...Breau Stephania English 101 Professor O’Connel April 13, 2015 Career in Pharmacy Career describes an individual’s journey through learning, work and other aspects of life. Choosing a career is important for people to know which direction they are going in life. To become a pharmacist one must earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree known as a Pharm.D. The pharmacy program is usually four years long and must be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education ( ACPE). Pharmacists play a vital role in the heal care system through the medicine and information they provide. Some of the reasons for becoming a pharmacist are helping people get well, being an important member of the health care team, and enjoying a wide variety of career opportunities. Pharmacists play a key role in helping people feel better and get well as quickly as possible. Pharmacists usually work in clean, well-lit and well-ventilated areas. Many pharmacists spend most of their workday on their feet. When working with sterile or potentially dangerous pharmaceutical products, pharmacists wear gloves and masks and work with other special protective equipment. Pharmacists dispense medications prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and monitor patient health. They advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosages interactions and side effects of medications. Pharmacists must understand the use, clinical effects and composition of drugs including their chemical...
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...Reflecting back on IPPE summer rotation, I experienced different perspectives of community as well as hospital pharmacy. Both of these practical settings delivered unique aspects of their own. Due to the varieties of experiences I had during summer at these settings, I was also able to decide my long term career goal that made me rethink if I really want to make my career on becoming a medication therapy management practitioner. Other than that I was also able to finish my goals I have decided to accomplish during first professional year. During IPPE summer rotation at community pharmacy, I continued to focus on my goal with taking all the considerations and comments I received from my mentor, preceptors and friends....
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...one of the most critical factors that inspired me to seek a career is the quote by Andrew Carnegie, “Anything in life worth having is worth working for.” I incorporated this principle into my individual value system, vowing that I will work with vigor to accomplish life endeavors. My contact with pharmaceutics commenced early, which is because my family owns a non-profit pharmacy where I have worked and volunteered. However, growing up in Bangladesh, a pharmacist was a civilian without any formalized training who owned a pharmacy and sold medication. Hearing about a different concept to pharmacy in 2010, science fair at my university sparked my interest. After that I did a lot of research on this new career and attended open...
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...experiences is most beneficial. To gain my experiences I have joined organizations at LIU and I have been looking for a job in a hospital. I have worked in a retail pharmacy previously, and therefore, now I want to focus more into hospital setting as I have great interest in clinical pharmacy. During my site visits in Walgreens and Brooklyn Hospital, I got the opportunity to figure out in which type of an environment I would prefer to work in the future. To gain my knowledge in the pharmacy career I have joined almost all Professional Development Programs and came across many great leaders. Besides it, I am also an...
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...I am a first generation student pursuing a medical career. Since my great grandmother died of cancer in 2004, I was interested in medicine. I gained interest in pharmacy my sophomore year in college from a college roommate who was also pursuing medicine. She gave me a different perspective on the career field. Since this encounter, I have shadowed several different pharmacists located in Columbia, South Carolina. I began to research the different career paths a pharmacist could take. Clinical pharmacy is my ultimate goal. While working at a retirement center, I worked with a clinical pharmacist and physician on a daily basis. As a caregiver, it was my duty to let these individuals know how the residents reacted to the medications I administered to them. The clinical pharmacist was the second pair of eyes for the doctor. I plan on working in the hospital environment helping treat cancer patients. Having family members and people from my hometown lose their life from this disease, makes me want to pursue this career even more. My ultimate goal is to help treat and save as many lives as I can....
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...I am writing to express my interest in the CPS/Mercy Hospital PGY1 pharmacy residency program. I initially learned about the program in September of 2o14 during a pharmacy administration rotation at Methodist Hospital in Merrillville, IN. When expressing my interest in pursuing a pharmacy residency, my preceptor spoke highly of the program. After further research and the opportunity to learn more about the program from a current resident and members of your team during the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting Residency Showcase, this program would help me achieve my professional goals and would provide an ideal environment to continue my development as a pharmacist. One of the most encouraging aspects about your program pertains to the extensive...
