pahopeful46 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Hi everyone! I just wanted to ask a question for some advice, I recently began working as a pharmacy technician and I wanted to add this on my caspa and update and send to schools. Although, I was shadowing a PA recently and she told me not to put my pharmacy technician experience on my caspa because she thought they might think that I want to become a pharmacist or that Im using it as a "back up". Would it be bad for me to add my experience as a pharm tech to my caspa? Or has anyone ever run into problems with things like this in an interview? I was going to put it but I was conflicted after that because I dont want to make a bad impression or anything. Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lctexas4 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 12 minutes ago, texas27 said: Hi everyone! I just wanted to ask a question for some advice, I recently began working as a pharmacy technician and I wanted to add this on my caspa and update and send to schools. Although, I was shadowing a PA recently and she told me not to put my pharmacy technician experience on my caspa because she thought they might think that I want to become a pharmacist or that Im using it as a "back up". Would it be bad for me to add my experience as a pharm tech to my caspa? Or has anyone ever run into problems with things like this in an interview? I was going to put it but I was conflicted after that because I dont want to make a bad impression or anything. Thanks everyone! Hi, Other people might have different opinions, but I would definitely put it. Applicants commonly work as a PT aide to fulfill PCE requirements and I don't think admissions committees assume that means they want to work as a physical therapist. Being a pharmacy tech is still exposure to the medical field and should count as HCE I believe. I would think its still very relevant to your application. Your PS and shadowing should solidify why you want to go PA. Just my thoughts. Good luck this cycle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ket131 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Should be fine, but you are going to need direct PCE and a pharmacy technician will not get you those hours. Perhaps you already have these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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