Hello! I'm a P2 pharmacy student in the US.
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Hiatus
…And now spring break is over.
See you all in May!
Dear Infectious Disease Therapeutics,
You’re interesting. But also difficult, time-consuming, and demanding.
I’m not sure it’s reasonable for you to make me memorize all these classes of antibiotics and their spectrum of activity against the oh so many microorganisms. I am but a mere mortal!
But you’re also really cool. A bacteria needs PABA to make folic acid? Let’s make a PABA-look-alike to confuse the bacteria and deprive itself of folate. (aka, Sulfonamides <3)
And etc. x 1000000 other drugs
Yes, you’re awesome. I just wish I had a superhuman brain to absorb your greatness.
La FARMACIA DE LA ESTRELLA….
Es la más antigua de Buenos Aires de que se tenga memoria.
Esquina de Alsina y Defensa. Fundada en 1824.Is one of the oldest pharmacy in BS AS. Opened in 1824
You Should Not Go to Pharmacy School if…
- You are not fascinated by how a human body works. This is the basis for healthcare. From physiology, to pathophysiology, to pharmacology… it’s about the human body!
- You hate chemistry. By the time I graduate, I will have taken at least 32 credits of chemistry courses/chemistry labs. Many drugs are chemical compounds, so learning how they work is a big part of the curriculum. There is no way around it.
- You are not willing to sacrifice. You’re putting in at least 6-8 years of hard work before you can actually start your career. Talk about delayed gratification! If you’re the kid who would take one marshmallow immediately instead of 2 marshmallows later, pharmacy might drive you crazy. I think the secret is accepting that the journey is the reward (which seems bizarre because it’s a hard journey). But there’s a sense of satisfaction and self-fulfillment that can only come from hard work and perseverance.
- You do not like people. Your patients are people. Your healthcare colleagues are people.
- You give up easily. Pharmacy school is all about resilience. Even if you’re studying for 10-12 hours a day for multiple days, you can still do very poorly on an exam. And you have to accept it, pick your ego back up, and just try to improve on the next one. Hard work does not always equate to success; and that’s okay! Next time! It’s one out of many, and you’ll win in the long run.
slowartday: Jean Shin, Chemical Balance, 2005-2009
Spring Break Napping
I sleep for 10 hours. Then I wake up, eat, lounge around. And then continue on with a 4 hour nap.
14 hours?! That’s more than all the sleep I got during my past exam week. Combined.
Recharging is the best. This entire semester, I feel like I am perpetually a device on 2% battery life, only managing to sleep and restore up to maybe 30% a night. Then I subsequently drain myself again from studying, which forces to take an accidental nap to recharge to 15%; but that leads me to feeling guilty about wasting precious studying time so I end up pulling a semi-allnighter… which brings me back to the 2% struggling dark-eye-circled panda of a student that I have become.
But now I am back at 100% :) Well-fed, well-rested, and happy.
Hi there!
I applied to a 0-6 year program from high school, so I am unfamiliar with the process. However, check out this blog post:
http://thenewlymrsyopp.tumblr.com/post/42320497696/hi-there-i-am-an-undergrad-student-looking-forward-to#notes
Or if anyone from the pharmacy tumblr community wants to chime in?
Good luck! Keep me updated on your journey!!
Sorry for the slightly unexpected hiatus. I had to block myself from Tumblr (along with other social media) because I realized this spring semester was kicking my butt. I don’t think anyone ever conveyed just how hard the P2 spring semester was, or perhaps I was in denial.
My life for the past few months has been a blur. A sleep-deprived blur. I vaguely remember chemical structures, treatment algorithms, antibiotic spectrums, and pharmacokinetic calculations…
Right now I’m on spring break so I’ll be updating more. Gosh it feels good to be reunited with Tumblr.
