brainstorm outline:
News anchor: Have you ever wondered how to become a pharmacist? Today we are going to be answering all of your questions. We reached out to the southern Maine community on social media to see what they were curious about within this career. These are a few of the most commonly asked questions about how to become a pharmacist. Now we are going to turn to the experts to answer these questions. We’re going to turn it over to Taryn who will be interviewing a University of New England pre-pharmacy student
Reporter: What does the program entail?
Student: The pharmacy 2+4 doctorate program entails two years of undergraduate courses, then applying to the school of pharmacy, after being accepted there are two more years before getting your bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, then two years after getting your PharmD or Doctorate of Pharmacy (mention credits)
Reporter: What are some of the classes that you take within those six years?
Student: Classes
Questions for the student(s)
- What is the most interesting part of the major?
- What challenges do you see ahead?
- What career path are you aiming for?
- Why did you choose pharmacy?
Reporter: Now we’re going to turn it back to Maddy in the news station
News anchor:
Coca-Cola was invented by a pharmacist named John Pemberton.
Pharmacists are in the top 5 most trusted professions according to americans
Benjamin Franklin was a pharmacist
On June 10th pharmacist received provider status in maine
Questions for the professional
- Can you tell us about 3 different career paths you could have as a pharmacist?
- What are you doing right now?
- What is your favorite part about your day to day life?
News anchor: Conclusion
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updated outline:
News anchor: Good morning thanks for tuning into Health and Wellness News. We have a special segment today about pharmacy. Have you ever wondered how to become a pharmacist? Today we are going to be answering all of your questions. We reached out to the southern Maine community on social media to see what they were curious about within this career. These are a few of the most commonly asked questions about how to become a pharmacist. Now we are going to turn to the experts to answer these questions. We’re going to turn it over to Taryn who will be interviewing a University of New England pre-pharmacy student
Questions for the student(s)
Reporter: You said you are in the pre-pharmacy program here at UNE. What does the program entail?
Student J: The pharmacy 2+4 doctorate program entails two years of undergraduate courses, then applying to the school of pharmacy, after being accepted there are two more years before getting your bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, then two years after getting your PharmD or Doctorate of Pharmacy (mention credits)
Reporter: Wow that sounds like a lot–What are some of the classes that you take within those six years?
Student J: During the pre-pharmacy years we take classes like organic chemistry, calculus, cellular biology, and anatomy and physiology. Then during the 4 years in pharmacy school, we take primarily drugs and disease courses focusing on the different disease states and how to treat them as well as pharmacology classes like pharmacokinetics.
Reporter: Those sound like some difficult courses. What challenges do you see yourself facing in pharmacy school?
Student J: I think being able to manage my time with school work and personal life will be really difficult, especially if I choose to continue working part-time during pharmacy school. All of the things we learn in pharmacy school about drugs and diseases are things we will need to memorize and keep fresh in our minds to be able to answer any and all questions posed by our future patients, so I think memorizing a massive amount of information could prove to be difficult.
Reporter: What do you see as the most interesting part about the major?
Student J: I think that learning how different drugs interact with the body and how they help people live better quality lives is going to be a really interesting
Reporter: Why did you choose pharmacy as your intended major?
Student J: I really enjoy helping people live the best lives they can, and after having worked in a pharmacy for almost two years and getting to see how retail pharmacists spend their time helping patients I know it is the career I see myself in
Reporter: Although you are just a pre-pharmacy student do you have an idea as to what career path you are aiming for?
Student J: I plan on moving up to northern maine and either work in a community pharmacy and be a retail pharmacist or work in a doctors office and work to help my community by meeting patients one on one
News anchor: Thank you so much for those informative responses Josephine. Since Taryn is already at UNE how about we hear from another pre-pharmacy student? The more the merrier!
Reporter: Now I am here with Kayla, thank you so much for being here with us today! We have heard from Josephine about some of the classes that you will be taking in pharmacy school and what she will find to be challenging but I was wondering, what challenges do you see yourself facing in pharmacy school?
Student K: response was recorded
Reporter: What do you see as the most interesting part about the major?
Student K: response was recorded
Reporter: Why did you choose pharmacy as your intended major?
Student K: response was recorded
Reporter: Although you are just a pre-pharmacy student do you have an idea as to what career path you are aiming for?
Student K: response was recorded
Reporter: Thank you for answering some questions for us today! Now we’re going to turn it back to Maddy in the news station.
News anchor: Wow pharmacy definitely seems like a very exciting, and interesting career path. In fact did you know Coca-Cola was invented by a pharmacist named John Pemberton, and that Benjamin Franklin was a pharmacist, hows that for interesting. Surveys say pharmacists are among the top 5 most trusted medical professions in America, they were even granted provider status in Maine, which is a pretty big deal if you didn’t know. It basically means they are recognized as a part of the healthcare team and can provide deeper patient care. Now we’re going to be turning it back over to reporter Taryn in the field, she’s going to be questioning someone with a little more experience within this profession, (a real professional if you will.)
Questions for the professional
Reporter: I am here at the University of New England (standing in front of the sign) and we are going to head to Decary Hall. Here we are in Decary outside of Dr. Sarah Vincent’s office.
Let’s head in and ask her some of your burning questions!
Reporter: Can you tell us about 3 different career paths you could have as a pharmacist?
Dr. Vincent: response was recorded
Reporter: What are you doing right now as a pharmacist and what is your favorite part about your day to day life?
Dr. Vincent: response was recorded
Reporter: Thank you Dr. Vincent, we appreciate your time. Those were some insightful answers. How’s it going over in the station, Maddy?
News anchor: Great, I really enjoyed that interview. Hopefully it answered some of your questions. To finish off this segment and hopefully get a variety of different answers we are going to be doing a lightning round of questions with the second year pre pharmacy students at the university. We had the pleasure of interviewing Taylor, Evan, and Ava, here’s what they had to say.
Questions for pre-pharmacy sophomores
Taylor:
- What excites you the most about going to pharmacy school?
- What kind of pharmacist do you want to be?
- Do you work at a pharmacy right now?
- What was the hardest part of applying to pharmacy school?
- What was the hardest class you took this year?
*responses were record
Evan T:
- What excites you the most about going to pharmacy school?
- What kind of pharmacist do you want to be?
- Do you work at a pharmacy right now?
- What was the hardest part of applying to pharmacy school?
- What was the hardest class you took this year?
*responses were record
Ava:
- What excites you the most about going to pharmacy school?
- What kind of pharmacist do you want to be?
- Do you work at a pharmacy right now?
- What was the hardest part of applying to pharmacy school?
- What was the hardest class you took this year?
*responses were record
News anchor: Look who I have here with me in the station, if you remember first year pre pharmacy student Josephine, and reporter Taryn. I think we can all agree pharmacy sounds like a very rewarding and important profession.
Josephine: There are tons of different medical professions that rely on pharmacists as their medication experts.
Reporter: And with that we’re going to wrap up this segment, I hope you all enjoyed this edition of Health and Wellness News.
Together: Bye!!
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