Please answer these questions for me! (Pharmacists only)?

Question

1. what did you learn in practice that you couldn't have learned in study?
2. what aspect of pharmacy have you grown to appreciate more as you pregressed in your career?
3. what were the obstacles in your study?
4. what are the challenges in practicing pharmacy?
5. what do you see in the future of pharmacy?
6. have you noticed any trends regarding the field of pharmacy?
7. what study route did you take? how many years of schooling in pharmacy did you undergo?
8. what would you change in operations of pharmacy?

Answer 1

For starters....I dislike the word practice. I stopped 'practicing' pharmacy in 1988 (when I became an R.Ph.). I've been 'doing' it ever since.

1) I got my degree in Pharmacy through study. I bceame a Pharmacist by working as an intern for 3 years.

2) The subtleties of patient counseling takes a lifetime to master.

3) little spare time, no money, lousy car.

4) Ask 100 pharmacists and you will get 100 answers. The single biggest challlenge however, is getting people to understand just what it is that we do.

5) This will piss off most every pharmacist out there, but we do not control our destiny. And what we end up becoming is a function of medical practice, health insurance, and government regulation. I also see lots of $$$ for all of us until the shortage of pharmacists is over which should be.......never.

6) All sorts of them. Be more specific.

7) I got into an accredited College of Pharmacy and completed the prescribed course of study. What other way is there? You are looking at between 3 and 4 years, depending on which school you get into.

8) ?