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Hi there, I visited a pharmacy school the other day, and the majority of students I spoke to told me they wanted to do medicine or dentistry, but couldnt get in due to not getting the grades. This really shocked me as it dawned on me, are they just failed doctors who have seen pharmacy as a means to an end? No disrespect to the profession, but I was also speaking to my pharmacist the other day who told me it was the crappiest job in the world, and he gets abuse from customers on a daily basis...
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(Original post by lucky20)
Hi there, I visited a pharmacy school the other day, and the majority of students I spoke to told me they wanted to do medicine or dentistry, but couldnt get in due to not getting the grades. This really shocked me as it dawned on me, are they just failed doctors who have seen pharmacy as a means to an end? No disrespect to the profession, but I was also speaking to my pharmacist the other day who told me it was the crappiest job in the world, and he gets abuse from customers on a daily basis...
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Hi there, I visited a pharmacy school the other day, and the majority of students I spoke to told me they wanted to do medicine or dentistry, but couldnt get in due to not getting the grades. This really shocked me as it dawned on me, are they just failed doctors who have seen pharmacy as a means to an end? No disrespect to the profession, but I was also speaking to my pharmacist the other day who told me it was the crappiest job in the world, and he gets abuse from customers on a daily basis...
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no! I could have done medicine with my grades but i chose to do pharmacy, there are so many reasons why someone might choose not to do medicine/dentistry other than not getting the grades - like for me I don't want to stick needles in people or spend my life looking at peoples mouths! Neither medicine nor dentistry appealed to me, and I know plenty of people on my course who feel the same. And I don't know how your pharmacist can say its the crappest job in the world....he should feel glad he's not emptying bins or cleaning toilets........! Its a job you don't do it because you really want to, thats why they pay you...
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Im doing Pharmacy and I have 2A* and 2A's. Believe it or not, not everybody wants to be a doctor.
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Nope, I've never really wanted to be a doctor (apart from maybe briefly as a kid when your career ambitions vary day-to-day and are sometimes to be inanimate objects). For one thing I'm far too squeamish! I'm far happier doing the pharmacy side of things where I don't have to look at people's insides or poke at growths on feet etc 
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I wouldn't say that they're failed medics, but many did initially apply for medicine/dentistry - so some may view them as that.
I think pharmacy is a respected career and those passionate about it will enjoy their course. I preferred medicine and I was blessed to have got in but I don't see myself as any better than a pharmacist.
I think pharmacy is a respected career and those passionate about it will enjoy their course. I preferred medicine and I was blessed to have got in but I don't see myself as any better than a pharmacist.
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I have also met student pharmacists who said they are glad they ended up in pharmacy and not medicine as it suited them more.
It is still a very competitive and respective profession - and that is probably why it is medical students back up!
It is still a very competitive and respective profession - and that is probably why it is medical students back up!
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(Original post by hcw)
no! I could have done medicine with my grades but i chose to do pharmacy, there are so many reasons why someone might choose not to do medicine/dentistry other than not getting the grades - like for me I don't want to stick needles in people or spend my life looking at peoples mouths! Neither medicine nor dentistry appealed to me, and I know plenty of people on my course who feel the same. And I don't know how your pharmacist can say its the crappest job in the world....he should feel glad he's not emptying bins or cleaning toilets........! Its a job you don't do it because you really want to, thats why they pay you...
no! I could have done medicine with my grades but i chose to do pharmacy, there are so many reasons why someone might choose not to do medicine/dentistry other than not getting the grades - like for me I don't want to stick needles in people or spend my life looking at peoples mouths! Neither medicine nor dentistry appealed to me, and I know plenty of people on my course who feel the same. And I don't know how your pharmacist can say its the crappest job in the world....he should feel glad he's not emptying bins or cleaning toilets........! Its a job you don't do it because you really want to, thats why they pay you...
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(Original post by lucky20)
Ok I can see where you are coming from. But I think people in the healthcare profession should be motivated and enjoy their work, this will definitely have a good impact in terms of patient care. If it was just a 'job' and people did it jusf for the money I really think this would negatively impact healthcare. Im sure my GP wouldnt say 'its just a job, and I do it for the big salary'...
