Dixie you and your family should be so proud of this young woman!! Congrats!
Ps. Tell the dolt professor that your daughter will have plenty of chances to care for Guatemalans and ‘natives’ in any town USA! And probably for free!
Thank you all so much for your replies. I haven’t read much of the thread, but I’ve seen enough to know that I need to clarify something.
My daughter is a PharmD. In pharmacy, one can go one of two ways. A PhD in pharmacy allows one to teach, or reasearch. PharmD is a professional school, like medical school, which allows one to teach, reasearch, and be hands on with the patient. I don’t think any school in the country offers a BS in Pharmacy...rather they offer pre-pharmacy, like pre-med.
In PharmD school, she had three years in the classroom, was an intern this past school year, having rotations in different areas such as oncology, internal medicine, infectious diseases, and had one rotation in a research lab. She’s been selected for a residency beginning in July, which will allow her to concentrate in any area of study, or several areas of study...that will be up to her. After she completes her residency, she will be considered a clinical pharmacist, rather than staff pharmacist. Should she desire, she can go on to specialize in a specific field.
A PharmD can’t diagnose an illness, but is allowed to work with the patient on their meds. For instance, one man was very ill, but couldn’t afford the prescribed med ($155 per month), so he was constantly in the hospital clinic where my daughter was working. When WalMart announced their $4 drug program, she was able to find three meds on their approved list which would do the same job that the one, expensive med did. So, he was able to have the very same treatment for $12 a month, instead of $155. PharmDs, also, work with their patients to find the right med with the least side effects. Clinics, such as diabetic clinics, pain clinics, etc., are more and more being run by PharmDs. Of course, the physician is kept in the loop about their patient’s meds, but having someone so knowledgeable about drugs, frees them up to concentrate on their patient’s illness, and to keep up with latest medical technology.
As far as my getting in touch with the Dean, my daughter is a big girl...she can take care of herself. When I wrote that, I was just being a “mother.” ;o)
Now, I’m going to read the thread.
Thank you all once again.
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
I’m glad I won’t be that guy tomorrow. He’s probably wondering why his ears are starting to burn...
A question I always ask those who tell me they are going to some other country to help the needy.............
Are we out of needy people here ?
Glad yer little lady is a Doctor now !
..... Congrats on her accomplishment and her GPA and to you, for raising her, to pursue her goals of a profession and family !!!
congrats!
Maybe that professor doesn't give grades, just a go get em as he sends them out to perform medicine on the rest of us.
The professor is a jerk and the people who love your daughter KNOW the truth. That's what matters.
Don't let the small-minded little leftist houseflies bother you today.
God bless you and your daughter! The whole family must be so proud!
Congrats.
And this “vanity” does have political and sociological roots worthy of discussion here.
Forgot to say congratulations to you, too, for your success in excellent parenting.
Congrats to your daughter and her family!
Your daughter did great! And compared to being a good daughter, wife, and mother... grades matter little, but because she knows what’s important how could it have turned out any other way.
The prof? Probably was the perpetual dodgeball target growong up.
Your daughter did great! And compared to being a good daughter, wife, and mother... grades matter little, but because she knows what’s important how could it have turned out any other way.
The prof? Probably was the perpetual dodgeball target growing up.
Congratulations! Your daughter should be very proud. That’s quite an accomplishment!