About my Interview:

I interviewed Luis Rodas, a doctor of Pharmacy in the local Walgreen's here in Davie, Florida.

I introduced myself as a hopeful future-pharmacist and told him where I attended school and what the interview was for. I found out a lot of interesting information about both the Pharmaceutical practice as well as Dr. Rodas personally. Probably the most interesting thing that I discovered during my interview, was the crazy work hours that some pharmacists deal with. For instance, Dr. Rodas works 7 days out of the week but then gets the fallowing 7 days off. He works the night shift Monday through Friday from 10p.m. to 8a.m. On Saturday and Sunday he works 11 hour shifts. All together this comes to around 70 hours a week.

Interestingly enough, as I was waiting to interview Dr. Rodas, a Nova Southeaster Pharmacy student got in line to fill a prescription. I was lucky enough to be able to ask her a few questions as she waited in line. I found out that she is currently in her 11th and final year of school. When I heard this, I panicked. I thought that pharmacy was a 6year program give or take. However, depending on which degrees you get, and whether or not you go for your Bachelors, school can take a very long time. This admittedly made me question my commitment for a second, but as of now I am willing to do what it takes.

My interview was a very eye opening and exciting experience. It further concluded that this is defiantly going to be a difficult journey in a difficult major. However, seeing the bright future that Dr. Rodas has gives me a lot of determination and drive to work as hard as I can to get my education. Overall, I believe the interview went extremely well.