Hi I’ve been a tech for a while now and I recently completed my summer IPPE with a retail chain. Now I’ve just started my p2 year(started in early September). I’ve worked at a bunch of retail chains and tbh it kinda sucks at all of them and none of the pharmacists I’ve met are happy with their career. They are either ambivalent or hating it.
Anyhow, I’m in an online pharmacy program but it cost money and I have to travel in person to do some of the coursework. I’m wondering if I should drop out and join the trades or if I should finish my bachelor. I only ever did the prereqs at my undergrad. Also my undergrad is free because I have a lifetime scholarship because my parent works there. So what I am wondering is do I drop out? Is it too late given that I am a p2? The only pharmacy jobs that seem cool are mail order and maybe nuclear. Pharmacy school costs a lot of money compared to undergrad which would be free for me. Basically, I feel completely lost. I don’t enjoy retail or any of it- but it is a job and it pays well supposedly.

So I recently failed my first class and I don’t know how , I studied but I guess not hard enough. That completely broke me and now with my health and mental health I decided to take a leave of absence from pharmacy school. I was already feeling behind and struggling, I know i’m smart but I guess not smart enough. I woke up this morning and now feeling some regret, I feel so lost and don’t like this feeling. I thought I loved pharmacy coming from a drug discovery background but
is pharmacy still with it?

So I'm a P1 and this is my first exam block. I have 3 of my exams done and out of the 3, I already have 2 Ds. I was doing well on quizzes so I thought I could get by but I guess not. I have a bad feeling about this exam block and feel like I'd screw up this whole exam block. Has anyone else ever been in a similar position?

OK, maybe even doing something wrong, or maybe it’s just a teacher, which can always be the case, but has anybody else struggled so hard with pharmacokinetics and personalized medicine?

Because it’s so hilarious how I’m doing so well in therapeutics and pharmacology med Kim and all of the other classes, but this seems to be the class that is just really bending me over backward.

Hello friends.

I am reaching out in desperate need as a broke P4 APPE, bills are piling up, gas is higher than expected, and spending more on groceries. Needless to say i am stressed about finances and loans lasting me until my next fafsa disbursement, as i am a single person.

I was reaching out to see if anyone has had any luck applying for private loans for additional financial support? Specifically, tips on getting approved without a co-signer, because i don't have that option. My credit isn't perfect, but it's not bad.

I really do appreciate any helpful information that would just get me through the rest of this year. Most of my classmates are married with the support of a spouse, or support from family. I do pick up shifts on the weekend when i am not traveling for my rotations, and i have an off month coming up where i plan to work as much as i can, but even if i stack up every penny it won't cut it until my next disbursement in mid-late February.

I feel like if i wasn't stressing about finances i could put more of that energy into my rotations and just overall wellness. I wouldn't mind tips on how you kept your stress at bay while surviving your APPE year as well. Thank you.

Feel free to ask any other questions or pm me.

Any tips for how to navigate a fear of needles? I think thats my biggest concern for pharm school is giving immunizations.

I'm a P3 student who currently attends a pharmacy school that focuses more on clinical pharmacy practice. I appreciate the clinical side for what it is, but I don't find it to be my strength. The decision making needed for it is not intuitive. Can anyone share what nontraditional paths they've found in pharmacy/how to go about it?

I’m a PharmD and I recently passed NAPLEX and CPJE. During prep, calculations were where I kept running out of material: every review book has a fixed set of problems, and by the second pass I was remembering answers instead of practicing setups.

So I built www.rxmathlab.com . It generates unlimited problems across 19 topics (alligation, CrCl with IBW/AdjBW selection, IV drip rates, TPN, isotonicity, opioid conversions, insulin day supply, days supply, BSA, PK and more). You type your answer, it grades it, and it shows a worked solution. If you miss, it tells you whether your setup was wrong or you just rounded too early, which turned out to be a surprisingly common way to lose points.

Each topic also has a written guide on the setup and the usual traps, and there’s a free printable two-page formula sheet.