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...undergraduate career, I was majoring in culinary arts. However, as I found similarities between my culinary classes and chemistry, I realized that it wasn’t the creativity and the flavor of culinary arts that sparked my interest, rather, it was the reactions that take place when mixing ingredients and how food is processed in the human body. I quickly diverted my attention away from the culinary arts and into a different realm. The knowledge I was seeking could be found in chemistry and biology classes and I began working toward a career in pharmacy. The more I learned about the connections between food and medicine, the more my fascination with the human body grew. My enthusiasm for chemistry grew further when I began taking higher-level science courses and working in the field. My academic and professional experiences over the past few years have only strengthened my desire to become a pharmacist. My parents emigrated to the U.S. from Iraq because of religious...
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...elementary school has some sort of “career day” where the children dress up as what they dream of being when they grow up most kids dream of becoming an astronaut or a princess however, I dressed as a pharmacist. My mother is a pharmacist and at the time I looked up to her and she was (and still is) my hero and that was the reason why on the sheet of paper where we wrote what we were going to dress up as, I in my first grade chicken scratch handwriting wrote “farmasist” and showed up to school in a white coat and a bottle full of M&M candies resembling pills. Now so many years later I am hoping to accomplish my ultimate goal of becoming as pharmacist. Don't get me wrong, the path to deciding that Pharmacy is the career for me was not ultimately decided that day on career dress up day. Through out high school I excelled in math as well as science and knew I wanted to work in medicine and ultimately help people but I wasn't completely sure what that entailed. As my senior year approached an ending I decided to take a leap of faith and go to a school 500 hundred miles from my friends and family on a full ride scholarship. Here I realized that if...
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... 2014 Abstract The most effective leaders have followers that choose to follow them. The followers in these situations must feel trusted and valued by their leaders. Integrity is essential to the maintenance of this kind of relationship, and must be demonstrated in both words and deeds. Even a leader in a high position, as an owner or an executive, must stay true to his or her own personal values, as well as aligning with the goals and values of the company, and those they employ. This allows the leader to identify with the followers and to stay grounded. The leaders represented demonstrate this to their employees in different capacities and in different ways. Unassuming Leadership: Those we Choose to Follow Chosen Leaders The first leader chse for this assignment is my current boss, the Chief Medical Officer of a pharmaceutical company. He has made a great impact on my career and changed the way I view management. The second leader I chose was my first “real” boss. He is the owner of a small chaing of local independent retail pharmacies. He maintains a higher standard for customer service and internal values and continues to compete with the large chain “McPharmacies”. I chose both of these leaders because they have come to my mind often as I have been reading materials for this course. They both demonstrate various leadership styles and effectively lead in different capacities. Leadership Styles The first leader I chose demonstrates a number of leadership...
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...My Future Goals What are my future goals? Well, let me say that I am dreaming big. I do not wish to become the President or even a CEO of a big business. I just want to be able to make a difference in the life of another. I will be attending my college in the fall and studying to become a pharmacist. After three years there, I will transfer to the actual pharmacy school for another two years. There, I will complete my Pharm D degree, also known as a Doctorate of Pharmacy. I would like to start my career in a pharmacy getting to work with and talk to patients one on one. This will help me better understand how some diseases affect people and which diseases are top priorities to eliminate. It would also be very enjoyable to work with the pharmacy technicians as well. Eventually, I want to obtain a PhD in Pharmacy. By receiving my PhD, I am able to participate in lab research. It is a dream of mine to be able to partake in finding cures for diseases like AIDS and even cancers. I would love to travel the world and assist those in need and provide medicines for those whom cannot acquire it on their own. By being a recipient of this scholarship I am able to go to school for the necessary amount of years and achieve my goals in life. Not only would this award benefit my studies, but also those whom I hope to help in the future. Thank you for your time and considering me for this...