Ok I can see where you are coming from. But I think people in the healthcare profession should be motivated and enjoy their work, this will definitely have a good impact in terms of patient care. If it was just a 'job' and people did it jusf for the money I really think this would negatively impact healthcare. Im sure my GP wouldnt say 'its just a job, and I do it for the big salary'...
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Not necessarily, ok some medicine rejects may do pharmacy for that reason, but the majority do pharmacy because they want to do pharmacy.
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(Original post by lucky20)
Ok I can see where you are coming from. But I think people in the healthcare profession should be motivated and enjoy their work, this will definitely have a good impact in terms of patient care. If it was just a 'job' and people did it jusf for the money I really think this would negatively impact healthcare. Im sure my GP wouldnt say 'its just a job, and I do it for the big salary'...
Ok I can see where you are coming from. But I think people in the healthcare profession should be motivated and enjoy their work, this will definitely have a good impact in terms of patient care. If it was just a 'job' and people did it jusf for the money I really think this would negatively impact healthcare. Im sure my GP wouldnt say 'its just a job, and I do it for the big salary'...
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(Original post by lucky20)
Hi there, I visited a pharmacy school the other day, and the majority of students I spoke to told me they wanted to do medicine or dentistry, but couldnt get in due to not getting the grades. This really shocked me as it dawned on me, are they just failed doctors who have seen pharmacy as a means to an end? No disrespect to the profession, but I was also speaking to my pharmacist the other day who told me it was the crappiest job in the world, and he gets abuse from customers on a daily basis...
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Hi there, I visited a pharmacy school the other day, and the majority of students I spoke to told me they wanted to do medicine or dentistry, but couldnt get in due to not getting the grades. This really shocked me as it dawned on me, are they just failed doctors who have seen pharmacy as a means to an end? No disrespect to the profession, but I was also speaking to my pharmacist the other day who told me it was the crappiest job in the world, and he gets abuse from customers on a daily basis...
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(Original post by Andy_J)
A lot of GPs just be a doctor so that they can have "Dr" at the start of their name and have a big salary. If people just cared about helping others then they would have been a nurse.
A lot of GPs just be a doctor so that they can have "Dr" at the start of their name and have a big salary. If people just cared about helping others then they would have been a nurse.
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(Original post by nombo)
I completely disagree. Nursing is an extremely honourable career, but being a doctor is too, and it requires more depth of knowledge, and doctors (consultants and senior doctors, not junior doctors as much) are essentially in charge of a team, of which nurses are a part. I think your comment is quite disrespectful; doctors help in a totally different way to nurses, and to say one is better than the other is quite rude and ignorant. I don't think anyone would go through 5 years minimum training just for title and a salary. They don't just lie there for their salary, you know.
I completely disagree. Nursing is an extremely honourable career, but being a doctor is too, and it requires more depth of knowledge, and doctors (consultants and senior doctors, not junior doctors as much) are essentially in charge of a team, of which nurses are a part. I think your comment is quite disrespectful; doctors help in a totally different way to nurses, and to say one is better than the other is quite rude and ignorant. I don't think anyone would go through 5 years minimum training just for title and a salary. They don't just lie there for their salary, you know.
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(Original post by lucky20)
Ok I can see where you are coming from. But I think people in the healthcare profession should be motivated and enjoy their work, this will definitely have a good impact in terms of patient care. If it was just a 'job' and people did it jusf for the money I really think this would negatively impact healthcare. Im sure my GP wouldnt say 'its just a job, and I do it for the big salary'...
Ok I can see where you are coming from. But I think people in the healthcare profession should be motivated and enjoy their work, this will definitely have a good impact in terms of patient care. If it was just a 'job' and people did it jusf for the money I really think this would negatively impact healthcare. Im sure my GP wouldnt say 'its just a job, and I do it for the big salary'...
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(Original post by DentalLondon)
Relax, the person you quoted, said ''GPs'' and not those doctors working in the hospital
Relax, the person you quoted, said ''GPs'' and not those doctors working in the hospital
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(Original post by Andy_J)
Im doing Pharmacy and I have 2A* and 2A's. Believe it or not, not everybody wants to be a doctor.
Im doing Pharmacy and I have 2A* and 2A's. Believe it or not, not everybody wants to be a doctor.
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I'm sure that there are plenty who have gone into Pharmacy as a backup option after Medicine. However there also must be some who originally wanted to do pharmacy.
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