No account, no ads, nothing locked. Full disclosure: there’s an optional waitlist for a possible premium version later (timed mock exams and progress tracking). Everything that’s free now stays free.

The mods okayed this post before I put it up. I’d genuinely like to know:

• Which topics feel too easy or too hard compared to what you’ve seen on exams
• Anything that’s wrong or graded unfairly (I check every problem type, but more eyes help)
• Topics you’d want that aren’t there

Recently I failed a graded assignment that requires me to get a certain grade. It was taken in exam like conditions (as it always does🫩). The results came back and I failed. I can take it again during the semester however waiting for that day will eat me alive. This is the first time I’ve ever failed something in pharmacy school. I’m grateful I can repeat the assignment but how do you handle the pressure? How do you prevent yourself from overthinking about failing out of the program? My mind is racing with the worst possibilities and I wish to really know if anyone also has this thinking process (although unhealthy) and how you stand back up and clutch.

So, as the tittle suggests I want to buy a gift to a friend of mine who studies pharmacy but i have mo idea of what he would like (after all, my major is architecture so i know nothing about this area).

Do you guys have any suggestions and ideas?

I’m a P1 in my first year of pharmacy school! It’s going way better than I thought it would! How are you guys rewarding yourself? Like a beer on Friday nights? Cookie after exams? Fun dinner once a week?

I’m looking for something that I can do weekly to “count down” until the end of school that won’t make me gain a bunch of weight, cost a lot of money and preferably not alcohol?

Hi everyone!

I’m a 2nd-year BPharm student and I’m interested in getting into pharmaceutical research. However, I’m completely new to research and don’t really know where to start.

What research skills should a pharmacy student learn as a beginner?

I’d especially appreciate advice on:

Research methodology

Literature searching and reading research papers

Basic statistics

Reference management

Scientific writing

Any useful software/tools

If you were starting research from your 2nd year, what would you learn first?

Any advice, resources, or beginner-friendly guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Does anyone know what happen to Dean Kevin Sneed? The founding dean stepped down and was moved to another position out of pharmacy.

Hi everyone! I'm a first year student as a farmakonom, which is kind of a cross between a pharmacist and a pharmacy tech here in Denmark.

Currently a little worried at the high standards in these courses I'm taking, so I'll be asking some questions here come exam time. If you have any questions about how the education works here, AMA.

Have a good week!

Full disclosure, I am not a student in pharmacy school. I’m a licensed pharmacist working in retail for the last 11 years.

So on to the question. Are you students only using lecture slides and drug references like LexiComp, Facts&Comparisons? Do you guys have any textbooks? What resources from your school library do you use?

i hate it, but it’s true. i swear i’m getting meaner and more bitter everyday. doing bad on exams and stuff is making me hate myself. i know my attitude is a projection but i don’t know how to stop. has anyone else experienced this? i don’t want to be a bitch when my friends tell me about their good scores anymore. feeling stupid constantly is making me mean

Hello! Has anyone received an email to submit their official application for the Eli Lilly VSF yet?

I have a friend who applied for Medical Affairs and heard back today. I applied for the Commercial functional area and am still waiting to hear back.

I am already in my third year of pharmacy, and I am scared of the Pharmacology lab because of the animals

Usually, under pressure, I can do things, but not with holding animals.

I am still not comfortable with even touching rats, and I still get scared of touching a rabbit that I will break its spine and administering a drug is quite impossible for me

How can I get over this fear?

Is there any discord where all the pharmacy students talk to each other and share study material / notes and books..

Discussed on topics of pharmacy/pharmacology/biopharma..

hello,
i was looking into going to clinical or nuclear pharmacy route after i get my pharmD. i was wondering, what types of activities and other things should i be doing in addition to a great academic standing while in pharmacy school to land those jobs? THANK YOU!!

I'm a 3rd year pharmacy student ( we study for 6 years here ) and I'm wondering what should I do to keep up with new studies and all that , and what books do you recommend to develop myself in the field because i feel if i don't give it 100% of effort I'll be left out of the race and therefore i won't even win the residency exam .

Thank you