Thursday, August 29, 2013

Blog 4: Interview Preparation

1.  I plan on interviewing a Pharm Tech, or Pharmacy technician at my main mentors pharmacy. I am choosing him for this interview because he supports the pharmacist in pharmacological services by stocking, assembling and distributing medications. He is very familiar with all tasks that a pharmacist would normally do on a day to day basis, and actually participates in many of those tasks. He handles patient care and can inform them on their medication details like a pharmacist, and patient care is half of the job. 

2.Open-ended questions I can ask in addition to the 5 assigned questions are:


  • Has there ever been anything throughout your years in the profession that has stayed consistent(not changed)? 
  • What seemed most appealing about the job when you were first deciding you wanted to become involved?

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Semester 1 ESLR Goals

1. My topic is Pharmaceuticals.

2. An ESLR I would very much like to improve on is that of effective communicator, more or less dealing with Respect, talking without interupting. As Mr. Strand had to constantly remind me of the rules on the walls of such incidents I had. Upon hearing the teacher speak, I frequently like to give my own opinion on the matter and go into discussions that are inappropriate at the moment. Also when it comes down collabrotive work with others, I like to think my ideas are the best and would much rather do things on my own than take someone else's opinion on an assignment. For example, during the junior year projecy, Project prometheus, during the construction of the city, I basically disregarded all other ideas in contrast to me, and resulted in much uneeded conflict. Consistency, working in class has never been a strong suit of mine, always thinking that if I could work on it at school, surely I could do it at home. From doing this, I quickly overwhelmed myself with assignments such as Writing Workshop and other core class work ,and I would hope to learn to use every minute effectively. Awareness, as a senior, coming close to finishing my manditory serivice learning hours would definetly a great thing to have accomplished in time as I tend to procrastinate. 


Sunday, August 18, 2013


Sunday, August 18, 2013

Summer Mentorship Component

Sunday 18, 2013

SUMMER MENTORSHIP COMPONENT

Literal:  

1. (Know) Using google drive, link a log of specific hours and a description of your duties.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhvtDHN6i-J7dEhybkhWWU5ib1JBb2lmX2dnMGhjNkE

2. What is the contact name & number of where you volunteered? 

The person you would ask for is Timothy Wong, and the pharmacys number is (310) 543-1331

3. (Need to know) What questions were raised because of the 10 hours of experience?  List them. 

-What is the most essential in running a Pharmacy?
-What is the best way of dealing with patients?
-How do you determine whether a controlled drug is being abused?
-If you will not be reimbursed for the drugs you prescribe, will you prescribe them?
-Is it legal for me to touch this?

Interpretive

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
The most important thing i gained from working with Tim, was an idea of what it would be like if I were a Pharmacist doing my job from day to day. I really needed to get an idea of what it would be like to I could fully determine if this was the job for me. I now can say that this is the job I will pursue and it feels great to know why. 


Applied

5. How did what you did help you choose a topic?  Please explain.
Well this helped me choose my topic because I was able to get a feel for the career and see whether I would be happy doing such a job. Now after spending time and actually seeing what im in for, I can now say without a doubt, that this is where I want to be and work.