Hi, I am new to this site so please accept my apologies if I have posted this in the wrong section or even if it is a re-post!
I am a pre-reg student at a London hospital (naming no names!) and to be perfectly honest, I have run out of reasons as to why I should continue..
Work is not what I expected, I spend half my day being used to top up stock and the other half running around the whole place looking for drugs. I have been there nearly two months and I can honestly say I have not learnt one piece of useful information regarding pharmacy. They drown you in endless paperwork and the whole collecting evidence thing...I mean come on! what a waste of time.
I don’t mean to be disrespectful to hospital pharmacists at all but looking into the future, I see the pharmacists, all desperate to get their 'diploma' in the hope of getting out of doing the, shall we say, less enjoyable aspects of pharmacy and ofcourse to jump up a band or two....I cant help but think to myself - have I chosen the right degree?
I like the idea of hospital pharmacy, but I do not like the career progression pathway they force you to go down - this necessity to have this long drawn hospital diploma or remain a band 6 for god knows how long….
Before starting in hospital I was sure that is what I wanted to do, and now, I am not so sure, becoming a locum seems a better option only because it pays well and you are less likely to get bored, but I guess its still early days... are there any other pre-reg's out their who feel the same? or even pharmacists who felt the same I wonder... any advise would be much appreciated!
I am a pre-reg student at a London hospital (naming no names!) and to be perfectly honest, I have run out of reasons as to why I should continue..
Work is not what I expected, I spend half my day being used to top up stock and the other half running around the whole place looking for drugs. I have been there nearly two months and I can honestly say I have not learnt one piece of useful information regarding pharmacy. They drown you in endless paperwork and the whole collecting evidence thing...I mean come on! what a waste of time.
I don’t mean to be disrespectful to hospital pharmacists at all but looking into the future, I see the pharmacists, all desperate to get their 'diploma' in the hope of getting out of doing the, shall we say, less enjoyable aspects of pharmacy and ofcourse to jump up a band or two....I cant help but think to myself - have I chosen the right degree?
I like the idea of hospital pharmacy, but I do not like the career progression pathway they force you to go down - this necessity to have this long drawn hospital diploma or remain a band 6 for god knows how long….
Before starting in hospital I was sure that is what I wanted to do, and now, I am not so sure, becoming a locum seems a better option only because it pays well and you are less likely to get bored, but I guess its still early days... are there any other pre-reg's out their who feel the same? or even pharmacists who felt the same I wonder... any advise would be much appreciated!
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