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what is it like going from a pharmacy tech to a pharmacist?

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Kyle’s Answer

It depends on where you're working of course. For my experience, I was working retail/community pharmacy when I went from tech to pharmacist. I noticed that you begin to pay more attention to everything around you. As a tech, you may be more focused on entry of a single script. As a pharmacist, I would be paying attention to the workload of the different techs and may help manage if needed. It was always important to realize that no prescription could be ready without a pharmacist check, so you couldn't spend too much time troubleshooting a single issue and fall behind on the pharmacist work.

In hospital, there's more of a defined role of tech and pharmacist. There's much less overlapping of duties and many pharmacists will be working in areas away from the main dispensing area. Having technician experience in these roles is helpful to understand the normal workflow. However, the role of the pharmacist will be quite different than the tech role so there more of an adjustment required with the transition.
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Norma Linda’s Answer

I was a technician for 11 years before becoming a pharmacist. I continued as s community pharmacist because that us what I knew and loved working with the public.
The tranition was easy because I already knew the ibs and outs of community pharmacy.
The challenge was letting technicians do the work such as data entry, adjudication, inventory control, etc. I was so in the habit of doing it all that at first I eould get behind because of that. Eventually, I let go and I was able to focus more on the pharmaciats tasks of patient engagement with more counseling and follow-up questions.
The advanrage is that if you stay in the same rype of work its easy, if you decide to take on z different type of pharmacy it will not be as difgicult because of the training you get in pharmacy school.
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tina’s Answer

As a pharmacist, you have become a specialist in the field of medications, understanding their uses (both official and unofficial), their pharmacological properties, and the sterile methods required for their handling, among other things. You carry the legal responsibility for the drug treatments of your patients. Additionally, you hold accountability for the performance and actions of all other staff members within the pharmacy.
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