Pharmacy Shadowing Experience

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Unfortunately, I was not able to accomplish a shadowing experience as I had hoped to this past year. However, I did join the Student College of Clinical Pharmacy (SCCP) in September 2017 to help me attain this academic goal. The purpose of this organization is to provide information to pharmacy students about career paths and d opportunities within the field of clinical pharmacy. With that said, time management as a new pharmacy student has been an ongoing learning process this year and knew some things had to be prioritized more than others; therefore, I do believe this goal is where I fell short. Hence, I hope to be able to attend more SCCP meetings next year as well as work with the SCCP president to obtain a shadowing experience at a local

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