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The person that I interviewed was Roger Hills, he is working as a registered pharmacist about 39 years in drug stores. He finished pharmacy program in five years. He took his two years at Junior college in Illinois than three years to pharmacy school at Butler University in Indianapolis. During the three years he had to do internship of 1000 hours that he had to work in the Pharmacy stores to get experience and his intern hours there. Positives things in this field, you feel that you are doing a lot of good for people. Like, you try to help people get better with the health problem. It is a good field that you can make a good living for your family. The pay is pretty good, if you even work couple days a week, you can still make pretty decent …show more content…
People can be unpleasant. Most of the time, you have to work pretty long and hard hours. Like, you have to work 14 hours a day, often you get lunches and breaks sometimes. There is a lot of pressure on you because lots of decisions have to be made by the pharmacist, not by technician or anyone else. They are daily tasks are, they have to talk with doctors and nurses on the phone. They are taking new prescriptions, over the phone. You have dealt with patients and answered their question about new medications, and help them understand whether they should take them or when they should take them. Basically, you check all the prescriptions that filled by technicians. You make sure they put the information correctly with the right direction, drug, and dose. I learned that working as a pharmacist is really nice; it is a job that we can help people who are ill through this career. I like that I get to be a member of the health care team = and involved with health care. The best part of this career is that I get to help and treat people, and it is very rewarding to feel as though you have made a difference in someone else’s

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