Pharmacy Critical Thinking

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The word think commonly means to perceive and is something that is critical to succeed in any facet of life. At FDU School of Pharmacy, the tenet of thinking has many different aspects. At the professional level it is not important to just think, but to succeed, one needs to analyze each and every aspect of a given situation critically. The main fundamentals of thinking critically applied to my coursework during my first semester, and will continue to be a focal point of my pharmacy education and pharmacy career and profession. It is something that is effective and imperative while completing group projects, giving presentations and in a lecture setting where student participation is encouraged. Critical thinking is the core of subjects such as physical pharmacy, where this is used to critically assess a problem to then complete the calculations needed to solve it. In pharmacotherapy, a patient’s history needs to be critically analyzed and used to put together a picture of the patient’s health and prognosis in a given situation. The tenet of thinking is used to not only get a complete picture of a situation, but also used to determine the unknown. For example, in classes such as medical terminology, one may be familiar with many terms but some terms may be unfamiliar and in these situations using the relationship between words and what their …show more content…

Throughout this first semester, I have endeavored through many presentations that have built a confidence in myself to be able to confidently speak on a certain topic intelligibly, as well as being able to complete writing assignments. Through the journey, I have had in this first semester, professors and other staff members have been a guiding presence for myself and my classmates. The staff have encouraged us to think outside of the box. They have been there to listen to our ideas and implement them where

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