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Yayay thank you for the update 🥹🥰 exciting next couple months for you!! Wishing you the best of luck on your application hehe

@@SarahPharmD Thank you Sarah!!

Awww thank you so much! 🥹💕

That’s amazing!! What an inspiration 🥹 thank you for sharing your story, everyone’s journey is different! I had plenty of pharmacy school classmates who started late in their 30s too and are pharmacists now! Wishing you the best of luck on your journey hehe I’m sure your kids will be proud!

@@SarahPharmD Thank you that makes me feel so much better! When I was 19 and my oldest daughter was a baby I brought her to work one day and a new pharmacist that was in her 40s asked me if I’d go back to school I told her I did want to in the future she said good you should become a pharmacist and I told her maybe it was too late for me now. She inspired me and said she was also a young mother and she went to school while her son was in school and her journey was longer than planned but she did it she was like look at me now I’m finally a pharmacist so if I can so can you. That always stuck with me.

Thats a great idea! I have to try that hehe

Awww, wow thank you so much!! That means a lot coming from a graphic designer 🥹 When I first started, I honestly just googled or search up copyright free music on youtube & hoped for the best! Now that I am monetized, it is a little easier now since CZcams has a Creator Music option for us to select free music or purchase music to use.

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Yes, I agree! This is why I highly recommend pharmacy students to get an internship. Most places like to retain their interns and it’s also good work experience 😊

Aww thank you so much!! I really appreciate all the love and support 🥹

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hi! I unfortunately live in the US, but hopefully your process isn't too different!

@@SarahPharmD Alright, thank you!

Yes I agree! I rarely interact with patients and I usually communicate with nursing and providers via teams or on the phone. I mainly work directly with the pharmacy technicians or fellow pharmacists during this shift ☺️

In the US! On the west coast

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Most people here in the US, we do 4 years of traditional college and 3-4 years of pharmacy school! Most pharmacy schools are 4 years, but more are becoming 3 years. There are a few rare accelerated program like yours that is 6 years total but you would need to be 200% committed and most of us don’t know we are that confident in pursuing the path until after college ☺️

@@SarahPharmD Thank u so much for replying my comment.Loved ur audacity to share your valuable experience And again lots of love to u from India 🫶🏼❤️🫶🏼

congrats on getting your pharmacy technician license! Hospitals love asking situational questions regarding multiple tasks you need to do (phone call, urgent compound, tasks asked by pharmacist, etc) so make sure you practice explaining how you would prioritize and the thought process behind it. There may not be a correct answer, but they want to hear your thought process and how you communicate it! They also want to make sure you get along with others so try your best to come off as positive as possible (try to not bash on other coworkers or people when you explain stories)

@@SarahPharmD Thank you so much Sarah!!!! 🫶🤗

After graduating from high school, I attended a university and majored in biochemistry. You can choose any science major (doesn't need to be biochemistry). I would highly recommend to join some sort of pre-pharmacy society or organization on campus to see if theres any pharmacy volunteering opportunities. During college, I would prioritize getting pharmacy experience such as volunteering at a hospital pharmacy or working part time at a community pharmacy. When you apply for pharmacy school, you will need 3 letters of recommendation and at least one of them must be from a pharmacist.

happy to hear it helped!!

You’d have to check to see if they are an eligible employer on the students.gov website!

@@SarahPharmD Okay, thank you!!

There could be a lot of answers to this, but I think at the end of the day - how you carry yourself is important! Do you get along with your coresidents and preceptors? Do you take constructive criticism well? Do you take the time to reflect and apply the criticism? Do you have a positive attitude? If yes then you will definitely do well! being book smart is important, but EQ and soft skills can go a long way

Some pharmacists can prescribe here in the US under their scope of practice! For example, a diabetes pharmacist can prescribe and adjust diabetes medications but not other medications that do not fall into their practice. Theres many different types of pharmacists and usually those that are able to prescribe have a collaborative practice agreement with the hospital or clinic that breaks down what types of medications they can prescribe.

@@SarahPharmD I thought if they were like in a clinic setting. Something similar or close to Amcare they could or “technically” outside of that? 🧐

No BCPS is separate and requires you to take an exam to become certified! But in order to take the exam, you need to have completed a PGY1 so most people try to become certified after completing their residency ☺️

We have a doctorate degree so I have a Dr title, just like how people with PDH have a Dr title as well. I only use the title for my social media to educate the community, but I don’t tell patients my title because I do agree that it can be confusion. That being said, I worked hard to earn that Dr title so I will continue to use it. Hence why I end my name with PharmD to clarify.

doctor was derived from latin and it meant a teacher and an academic. If we’re trying to credit the term here it should actually go to the academics aka PhDs. Doctors of Pharmacy, Dentistry, etc deserve the title as well as it is also a terminal degree and they earned it. I agree that it can be misleading in a clinical setting since most people know of doctors = physicians but hey, this is CZcams and in no way did she give unsolicited medical advice.

