Pharmacy technician

During the process of P2 year in pharmacy school I noticed that the amount of academic information provided to us was more extensive than previous P1 year, which made it more challenging for me to try and balance any extracurricular activities with my academic duties. From every situation that I experienced so far the task that presented the most challenging has been finding an efficient and practical way of studying for IP infectious disease course. I have struggle not necessary due to the…

Pharamaca operates 29 boutiques retail stores/pharmacies across five different states employing over 500 people including practitioners, professional retailers, and pharmacists. Sharing and educating about knowledge and experience to help customers about alternative medicines and medical practices. Insuring that every customer individual needs are met and suit their health and wellness. The company can connect with a wide variety of audiences is essential. So being to connect and communicate…

The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to “enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States” (The United States Drug Enforcement Administration, 2017). The DEA received it legal authority from the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, usually termed the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) (The United States Drug Enforcement Administration, 2010). The DEA classifies drugs into groups of “schedules” represented by Roman Numerals…

Some of my skills that I feel confident that is beneficial to both my neuroscience major and for my pharmacy career path are mainly artistic characteristics and desk-related tasks. Some of my characteristics include illustrating, designing, doing skilled crafts or using hand coordination with tools, filling out forms, and working on computers. For neuroscience, these attributes, especially these artistic abilities are crucial for understanding how the brain works, and visualizing how the brain…

England, France, Australia, Italy---these countries have placed bans on marketing prescription drugs directly to consumers. In fact, only two developed countries haven’t banned direct-to-consumer advertising---New Zealand and the United States (Canada allows highly regulated direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising). While pharmaceutical companies have been advertising prolifically for decades, 1997 brought on the current onslaught of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising…

Ashley Patchen Josette Hall English 1010 4 October 2016 Ashley’s Pharmacy My one goal is to open a Discount pharmacy. I know there are a lot of them right? But mine will be different. I want to focus on providing low income customers with lifesaving medications that the desperately need. Our advertising strategy will target the over-55 crowd and all low income families, it will also be targeted at those who are looking to save money on high priced medications that are necessary but at…

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…

I first realized that I wanted to pursue a career in pharmacy during my freshman year of high school. I truly have a passion for science and the pharmacy curriculum. While taking biology, I discovered that I really loved science and that I wanted to explore health and science related fields of study. After attending the Careers in Pharmacy Program at Midwestern University in the summer of 2017, I knew that I wanted to be a pharmacist; I loved every minute of the lectures and labs. Being in the…

Through watching the documentary Fire in the Blood, we are fully submerged into the senseless struggle of Third World nations to obtain low-cost antiretroviral therapy (ARV) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. The antagonists of the film are pharmaceutical firms (collectively referred to as Big Pharma) who, through the utilization of false advertising, patents, and international treaties, barr citizens of developing nations from receiving the quality treatment they rightly deserve. As someone who was…

With the strict regulation on pharmaceuticals that the Food and Drug Administration enforces, an observer would assume that one of the biggest companies in the business, GlaxoSmithKline, would never be under scrutiny for unethical practices. Unfortunately, this producer of everyday drugs and products does not have such a squeaky clean record. GlaxoSmithKline has come under fire since the mid-nineties for their unethical medical trials and questionable human experimentation practices.…