Doctor of Pharmacy

such as the doctors, the nurses, the surgeons, and even the pharmacists. Each job is so crucial in order to keep people safe, and improve their quality of living. The good values of medical communities encourage me to choose biochemistry as my main major in college. I want to work in a medical field to help other people; however, I do not know exactly what job I will choose in the future. Therefore, I decide to interview my aunt, Mrs. Chi Tran, who works as a pharmacist in CVS pharmacy to…

IPPE II at Avera Queen of Peace in Mitchell, SD. Therefore, I have never been to a hospital the size of Sanford, and I was excited to learn all about how a large hospital works. During my first work period, Dr. Johnson provided a tour of the main pharmacy in the basement of the hospital. I was amazed at the size of the robot that counts and organizes the medications…

you do not like something change it. If you cannot change it, change your attitude ' '. These simple but powerful words stock with me ever since I first read it. As I reflect on the many factors that directed me towards the path of a Doctorate in Pharmacy, I could not help but incorporate this simple quote into my life endeavors. When my family and I moved to the United States from Cameroon (West Africa), my parents set the stage for this quote. They worked hard to make a difference in the lives…

by pharmacy organizations (ASHP, APHA, etc) to have pharmacists recognized as healthcare providers and be given the right to bill for pharmacy services (Yap, 2015). Being recognized as healthcare providers, would also allow pharmacists to promote and provide healthcare and public health for underserved communities and improve access to healthcare services. (Yap, 2015) The pharmacy organizations and pharmacy industry have been advocating diligently for this change because the current pharmacy…

One of the most important tasks for me to complete as a pharmacy technician, is the accurate counting of prescriptions. During this situation, I receive written messages from my fellow technicians who have to decode the prescriptions that the doctors will send to us for patients. These most importantly consist of how much of each medication a patient needs dispensed. Occasionally I have to count all over again due to loosing track because of noise in the workplace. For this profession, accuracy…

I hope to accomplish many feats during my pharmacy career. Obtaining an infectious diseases residency position at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center will allow for me to achieve great heights that will not only last for the span of my residency year, but throughout my entire lifetime. My short term career goals include practicing as an infectious diseases clinical pharmacist at an institution that allows for me to precept both pharmacy residents and students. I plan to become a board…

not be saving them directly, like a Doctor. 3.As a Pharmacist, you get to give out the medicine that can save their lives in other ways. Do you have Asthma, Fibromyalgia, allergies? Pharmacists are the people that can make all these just a bit more bearable. You may not be the one covered in blood, but your contributions are just as important. 7. One of the greatest aspects is that as a Pharmacist you are in the middle of the “ladder”. You can start of as a Pharmacy Technician, go up to a…

setting, pharmacists are regarded as the “Safety” of the all dispensed medicines. The use of technology in the retail settings has reduced the number of errors. The accuracy scanner uses the National Drug Code (NDC) barcode to match the bottle of the pharmacy bottle and prescription label. One of the most common errors that of medical errors are drug to drug interactions (Kripalani,…

SURF program is intended for the students interested in pharmaceutical sciences, it will provide me a career building experience and will serve as a stepping-stone to my dream job. I decided to pursue pharmacy to learn about medications and its affects on human body. Currently, I am pursuing the Doctor of…

The most important benefit of pharmaceutical drugs is the fact that it helps enhance one’s health. There have been great health outcomes from using the drugs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2012), the pharmaceutical industry has helped to develop and produce products that help treat a variety of diseases in which saving millions of lives and helping people suffering from diseases and illnesses to recover and lead more productive lives. In order to get these drugs to be sold to…