10 Things You Didn’t learn in Pharmacy School : Educate yourself now
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