Pharmacists......

[beastboy]

Those that have looked into schooling for this, or are doing it......

How tough is it? Can you go to school part time and do alright?

I have a friend...switches jobs quite a bit and is ready to settle into a career. He really enjoys chemistry. Is this something he can realistically go back to school for part-time and accomplish in somewhat of a timely matter?

 

[Robert Jan]

In Europe a pharmacist is a doctor, you learn medicine and then specialise in drugs

 

[beastboy]

Great....I'll tell him to move there.

 

[danielson]

fuck are u serious rob? thats harsh

over here its a 3 yr course i think, they concentrate on the pharmocology and it makes more sense...

im not sure if its do-able part time...he may only have time for an evening job...pharmokinetics are a bitch and take a lot of time to learn and with pharmacists really having to be on the ball about interactions etc i would imagine its quite hard

best thing to do is speak to someone in thefield tho

 

[Robert Jan]

Im positive that pharmacy is a full blown medical specialism here. a lame one at that. you study for 10 years and you STILL have to meet with the local shop owners every year to decide what colour of flags you want to hang up in the street on a holiday...

 

[PoyeBoy]

Its very hard, most people drop out after a few courses, I thought it would be easy, but I know someone who graditated from highschool with a 3.9 or something crazy, she is wicked smart, and she did not get into the University of MN pharmacist program, she had to go to nebraska or something

it takes a lot, I mean a lot of work

 

[GoldenDelicious]

hiya. pharmacist.

RJ in some parts of europe to my knowledge (friends who studied te course there) it is a degree. the UK i think its 4 years and the netherlands its 5. its a standalone course, not a medical specialty.

anyway to the original poster, pharmacy little to do with chemistry. its all about molecular biology, pharmacology, medical problem solving, and how to deal with idiots. i mean patients.

sure he could do it, but it would take a long long time. dont really see it happening unless you do it full time all the way through

cheers

 

[beastboy]

hiya. pharmacist.

RJ in some parts of europe to my knowledge (friends who studied te course there) it is a degree. the UK i think its 4 years and the netherlands its 5. its a standalone course, not a medical specialty.

anyway to the original poster, pharmacy little to do with chemistry. its all about molecular biology, pharmacology, medical problem solving, and how to deal with idiots. i mean patients.

sure he could do it, but it would take a long long time. dont really see it happening unless you do it full time all the way through

cheers

How long did it take you full time? Where did you go?

 

[onerepmaximum]

I have a friend...switches jobs quite a bit and is ready to settle into a career. He really enjoys chemistry.

I think there's an opening for a unibomber in your area.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

How long did it take you full time? Where did you go?

australia 4 years full time

would i do it again? YES but i would go on more pub crawls

 

[gtrcivic]

have 2 sister in laws who are pharmacists.. did 4 yrs undergrad and think 3 more for pharmacy school ???? after 2 yrs working making $120,000....plus can make OT by picking up those who are on sick leave/vacation.....

 

[FitFossil]

Those that have looked into schooling for this, or are doing it......

How tough is it? Can you go to school part time and do alright?

I have a friend...switches jobs quite a bit and is ready to settle into a career. He really enjoys chemistry. Is this something he can realistically go back to school for part-time and accomplish in somewhat of a timely matter?

Getting a Pharmacist degree is a lot harder than one would think. According to the AACP webpage http://www.aacp.org "The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree program requires at least 2-years of specific pre-professional (undergraduate) coursework followed by 4-academic years (or 3-calendar years) of professional study." So, even with a 4 year college degree, if he didn't take the right courses, he could add another 2 years before starting that 4 year pharmacy program.

For the time and difficulty of training, he might as well consider being a doctor. Starting pay for pharmacists is above average but not really the earning potential, when you compare to jobs with similar (or even lower) education requirements.

Also, most of the jobs are in a store like CVS, which means a LOT of dealing with the public. He could consider a Pharmacy Tech degree or Lab Technician - those training programs aren't as long and don't have as many prereqs, course the $$ is not as good either.