Pre-reg year compared to university/working life

[minisini]

Wow thats very cynical Amjon, but I guess its one side of the argument. A few quotes:

"cynically designed" - conspiracy?
"ACT's (aka cheap labour)" - ouch
"nherently flawed/ rotten to the core our profession" - possibly true
"never underestimate the stupidity of the public" - come on man, your the public aswell!

Its very easy to fall into a pessimistic attitude once you become a pharmacist. If you get bogged down in the monotony of getting a box of a shelf, printing labels, sticking them on boxes and giving them to patients you will inevitably turn into one of the many scornful pharmacist which seem to inhabit so many articles in the journal and online forums.

Realistically though, this is unfortunately the core of our profession. To accuratey dispense prescriptions against little green bits of paper signed by someone who is constantly telling you what to do is hard. No doubt, to be a lackey of doctors, bending to their every whim is extremely arduous. But is it? As pharmacists do we not have choice in what we do? Do we not have options in our patient care?

When I get fed up of sore fingers from putting labels on boxes or being sneezed on by "first point of contact" patients I thank the heavens I am not a doctor. The responsibility, the liability, the workload of it all near insurmountable. As a pharmacist I am free to do as I please, the liquidity of the labour market is such that I can easily find work in another pharmacy in another area the next day as quickly as it is to speak on the phone to one of the many locum agencies.

The greatest aspect of the pharamcy profession I believe is this ability to be flexible, to have options to do what you like. As you are not tied down to a regimen of appointments and rely solely on thoroughfare, it give you periods of quiet where you can do as you wish. If this is to do marketing and generate more business, online pharmacy, import export the options are infinate.

I honestly think we have it good in comparison, not only to doctors, but to the vast array of professions out here.

Make the best of it.

[amjon]

The flexibity of the profession is remarkable; akin to to the flexibilty of a well formed stool.

[Asterix]

Why the aggro ? There is no deal - I was only asking as I've PM'd her before about placements etc and was just asking out of curiosity. She doesn't have to answer if she doesn't want to.

nooo I didn't mean to phrase it like, all I meant was whats the workload within hospital aka whats the deal haha