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My family's here in the Rochester area and this is pretty much
my only choice when I came to pharmacy school.
I had a career in the pharmaceutical industry before coming to Fisher.
I stayed home for awhile raising two children and when Fisher announced that
they were opening a pharmacy school I knew that becoming a pharmacist was something I
always wanted to do and now I have the opportunity.
I've been interested in the medical sciences/health field all along.
So when I decided on a second career going back into the workforce pharmacy
seemed like a natural thing to do.
Being a pharmacist you have a unique opportunity to really help people.
I know that sounds kind of corny, but its true. Pretty much everybody takes some sort of medication
whether prescription or over the counter and when they do take multiple medications people run
the risk of having complications. When you can identify those things and make sure that people
are taking their medications the right way, potentially avoiding any interactions or problems that they may have,
that’s a really rewarding feeling.
As a nontraditional student I was involved in not the typical activities that you would think of.
I did serve for two years on the curriculum committee here at the
pharmacy school which involved going over the various classes, helping going over the curriculum
for new electives and since this is a new school there was a lot of work setting up the core curriculum.
Being a pharmacy student at Fisher you have wealth of opportunities to volunteer
and I volunteered for a national kidney foundation screening program for patients
to identify patients with kidney disease early before they even have symptoms.
So that’s something that is very important and I will continue to do that after I become a pharmacist and leave Fisher.
I think Lisa and I will probably share the same memory. We put together
poster along with another student for the National APHA Convention and we presented
it and when we came back to it at the end of the day we turned around the corner and there
was this blue ribbon attached to it. So I can't even begin to tell you the excitement that we felt.
So it was really amazing to find out that a project that we had done was worthy of an award.
I guess the Wok if I had to pick something it would be the Wok setting.
Being able to get the veggies and either beef or chicken or sometimes shrimp
you know kind of changing it up making it personal.
You can't really call it a meal, but sweet potato fries at the
dining hall definitely awesome. Can't be missed.
I don't know. It's a lot of things because this was an amazing thing
to have accomplished I think. We went through a lot of highs and a lot of lows
and it will just be like yeah here we are, we made it.
Yay I made it! Oh my gosh, I did it and I'm going to be a pharmacist.
I can't wait to get out into the world and be a pharmacist.
I will be staying here in the Rochester area. My family is here.
My kids are in school here so hopefully I will get in a pharmacy here in the Rochester area.
Maybe in a hospital setting.
I'll definitely stay in Rochester. My family is here, my husband has a family business here
, and Rochester has great opportunities to be a pharmacist so I'll definitely stay in the Rochester area.
I think I will. It'll be interesting to see where everybody lands and what everybody is doing.
I've met some wonderful people here, my professors are amazing, and I cant wait to come
back and see how much the pharmacy school has grown.
My friends here, we will always be friends and share information as colleagues once we're
pharmacists and coming back is definitely something I'm going to do.
At this point in my life I think it was at the right time and the right location.
So there's not too much that I would change I don't think.
My experience at Fisher has been amazing. I don't think I would
change a thing other than maybe becoming a pharmacist earlier in life,
but my experience at Fisher, outstanding.
Don't sweat the small stuff. That everything doesn’t have to be perfect
and life still goes on even when your working on something else.
For the younger students, persevere. I got that advice from a priest during my
P2 year when things were getting pretty hard. I had a family, a part time job, full time school.
It was getting a little difficult and he told me to persevere. When you have a dream,
you know what you want, persevere and you can make anything happen.
Second part of the advice for P4 students, when your going into your final year of rotations, experience everything.
Choose rotations that maybe even you wouldn't see yourself doing that job as a pharmacist,
but every rotation will provide you with opportunities to grow and learn and make you a better pharmacist.