TonyMontana896
My brother in law is a pharmacist. Most of what pharmacists do is measure and count out pills. So the standard work of a pharmacist is cut and dry, doesn't require problem solving or creativity. Rather, they follow a set of protocols in filling prescriptions and advising both doctors and clients on dosing and usage. Again, that doesn't leave much room for analysis. However, if aswe has management over the pharmacy as well, then he may make business decisions as well. So that is where an MBA will come into use.
No room for analysis? Doesn't require problem solving or creativity? You clearly have no idea what we do. We get 8 semesters of pharmacology in college, your docs get 1 or 2. It's a lot more than just counting pills. Computers are smart but they can't catch everything. The human element is very real and we catch prescription errors all the time. Even therapeutic errors. You got diagnosed with a skin infection and your doctor wrote for a drug your insurance doesn't cover. Need an alternative? Great. We have to figure out costs, antibiotic spectrum, whether it's gram positive or gram negative, aerobic or anaerobic, ever had a reaction to a certain type of antibiotic, age, tendon disease, etc. Coumadin clinics are usually run by pharmacists and help manage your blood thinner ensuring you're at a lower risk for developing a clot. We dose you based on lots of factors and we have to monitor while making appropriate changes.
You don't see any of this because you aren't behind the counter. The stuff I mentioned doesn't even include what hospital pharmacists do. Now do you guys see why so many pharmacists get offended by those comments? "Doesn't require problem solving or creativity". Say that around a pharmacist, nurse, or doctor and they'll laugh you out the door.