This past week many P3s were meeting with the experiential learning coordinator to discuss their P4 year of rotations. I personally started thinking about rotations from the beginning of pharmacy school but especially since the first day of our P3 year. Rotations are where we get practical experience in the pharmacy world. We start to apply and utilize all the pharmacy education we have had for the past 3 years. It’s also the year where many people firmly decide what they want to do with their pharmacy careers. Experiences in the community setting may lead one to pursue a career as a retail pharmacist, while others may have wonderful experiences working in the hospital setting. The first step of planning for our P4 year rotations is deciding where we want to do our rotations based on geography. The school has 6 geographical clusters to choose from. Some are more competitive than others, so waiting to hear where one will be located is a tense process. Hopefully by Thanksgiving break geographical assignments will be posted and the next phase of planning for rotations can start. I myself have this constantly in the back of my mind and I need to remind myself to focus on my current courses instead of worrying about rotations.
Speaking of future steps to becoming a pharmacist, a major one is taking the NAPLEX. The NAPLEX is taken after graduating from pharmacy school and is an absolute necessary requirement to being a licensed pharmacist. Recently the school announced that recent the 2009 graduates had a 100% pass rate in taking the NAPLEX exam. It is now two years in a row that all Shenandoah pharmacy graduates have passed the NAPLEX during the May to August testing window! It’s always good to know that our education here at Shenandoah has fully prepared us for standardized exams like the NAPLEX.
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