Pharmacist Career Research Paper

In the eighteen hundreds a pharmacist would have been considered a Shaman or even a Witch Doctor, other people would have even thought of them as bezerk, but now that is completely different because pharmacists are everywhere and are almost as popular as a doctor. (“Chegg.com”) Since I am graduating next year I started to genuinely look into what I wanted to do with my life after Keystone Jr.-Sr. High School. When I was really young I wanted to go play professional sports. However, as I got older, I realized tha probably was not a realistic goal. One thing for sure, I always knew that I wanted to go to college and get some degree and do something that interested me. Recently I have had a growing interest in this career and now I know …show more content…
They have to get at least an associate degree in college, then enter the PharmD program which is four years in length.(“PharmD Student Handbook.”) So I will have a total of six years in college before I can become a pharmacist. (“PharmD Student Handbook.”) In the associate's degree to get accepted into the PharmD program you need eight credits of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biology, three credits of Calculus, Statistics, Psychology, eighteen credits of Humanities, and six credits of English. (“PharmD Student Handbook.”). This may seem like a lot, but by taking AP and college classes during high school, I will knock off the Calculus, Statistics, Psychology, three of the English credits, and twelve of the Humanities all before I enter college. That is almost a whole …show more content…
They predict that the pharmacist career will be growing at 17.01% by 2018 (“Pharmacist”) You can get a job almost anywhere.(Dehner) Some of the places that you can get a job are Walmart, CVS, local drug stores, or even hospitals. With the Baby Boom generation getting older and older, they are going to need more people to get them their medication, and there will also always be sick people that need help. In addition, a pharmacist also makes enough money to provide a good life for a family. They start out at $88,190 and can go clear up to $132,826 or even higher.(“Summary.”) They get all of the benefits like Health Care, Dental, and Eye, and with some jobs you even get cheaper cell phone bills and more life insurance.(Dehner) A pharmacist can also climb the corporate ladder pretty quickly if they want to. They start out as a Staff Pharmacist, and if you want to go higher, you can go clear up to the Director of Pharmacy, or really high and go clear up to owning a pharmacy if you wanted to.(Dehner) With this all being said, a pharmacist definitely has some promising things for my

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