Comments on I want to be a pharmacist...: The Future of Pharmacy

Sir, Perhaps the reason why you've been rejec...

2009-11-27T23:58:29.541-06:00

Sir,

Perhaps the reason why you've been rejected after using your opinions regarding future pharmaceutics in your essays was because they are fallacious. Have you ever taken a pharmacology course? I'm sorry but what you wrote in your blog is pretty wrong.

Actually I used this in my essays and my interview...

2009-11-12T17:45:27.577-06:00

Actually I used this in my essays and my interviews and have already been pretty much rejected from one school.

If your applications essays were half as well writ...

2009-11-11T21:56:20.770-06:00

If your applications essays were half as well written as this post is, I bet you'll be seeing an acceptance letter this year.

Anyway, very well said. It's sometimes a bit scary how quickly our field is evolving, but that's also one of the reasons I love it.

As a student now I can say that the changes for pr...

2009-11-04T17:50:07.649-06:00

As a student now I can say that the changes for pre-reqs are good. There is to much information to learn in three years. It is better to have four years of pre-reqs and then concentrate on pharmacy from the get go in pharmacy school. This is now a doctoral program, eight years is ok.
The field is getting so expansive, between having to know disease states as well as drugs to the actual

I also have heard people say they had zero pharmac...

2009-11-04T00:05:55.233-06:00

I also have heard people say they had zero pharmacy experience before their pharmacy rotations. Not surprisingly, a few of these were people who had finished pharmacy school and immediately decided to do something else with their lives, or stayed and pretty much hated life because they did not like their job.
Note: this refers mainly to retail pharmacists I've worked with, as I

bash - I can't delve into details regarding pr...

2009-11-03T23:10:11.586-06:00

bash - I can't delve into details regarding proteins because I honestly don't many details behind it. I do know that we are only a few years away from protein drugs which are tailored to individual patients.

As for my industry knowledge, I've been working in pharmacy for almost eight and a half years now. During that time I have completely engrossed myself in the field

Good post! ASHP actually recently published some ...

2009-11-03T22:49:19.634-06:00

Good post! ASHP actually recently published some guidelines that by 2020 all graduating pharmacists who practice patient care will have to undergo residency training. (Remember, these a just guidelines, but ASHP's recommendations are pretty highly regarded.) The only problem right now is that these positions are VERY competitive. I believe that right now there are only about 2,000 residency

I'm just now finishing up a semester of Bioche...

2009-11-03T21:34:35.864-06:00

I'm just now finishing up a semester of Biochemistry in my undergrad, so this post is intriguing to me. I'd love to hear more about proteins being used to develop future medicines.

How did you come to know some much about the pharmaceutical field?