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...changing; it is a field that will allow me to reach my full career potential. As a child I dreamed of pursuing a career in the medical field; as I grew older I was unsure of the area in which to concentrate therefore I studied several courses related to the field. My busy lifestyle prevents me from obtaining a degree in a traditional setting this has led me to accomplishing my goal of obtaining an undergraduate degree in an online environment. I inquired about the benefits of receiving an online education and I received positive feedback from alumni who earned a degree from University of Phoenix. Throughout research performed for several of the health care administration courses, I have learned that the advancements in health care and the aging population have and continue to trigger the need for health care executives. This is also evident in my current place of employment in which several positions for upper management are becoming available because of new client commitments in the growing company. Working in the pharmacy industry as a pharmacy technician for more than 10 years, and becoming a supervisor, my interest in management increased. I began researching health care related degrees and the career paths that each degree offered. Health care administration is a program that I came across during my extensive research. It sparked my interest because it is a field of study that will allow me to remain in the pharmacy industry where I am experienced and have passion for, and...
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...I. Introduction and Overview CVS Pharmacy is considered one of the top pharmacy nationwide chains in the country. There are more than 7,100 stores total, located in nearly every state. The stores retail medication, toiletries and sundry merchandise that is purchased by consumers such as snacks, beverages, skin care and personal care items, holiday merchandise and convenience goods. There is also an online site where products can be ordered and shipped directly to consumers. Some of the CVS pharmacies have medical services that operate out of the retail stores. A. Identify the Organization CVS recognizes the importance of establishing a culture that will have an affect on its people and their performance. The organizational development functional management at CVS realized that sharing a common vision would assist each individual in understanding what the company stands for, commit to the same vision, and then work toward supporting the mission each and every day. The vision at CVS is simple “to strive to improve the quality of human life” (CVScaremark.com, 2010). Taking a look at two of the organization’s functional goals in the Technology and Human Resource business areas, it is easy to see how CVS is an industry leader. The organizational structure or team at CVS involved in working on this issue from the HR area include the Senior Vice President of HR, Training Specialist, nd local HR managers. From organizational operations there is the technology manager, and procurement...
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...Pharmacy tech is the trade that I’m in. This is a good trade to be in if you really like are very good in Math and Reading. The reason I choose this trade because in the future I would like to be on the medical field. This was one of my long term goal that would benefit me as I get older in life. Another reason I choose this trade so I can have a better life for me and my family. The hardest thing about this career is that you have to do a lot of converting and the different type of math. It would will take time to learn how to convert you measurements that you are using. Learning the different types of drugs will take a lot of time to get in your head without you needing the paper to know them. There are different types of drugs that I will have to know and what they are used for. In this career you make up to 9,347 monthly, and yearly you make 112,160. The benefits of a pharmacy job with rxpro health associate and finding out the benefits of working for one of the most respected and skilled pharmacy staffing companies in the business....
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...All of the general competencies listed are very important to not only the academic and career paths, but in life generally as well. However, the two general competencies that I have chosen are the Critical Thinking (CT) and Technology/Information Management (TIM). According to the syllabus, critical thinking (CT) is defined as, “To demonstrate skills necessary for analysis, synthesis, and evaluation” (Day 2). Critical thinking is a component of our everyday lives, whether we are aware of it or not. This type of mindset is crucial to the impact of to both my academic and career success. In the academic setting, critical thinking allows you to process information in a way that is logical and can be applied to a task. For example, when given...
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...After three years, the didactic portion of pharmacy school is officially done. Starting on June 6th, I will be doing rotations in different hospitals and clinics in Omaha and Hawaii. My first five rotations are in Omaha and they are community health engagement, medication therapy management, hospital, ambulatory care, and critical care. After that, I will be coming back to Hawaii for long term care rotation at the VA medical center and community pharmacy rotation at Walgreens in Kalihi. My last rotation is acute care in Omaha. Soon after that, it will be hooding and graduation ceremony. The last step would be passing the board exam and I’ll be a licensed pharmacist. Being a first generation immigrant and first general college student had many...
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