking somthing

Bob Griffiths

Ryan Joseph

20 May 2004 04:35

I am applying to pharmacy school, and have been thinking in more
detail about what I want to do when I become a practicing pharmacist.

Currently, I volunteer in a hospital pharmacy, and get a little
exposure to what the pharmacists there do in their day to day jobs.
They get called on frequently to provide drug knowledge, and it seems
like, advice to the other staff (nurses/doctors).

It seems like pharmacy school curricula is highly intense. I would
think that pharmacists have SO much knowledge about drugs,
pharmacokinetics, and just an incredible amount of
chemical/physical/thermodynamic knowledge about how pharmaceuticals
work in the body. Yet it seems like they will never really get to
implement this knowledge day-to-day.

I would like to hear from others, both in retail, hospital, industry -
what do you think?

Do you use your education?

Are you consulted on by other healthcare peers as an expert?

Do you feel like you are called on, and needed, to provide your expert
advice?

To me, a pharmacist is a sort of a specialized doctor. Someone who can
be there to provide very specific and accurate information, and apply
that to a situation where lives are at stake, helping to save those
lives, and make them better. Do you feel this is the case in reality?

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