Every prescription has its story

Today I was talking to Tim( my mentor) about the patient care aspect of being a pharmacist, and how each patient that he has relys on him to give the most accurate information on how to handle the drug, which if not handled correctly could be dangerous. He also was telling me about how important it was to deal with patients who were also customers since he owned the pharmacy and that making sure they were satisfied was a good way to keep them coming back.

Basically, that meant when a senior citizen comes in(like hundreds did) and decided they could spend the next hour and a half chillin and talking about the glory days, you had to made sure that they felt as comfortably as possible. Like when this guy came in, maybe in his late 60's, and decided to stay for awhile after recieving his medication and my mentor said I could handle this one. So I wasn't to excited to hear why he was getting his medication but it was actually intresting, he was a retired airmen who flew expiremental aircraft for the military and in one test, was shot out of a plane without him knowing about it and it completely left his back like a train wreck. I really enjoyed the time talking to him, and that was only one patient. It made me realize how important the patients are and I feel will give me more perspective to use in my senior project.

Blog 6 Second Interview questions

1. My mentor is Timothy Wong who co-owns a retail pharmacy with his partner Kevin Quach, and has been doing so now for twelve years.

5 Questions
1.What makes you an expert in this field?
2. What is it that you do that makes a difference in the world?
3. What challenges are faced on a daily basis in your profession?
4. What class in college helped prepare you the most for what you actually do today?
5. What have you done that has helped your patients the most that you've seen?

Blog 5 Projection reflection and working EQ

1.Positive Statement: A positive thing to happen so far over the course of my research and observation of the pharmaceutical career, is that by actually being behind the counter with a pharmacist, I was able to see what "a day in the life" is like. It helped me truly see what the end game was and what I was in for, which ultimately affected my decision to choose this topic.

2. EQ content: From my mentor ship, I was able to get a better understanding of how the average retail pharmacist achieves his/her position of maintaining their own retail pharmacy. From starting positions at chain pharmacies such as CVS, and Riteaid, pharmacist can really get a better start in the career with the benefits they receive and schedules that compliment the hours. After knowing the drugs and all the info you can, the aspect of business in pharmaceuticals is something to be very common with.  

3. The deadlines of each blog has really worked for me because it's taught me the importance of time in between assignments. 

4. At first it was the constant struggle to find decent and credible research, but from what I was able to do at the library, I think I will be overcoming this little setback soon.

5.  What is the best way to properly run both aspects, patient care and business, of a retail pharmacy efficiently?

I have a mentor named Timmothy Wong who has been a retail pharmacist for 12 years.