Does anyone know of hot topics going on in the pharmacy world? I'm sure this thread would benefit all prepharm student with their interviews.
Does anyone know of hot topics going on in the pharmacy world? I'm sure this thread would benefit all prepharm student with their interviews.
Does anyone know of hot topics going on in the pharmacy world? I'm sure this thread would benefit all prepharm student with their interviews.
The hottest topic in pharmacy right now is: raising pharmacist unemployment rates, falling wages, walgreens pharmacist salary freeze, higher pharmacist loan defaulting, higher pharmacist suicide rates, record number of independent pharmacy going out of business, highest tuition ever for pharmacy school, rising pharamcy student debt.Does anyone know of hot topics going on in the pharmacy world? I'm sure this thread would benefit all prepharm student with their interviews.
I know pharmacists that only went to school for 4 years total. 1 year of community college prereqs and 3 years of accelerated schooling. PA programs are actually hard to get into and are competitive unlike pharmacy who takes anyone.I think pharmacists should be given more credit. They go to an extra 4 years of schooling just so they can be experts on medicine. Yet, PAs these days get close to the same salary as pharmacists but only go to school for 2 extra years AND able to prescribe meds in some states. Not trying to bash on PAs but it just seems unfair.
You can also go to community college for 1 year and do 2 years of PA school. That's still less than pharmacy school.I know pharmacists that only went to school for 4 years total. 1 year of community college prereqs and 3 years of accelerated schooling. PA programs are actually hard to get into and are competitive unlike pharmacy who takes anyone.
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True. But PA schools require at least 6 months in a quality hospital setting such as an ICU. pharmacy school requires nothing similar.You can also go to community college for 1 year and do 2 years of PA school. That's still less than pharmacy school.
Hmm wouldn't you be able to do that during high school or that first year of community college?True. But PA schools require at least 6 months in a quality hospital setting such as an ICU. pharmacy school requires nothing similar.
Yeah you could. But PA qualifying positions are difficult to secure and it's a lot of work to get. Much, much harder than simply getting a pharm tech job which isn't even required for pharm school.Hmm wouldn't you be able to do that during high school or that first year of community college?
My company just made all of our 24hr pharmacies non - existent. In one division the third shift pharmacists got moved to other stores. In my division, they were fired. These are experienced pharmacists, some with 17+ years with the company and have no negative encounters in their file. But those newer RPh's are cheaper. As well as 14 new grads got fired and yet our business has never been better.Does anyone know of hot topics going on in the pharmacy world? I'm sure this thread would benefit all prepharm student with their interviews.
I think pharmacists should be given more credit. They go to an extra 4 years of schooling just so they can be experts on medicine. Yet, PAs these days get close to the same salary as pharmacists but only go to school for 2 extra years AND able to prescribe meds in some states. Not trying to bash on PAs but it just seems unfair.
But you do sound like you're bashing/looking down on PA. FYI, most (if not all) PA programs require a bachelor degree and hand-on clinical experience (some don't even count volunteer, they want paid CNA, med assistant experience) ranging from 500-2000 hours, so that's 1-2 extra years of working experience before coming into PA program. So yeah, if you want to compare length of schooling, PA comes out to 6 years (not counting the working years) which is even to PharmD for people that do 2 years prereq+4 years PharmD.
No. You only need 2 years of prereqs. Having a bachelor may give you an edge.You don't need a bachelor's degree to get into pharmacy school?
I don't understand why more schools don't make a bachelors a requirement.
Plenty of schools require %75 of a bio or chem degree anyway. Can't imagine being so close to finishing my bachelors only to drop it and start another program.
Holding two degrees certainly carries more weight when it comes to respect from the healthcare team and the public.
You'd prob get more mature and well rounded candidates with the extra year of school. Some might find a bachelors is all they needed to get a good job after all.
Instead you get some people out here being called "doctor", when all they did is spend a year at a community college and get accepted to one of these bogus pharm schools where they take anyone with a pulse.
We need to raise standards so that we can weed out all these money grubbing schools, reduce incompetent graduates, and improve pharmacy as a whole.
I'm not the only one who feels this way either. NAPLEX just made their exam longer, and more difficult. I say make it even harder.
You can also go to community college for 1 year and do 2 years of PA school. That's still less than pharmacy school.
Absolutely not. All PA programs with the exception of a handful require a Bachelors degree. The few that don’t require it will have to comply by year 2020.
Now, pharm admission standards seem to only be going down.
You can get your bachelors in a year if you do dual enrollment or have tons of AP/IB credit, no?
oh my lord. Now i feel dumb. No wonder my professors were asking me if I would just leave if I was accepted into pharmacy schoolNo. You only need 2 years of prereqs. Having a bachelor may give you an edge.
LOLYou can get your bachelors in a year if you do dual enrollment or have tons of AP/IB credit, no?
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