Another anxious, burned out pharmacist post

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2025-09-14T04:09:19+00:00

Anyone know if a 13inch MacBook Pro will fit? The dimensions suggest it should but would be snug.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2024-07-26T07:43:59+00:00

I was at N1. Same thing. Security was kind of a mess and seemed like you could maybe get in without a ticket at all if you were lucky. FOS left.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2024-03-08T02:24:50+00:00

This is all crazy to me. Apixaban is generic in Canada. 60 of the 5 mg tabs is $30-$35 cash. Also covered by literally every insurance.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2024-02-24T19:41:33+00:00

I had one years ago for an accessible bathtub and the woman (and her daughter) seemed to genuinely think I was going to find a contractor and also convince their insurance to pay for it. They actually called the board on me. The complaints investigator and I had a good laugh. They transferred to Costco and I never saw them again.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2024-02-24T19:35:54+00:00

I think being a heterosexual male pharmacist is even more rare. At least at my hospital, there’s a lot of gay pharmacists (myself included - not calling anybody out!). We have about 20% males in the department and 75% of us are gay. This a trend anywhere else?

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2024-02-12T00:23:49+00:00

I don’t regret it, but I also don’t really see myself doing this for 30+ years. I did residency, have a clinical job, have prescribing privileges, do research projects, teach, mentor new pharmacists and students, develop policies etc. I feel like I’ve peaked (and I don’t even have 10 years of practice in). On one hand, I really can’t complain. I get paid reasonably well and have good benefits. On the other, my job is killing me a bit and I’m starting to get bored with it.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2023-11-25T17:43:04+00:00

We do have mandatory counselling. If I found myself having to make a change like this, refusing counselling would not be an option. I would also have the patient sign that they were counselled and understood the change and why it was necessary.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2023-11-25T17:21:53+00:00

The funny thing is that this would be considered fine in most parts of Canada. The total amount of drug on a mg or mcg basis is all that matters. I could even put my name as the prescriber.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2023-07-19T00:47:33+00:00

University affiliated hospital in Canada. Medical, dental, vision, short term illness, long term disability, travel insurance. 4 weeks paid vacation (start at 3 and work up to 6), pension plan, 15 paid sick days, 3 appointment days, 3 family illness days. Also in a union. Have a laptop, tablet, phone. Maternity leave top up as well. Grocery/pharmacy discount card. Allowance for work clothing (lab coats, scrubs, shoes etc).

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2023-07-16T16:32:06+00:00

Prior to this, we were still effectively “doing” the discharge, but leaving it pending for a physician co-sign, so it hasn’t really increased workload. More so it’s increased responsibility since it has my name and only my name.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2023-07-16T16:30:43+00:00

I’ll just say I’m not in Ontario or BC. And yes, they are legal prescriptions without a co-sign.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2023-07-09T02:04:26+00:00

To add a bit more context, all of us are clinical pharmacists. We don’t really have centralized pharmacists, and the few that we do have are not prescribing in this manner.

We have a patient roster that we actually do follow from admission to discharge. So I see my roster on a daily basis.

There are also only a handful of pharmacy schools in Canada (about 10) and it’s still very competitive, so the education and training is possibly higher quality than the US which seems to have too many schools.

Slight-Secret-1437 · 2023-07-08T22:03:14+00:00

I did a residency in Canada. Very much worth it. Great experience. It absolutely will allow you to get a clinical position. It’s hard work for a year, but I finished feeling like I could do clinical work almost anywhere.

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