Statement Of Purpose In Pharmacy

When asked what I wanted to be when as a child as far back as in my elementary years, I never minced word about wanting to be a pharmacist. This early desire to pursue pharmacy as a career was ignited by an incidence that occurred during my childhood. According to my mother, at about year two of age, I swallowed some Valium tablets from the medicine cabinet. Consequently, I acted irrationally, laughed uncontrollably and became sleep-deprived. Without a doubt, I ended up in the emergency room once my parents discovered what had happened.

Apparently this story lingered on in my mind and I was intrigued by “the magic” in this medicine that temporarily altered my consciousness at such a young age. In order to satisfy my curiosity, I took science

However while in pharmacy school in Nigeria, the notion that pharmacy practice in Nigeria was different from international standards was not lost on me and I wanted more. This was reinforced during my final year thesis which was designed to evaluate the practice of pharmaceutical care where I came to appreciate the difference of practice between developed and developing countries. Naturally, I threw myself into this project which I finished with an A grade and I became increasingly interested in practicing pharmaceutical care possibly outside Nigeria. In addition, the Project accessed pharmacist educational ability and readiness to provide pharmaceutical care.

Upon graduation, I did my internship at a Neuro-psychiatric Hospital where pharmacists were in the beginning phase in taking active clinical roles. As an intern, I counseled patients under the supervision of pharmacist and also joined other pharmacists as part of the healthcare team on clinical rotations to access patients’ response to treatments. The other healthcare members welcomed this development but with a lot of reservations which improved over time as they came to appreciate pharmacists’ input in the clinical

However, becoming a licensed pharmacist in the U.S. did not fall onto my laps like a bag of cherries. It required more from me, I wrote and passed four exams including a Foreign Pharmacy Equivalence Exam (FPGEE), TOEFL, NAPLEX and MPJE. In addition I did 1560 intern hours in a retail setting during which I was immersed into pharmaceutical care pactice. I learnt about the laws and ethics guiding pharmacy, dispensing processes as well as evaluating patients medicine and profile to identify and resolve potential problems. Eventually, I obtained my license and I secured my current job. Needless to say I am delighted and excited about being able to achieve my dreams to this