Pharmacy Thesis Statement

At an Elementary School career day years ago, I witnessed the earliest glimpse of my future. When filling out my career choice in my chicken scratch handwriting, I wrote the word, “farmacist.” My mom works as a pharmacist, and at the time I aspired to grow up to be just like to her! Therefore, when career day rolled around I dressed in a white coat, carrying a large vial full of M&M’s to dispense to my classmates. Now, several years later I find myself applying to Pharmacy School and following in my mother’s footsteps. Of course my career path has been less than a straight shot from “farmasist” to pharmacist. My passion and talent for math and science in high school had me seriously considering a career in engineering. However, I recognized

In high school I worked as a hostess, a cashier and a salesperson so I had experience with customers but no real pharmacy work experience. If I was going to make a lifetime decision I felt it wise to work in a Pharmacy and see if I could see myself in the role of a Pharmacist. After my freshman year of college I decided to apply to an independently owned Pharmacy, and began volunteering here. The variety of services this independent pharmacy provided allowed for a wonderful learning experience. The pharmacy was a full service independent pharmacy and besides filling prescriptions for retail patients there was a robust nursing home business that exposed me to a lot of medications that are primarily for the elderly. One area that really excited me was seeing how compounding was done. When watching the calculations and mixing, it became clear that compounding might be a part of pharmacy where my strong math skills might be especially valuable. It was neat to come home and quiz my mom on different drug names and what they were used for. As well as realizing badly I was mispronouncing some of the generic names. It made me feel good to help people and I realized that with some hard work becoming a Pharmacist would be the best career choice I could make. While I loved the science behind the drugs, for me the aspect of Pharmacy as a career was how good it felt to know that what I was doing was helping somebody with every customer we served. I had discovered a career that gave the same good feelings inside as my volunteer work gave me, and I have never looked