PHARMACY ZONE

Here are 10 things I didn’t learn in pharmacy school that would’ve better prepared me for my job as a pharmacist: If you’re a pharmacy student, it’s not too late to educate yourself on these topics in advance of graduation. If you’re already out in the “real world,” chances are you’ve learned many of these things on your own—and perhaps the hard way. In any case, pharmacy schools would do well to incorporate training in these areas to ensure that they’re turning out marketable, employable graduates. 1.   Customer Service Skills When I went to pharmacy school, there was nary a mention of customer service skills. Most pharmacists I know either picked up these skills from a part-time job (like a school library worker, pharmacy intern, or barista at Starbucks) or did their best to muddle through after they got their first “real” job. 2.   Multitasking Being a pharmacist requires you to keep a lot of balls in the air at once, so to speak. Unfortunately, there’s

GENERAL STRATEGIES FOR ANSWERING GPAT QUESTIONS 1.Take Advantage of the Multiple-Choice Format All of the questions on the GPAT are in the multiple choice format, which you have undoubtedly seen many times before. That means that for every question, the correct answer is right in front of you. All you have to do is pick it out from among three incorrect choices, called “distracters.” Consequently, you can use the process of elimination to rule out incorrect answer choices. The more answers you rule out, the easier it is to make the right choice. 2.DONOT ANSWER EVERY QUESTIONS Recall that on the GPAT, there is  penalty for choosing a wrong answer. Therefore, if