The first thing I want to say is congratulations to Dr. Sarah. You got to where you are through your own hard work, dedication, and sacrifices. No matter what people say, you are deserving of the title of Dr. Now to the commenter: the way this comment comes off to me is that you want the title of “Dr.” to be exclusively used for physicians to avoid confusion. To that, I say, this is a very short-sighted view. What about the professors and researchers who help advance medicine? Is it about being in a hospital? Then what about surgeons or other specialists? Can they not use the title of “Dr.” because they’re not physicians? Pharmacists work in hospitals too. This reminds me of the argument that DOs are not real doctors because they’re not MDs, even though they take the same tests. A doctorate indicates that you have enough knowledge and experience to be an expert in your field, that’s it. What irritates me is the arrogance in your comment. I know that most physicians don’t choose to be physicians but are rather forced to become one because they didn’t do well in med school. From your comment, I sense that this is the same case with you. You are just projecting what little power you think you have over people you believe are beneath you. GROW UP.

You have several immediate family members that are accomplished pharmacists yet you are saying it’s misleading to label pharmacists as doctors?? It’s not self labeling when pharmacists actually have a doctoral degree. This was a very ignorant comment. Maybe you should talk with your family members more lol

Congrats on getting into pharmacy school!! Excited for you & your journey 🥹

Yes most pharmacy paths are like this in which you complete university and then you have to apply for a separate pharmacy school program! It is rare but there are a few handful of schools that combine college with pharmacy school

Yes I have mentioned it in a couple videos, but it is a program called PSLF. If you work for an eligible public service facility, you can pay the minimum loan payment each month based off an income-repayment plan for 10 years. The remaining balance will be forgiven after the 10 years! You can google PSLF and it will go into much more detail!

I can try to do a video on it in the future!

Sorry I am unable to do private consultations due to my busy schedule. I am also a US citizen so I unfortunately do not know the process for international students to give you advice :( so sorry!!

Thank you for watching! Excited for you and your pharmacy journey 💕

Hmm, some alternative routes or strategies you can take that comes to mind are: - Oftentimes people will move to less popular cities to get their foot in the door to work for major hospitals/facilities such as Kaiser or the VA. Once you are working for them, it would be easier to transfer from within to a more preferred area since most of these hospitals hire internally first before they hire people outside. - Or you can start off in a less desirable position until a better one becomes available within your hospital. For example, when I first started working, I was a graveyard hospital pharmacist for ~7 months until a full day position opened up and I was able to switch to that! - Some people even go into the pharmacy industry field working as medical writers etc (I don't know too much about this field to explain, but I do know people who have gone this route!) - There are also some phone-based positions in which you do medication reviews and patient interviews etc

@@SarahPharmD thank you so much for response!! This was so helpful :) love your content!

1) It depends on the facility! At my hospital, ALL hospital pharmacists are clinical pharmacists since we do a mixture of both hospital administrative tasks and clinical tasks. At some hospitals, they have very clear and distinct roles - some pharmacists are strictly only hospital pharmacists that manage administrative/central IV pharmacy tasks and some pharmacists are clinical pharmacists that only do clinical tasks. 2) Pharmacy residency PGY1 is always just one year! PGY1 is usually a more general residency. If you decide to specialize in a field, you would pursue a PGY2 pharmacy residency which is an additional 1 year. Pharmacy Residency does not usually exceed more than that :) If you want to do compounding pharmacy, I would say a PGY1 should be enough!

@@SarahPharmD Thank you Sarah!! Also pardon my grammar; I accidentally said “is” instead of “are” from the first question when I combined two pharmacy jobs together in the sentence 😅

1. No I don't have a LA City Fire Card I believe. However, all of my certifications are through my work - so most likely if its required of your workplace, they will help you set it up or refer you to places to get it done! 2. Honestly I can't recall if I have been Blood Borne Pathogen certified. I may have in the past when it was a requirement for rotations or internships or work etc. Personally, I don't think employers will look for this when reviewing a resume - but if its free or cheap, then I guess it doesn't hurt? But if its expensive or time consuming, I wouldn't pursue it. However, I do love that you are working hard to try to make yourself stand out! Rooting for you :)

Hi! I'm so sorry, but I was born here in the US so I am not sure about the process for international students :(

@@SarahPharmD okay..!!

Thank you for watching! Will do 🫶🏼☺️

That makes me happy to hear 🥹 yay 30’s!!

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