Why I Selected Pharmacy as a Career

Pharmacy
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Pharmacy
Healthcare professionals play a significant role in protecting and enhancing the health and well-being of societies through the delivery of diverse quality patient care services. Pharmacy, for instance, makes for one of the healthcare professions whose input as medication specialists ensures effective and safe administration of medicines to patients and all that are in need of medication. Besides its great contribution towards maintaining the health and overall well-being of the community, pharmacy is a discipline that offers a wide range of career development of opportunities. A doctor of pharmacy degree is a versatile program that features future possibilities in scientific research, innovation, and patient care. It also allows one the opportunity to experience interdisciplinary collaborations across different settings such as hospitals, managed care organizations, healthcare or medical learning institutions, and even the federal government. I firmly believe that pharmacy is an interesting discipline through which an individual can contribute to enhancing the health, safety, and well-being of the nation. Nevertheless, I would like to share the underlying factors behind the decision to pursue pharmacy as a career while also highlighting its correlation to my immediate and long-term goals.
The decision to pursue a career in pharmacy is founded on my desire to serve and protect my nation from domestic and external threats. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic towards the end of 2019 posed a different type of threat to the country’s national security that limited the application of my military expertise. I still desire to be involved in the government’s sensitization and immunization campaign against the pandemic and other viral threats to the country’s health and well-being in the future. As a Doctor of Pharmacy, I would be in an excellent position to ensure the achievement of desired outcomes when faced with such threats through the effective application of the key competencies of a qualified pharmacist. It suffices, therefore, that the experience of helplessness during the pandemic coupled with the desire to assist in maintaining the country’s health and well-being played a significant role in arriving at the decision to pursue a career in pharmacy. Another reason that influenced the selection of pharmacy as a career was the desire to contribute to the enhancement of the health and well-being of my colleagues and comrades in the United States Army. Improved health and overall well-being of my fellow brothers and sisters in arms are integral to the promotion of our nation’s national security within and outside the borders. As a pharmacist, I would ensure appropriate administration of medication across the ranks of the U.S. Army and campaign for improved medication adherence. The need to overcome the issue of abuse of prescription drugs and overdependence on the same across the ranks also prompted my decision to pursue a career in pharmacy. In essence, a career in pharmacy offers an excellent platform to serve ordinary citizens and execute my military mandate to the army or the nation at large. It allows me to serve and protect the interests of my c...