Today I went to St.John Fisher where Dr.Traina set me up to watch a depression discussion between last year pharmacy students. The teacher overseeing the discussion was Dr.Lowry who I mentioned last time as the grocery chain pharmacist. First the two student presenting passed out really thick packets that highlighted their whole presentation. The atmosphere was completely different from high school. The two students said they had PowerPoint if anyone cared but the class said it was fine. The presentation or discussion either would work in this case was very laid back. The information in the packet brought me back to health class with some more extensive details I didn't completely understand. While discussing the medicines involved Dr.Lowry would ask the class ,mostly the presenters but it was open for everyone, patient related questions about doses and when to say patients should take these medicines. After the presentation I was allowed to ask questions. I was a bit overwhelmed at this point. But I did ask how pharmacy school was, what ,what they plan to do after pharmacy school and what other sciences besides chemistry played a key role. There were many different electives they listed you could take in pharmacy school some were just related to patient care and the equipment involved in certain areas while others were more into the actual science part. The types of things the students were doing after school were residency, Wegmans, Rite Aid ,and outpatient. Wegmans and Rite Aid I already somewhat discussed when I talked about chain drug store and grocery chain pharmacists. They are the ones who work at drug stores and grocery stores who most people know that is usually where people can get their prescriptions. Residency is when after you want to further your education. It is basically a postgraduate training program which allows the resident to preform as a licensed practitioner but to train under the supervision of a experienced preceptor. Outpatient is a pharmacy that fills prescriptions for patients affiliated with the pharmacy's patient medical institution, usually a clinic or hospital. I am moving slightly away my interest in pursuing pharmacy. Maybe next time I will find if I really want to go into pharmacy when I go Dr.Traina's office where she actually deals with patients.
References:
http://www.accp.com/stunet/compass/residency.aspx
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-outpatient-pharmacy.htm
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