Pharmacy technician

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) Scheduled for June 2018 through May 2019, the “P3 year” is one of the most exciting event I have long waited for in my life. The APPE is a an educational learning rotation experience and I hope to learn as much as I can. In an effort to spread my chances to experience the diversity of pharmacy practice, I wish to take an educational learning rotation with the FDA. This will help build a great foundation for my professional pharmacist career. The FDA’s…

is what motivates me to pursue advanced training through the MCPHS University School of Pharmacy. In the long-term, my goal is to become an expert in the field of community pharmacy, and to gain a position where I have opportunities to educate and precept future pharmacists. I am seeking a program that will challenge me and allow me to build upon and expand my leadership and communication skills. This pharmacy program promotes a learning environment that will allow me to work in an atmosphere…

The career of pharmacy has interested me ever since I was a little girl and this has been one of my passions ever since. Some of the different pharmacy careers that really stood out and interested me are community pharmacy, pharmacy opportunities in rural communities, ambulatory care clinics, and medication therapy management programs. A community pharmacy is a healthcare facility that focuses on providing services to a single specific community within an area. A community pharmacist is…

wanted to get involved in the medical field in some kind of way. I did not know in what way exactly, but I knew I wanted to improve people’s health quality. It wasn’t until high school that I decide that pharmacy was the way to go. I enjoyed how the patients had easy access to care in a pharmacy compared to a doctor’s office. They could just walk in and ask for help without having to set up an appointment. After making this decision to become a pharmacist, I chose to go to STLCOP. During my…

4000 locations and multibillion dollar revenue. More than two thirds of that revenue is produced by pharmacies. Despite a growing company and thriving pharmacy business, there were concerns relating to pharmacy procedures and customer service issues at numerous retailers, so a pharmacy service initiative (PSI) was established. The ultimate goal of the PSI was to grasp the actual condition of pharmacy customer services and to offer necessary solutions to the problems. The PSI team collected…

goal of opening and managing my own pharmacy one day. I earned my Bachelors in General Studies at the age of 20 and my Doctor of Pharmacy Degree at the age of 24 from University of Louisiana at Monroe. After graduation, I knew the first thing I needed was work experience. I applied for several jobs and few weeks later I secured a position as a staff pharmacist with CVS. At CVS I found myself making the schedule, holding interviews to hire pharmacy technicians, making sure the inventory is…

Walmart Super Center in Fort Worth, Texas. My shadowing began early that morning and ended around noon. This was my first time behind the pharmacy viewing a practicing community pharmacist. Many of her tasks for the day included immunizations, reviewing medications orders, counseling patients, and when orders became backed up she aided the pharmacy technician when available. There was an audit that day for immunization from the corporate level to make sure that all procedures and vaccines were…

During my 3 years of pharmacy school, my perspective of pharmacist and future path has been changed many times. Before entering to the Pharmacy school, I did not deeply think about what kind of pharmacist I wanted to be. Definitely, IPPEs during the Pharmacy school years help me to navigate which field I have interest in. Also, many classes and research project gave me some ideas and helped to find my interests. As I learned and experienced more in the pharmacy field, my expectation and my…

the opportunity to apply for the Business Analyst, eRx Prescribing and Pill Counting role with Walgreens. After reviewing the job description, I understand you’re looking for a candidate that is familiar with collecting and analyzing data and has pharmacy retail experience. Given the job responsibilities, I am certain that I have the necessary skills to successfully perform the job adeptly. I am a result-oriented recent college graduate (Double Major: Biology and Psychology: Natural Science)…

Pursuing a career as a community pharmacist is a role that was inspired by the zeal and passion that I have for Biology and Chemistry. This interest has only increased with time due to the professional experience I have gained from the Pharmacy Technician apprenticeship I have partaken in. This opportunity has made me realise that I would like to further pursue a career path that would allow me to become a fully qualified pharmacist, hence why I decided to apply for the course. Although I have…