Yes, that's right. Another series of posts dealing with UCSF. They're nearby, so it's both easy to travel to for the official info sessions and workshops (which they have plenty of) but that also means segments of the the UCSF student body is also nearby to host events that I can go to.
This time it was the pledgeclass of Phi Delta Chi that held a presentation. They coordinated with the SFSU Pre-Pharmacy Association to present to us undergrads. I was surprised with the amount of new information they were able to present to me.
As always, this is all from my personal notes, and I'm paraphrasing a lot. I'll present it as true as possible, but there may be a mistake or two somewhere. Always double check anything you think is important.
With that said, let's get on with Part 1! [There's a lot of repeat here, but for the sake of completeness, I'm putting it in.]
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They broke down their presentation into:
- About UCSF
- Different Fields of Pharmacy
- Admission Stats
- Tips for Applying
- Employment/Volunteer Opportunities
- Cost of Attendance
- Student Panel
About UCSF
- Emphasis: Serving the under-served and interprofessionalism
- Quarterly meetings with the other schools on campus (Medicine, dentistry, nursing, and physical therapy.)
- Three pathways: pharmaceutical care, pharmaceutical health & policy management, and pharmaceutical sciences
- One of the most culturally rich cities in the world, amazing faculty with opportunities for research, and opportunity to serve diverse under-served populations
Different Fields of Pharmacy
Traditional
- Retail – Dispense meds, counsel patients on prescriptions and OTC drugs, advise physicians about patients medication therapy
- Clinical – PharmacypPractitioner, work in clinic settings to monitor patients and recommend medication therapies to the healthcare team
- Academia – Professor, mentor, researcher, clinician
Business careers
- Managed Care – Focused on integration and delivery of healthcare to manage accessibility, cost and quality, and anything involving health insurance programs
- Industry – Variety of jobs including marketing, clinical research and product development, quality control, sales and administration
- Pharmacy Benefit Manager – Consult employers, managed care administration, third party administration to make decisions on patient deductibles, prescription discounts, setting maximum coverage of a plan.
Unusual careers [This title got a laugh]
- Compounding – Often makes medication that is unavailable in a particular form or strength., can also eliminate ingredients that patient may be allergic to such as dyes and preservatives
- Nuclear – Compound and dispense radiopharmaceuticals to hospitals and medical centers
- Veterinary – Compound medications specifically for animal populations, requires extensieve knowledge of animal physiology. [There some some example about a giraffe here... but I can't quite remember what it was. D'oh!]
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