In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Pharmacy – is it your job, career or vocation?
Monday 1 April 2024, 02:00 AM
Pharmacists might be happier at work if they can shift their perception of their job from being a career to a vocation [Image: iStock.com –t:Anton Vierietin (edited)]
Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer looks at ways pharmacists can find satisfaction in their careers, in the first of a series of articles
If I ask you, “Why are you a pharmacist?” what would your answer be? I am guessing I might get answers like:
“It pays my bills.”
“It is a secu
References
1. Aspden TJ, Silwal PR, Marowa M, Ponton R. Why do pharmacists leave the profession? A mixed-method exploratory study. Pharm Pract (Granada) 2021 Apr-Jun;19(2):2332; doi: 10.18549/ PharmPract.2021.2.2332.
2. Elizabeth Gilbert on distinguishing between hobbies, jobs, careers, and vocation. Watch on YouTube on tinyurl. com/2e88dkr9