California-based pharmacist Jerry Fahrni is a consultant in pharmacy informatics. He explains how his hobby became his job. My road to becoming a pharmacist was convoluted. The college I went to did not offer much variety, so I started my college career in the department of engineering with hopes of eventually going to medical school because I thought I wanted to be a physician. During my first year of college, I realised that I did not enjoy any of the biological sciences but I loved chemistry, which is not an ideal combination for someone looking for a career as a physician. I knew I wanted to do something in healthcare so I started looking at careers that were heavily dependent on chemistry and that is how I ended up choosing pharmacy.
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