At Mac's Pharmacy we have several partnerships set up with area schools where we host students for a month and they come to Mac's Pharmacy to gain experience in the unique setting that is independent community pharmacy. Some students are in pharmacy school and others are taking pharmacy techinician courses, this month we were fortunate enough to host an international exchange student from India. Aamir is in the pharmacy technician training program at Roane State and is working towards getting into pharmacy school. It has been a great experience for all of us at Mac's Edgemoor Pharmacy to have had Aamir around for the last three weeks. He is a very hard worker and a fun person to have worked with. Aamir was nice enough to type up a blog entry on his experience from his unique perspective. Here is his blog. Enjoy! - Mike
Hi, I’m Mohd Aamir Firoz, an exchange student from India studying at Roane State Community College under Pharmacy Technician program. I’m writing this blog to help other people deal with the aspects, by bringing the two sides of coins together with the sometimes overwhelming prospect of starting to gain something different and new in life while still running on old one. Well, this blog is about my experience here in United States, enlightening the difficulties I faced, the differences both in culture and education system. It’s been around 8 months I m here is states. And there is a lot I have gained and seen since then. The culture here is a lot different to which I used to. I was selected by the state department of US on scholarship basis through a program called Community College for International Development (CCID), and for me it is a wonderful opportunity to learn something new, different and challenging. So far I have a wonderful experience out here. Prior to come here, I already completed 2 years of my Pharmacy (usually called D Pharm – Diploma in pharmacy) and 500 hours of training at hospital pharmacy (both In-patient and out-patient). Being a Pharmacy Major, I’ve seen lot of difference in my field of study. In India the system of medicine is totally different from what I’ve seen here so far. In here authorities emphasize on Customer satisfaction, Inventory control, controlling regulating and circulating drugs etc. In my home country authorities do emphasize on all these aspects, but the way I’ve seen them here is outstanding. Advanced robotics and computerized systems in pharmacies makes it easier and more efficient, reducing a lot of manual work, which is good, but here comes the problem. Incorporation of these advanced system makes it efficient, and chances of making mistakes are about 99.9 % which is a good part, but what I think is by doing this the chance of unemployment is increased.
The education system in here is so smooth and I like it, which is in a way lot different from which I’ve been studying from past 16 years. I did not do much research on that part but what I’ve seen is that here the students are emphasized on a lot of different thing all together since they are little, like - studies, sports, music and arts etc. etc. and the way of living is in “co” with what they study. This does not put a lot burden on them. But the education system in India is not like that, not all but most of the students just emphasis on either studies, or sports or music or art thus in their field of interest they feel like having a lot burden especially in studies.
My life in US is really good so far. I enjoyed being and studying here. In this program, I worked as a student intern at Methodist Medical Center (Oak Ridge, TN). Then I moved to gain some experience at Kroger’s Pharmacy (Oak ridge, TN) for some time and right now I am working as an intern at Mac’s Pharmacy (Claxton, TN). I enjoyed working with the people here; well they are so nice, helpful and satisfying; some funny also. Its been a pleasure for me to work with such a wonderful group of people.I learned a lot and during my internship so far. This program is an awesome opportunity for me. Before coming here I was just involved with my studies and my way of living. I did not thought of studying abroad, but now I do. But one thing what I don’t like is if you come from a country with lower currency, then for you it is difficult to study, because it is quiet expensive unless you are able to take care of it. It’s important to find that difficult balance between having confidence in your work and studies and not expecting instant success. If you don’t get what you like then like what you get, this is a key to success or rather excellence.
By:-
Aamir
Hi, I’m Mohd Aamir Firoz, an exchange student from India studying at Roane State Community College under Pharmacy Technician program. I’m writing this blog to help other people deal with the aspects, by bringing the two sides of coins together with the sometimes overwhelming prospect of starting to gain something different and new in life while still running on old one. Well, this blog is about my experience here in United States, enlightening the difficulties I faced, the differences both in culture and education system. It’s been around 8 months I m here is states. And there is a lot I have gained and seen since then. The culture here is a lot different to which I used to. I was selected by the state department of US on scholarship basis through a program called Community College for International Development (CCID), and for me it is a wonderful opportunity to learn something new, different and challenging. So far I have a wonderful experience out here. Prior to come here, I already completed 2 years of my Pharmacy (usually called D Pharm – Diploma in pharmacy) and 500 hours of training at hospital pharmacy (both In-patient and out-patient). Being a Pharmacy Major, I’ve seen lot of difference in my field of study. In India the system of medicine is totally different from what I’ve seen here so far. In here authorities emphasize on Customer satisfaction, Inventory control, controlling regulating and circulating drugs etc. In my home country authorities do emphasize on all these aspects, but the way I’ve seen them here is outstanding. Advanced robotics and computerized systems in pharmacies makes it easier and more efficient, reducing a lot of manual work, which is good, but here comes the problem. Incorporation of these advanced system makes it efficient, and chances of making mistakes are about 99.9 % which is a good part, but what I think is by doing this the chance of unemployment is increased.
The education system in here is so smooth and I like it, which is in a way lot different from which I’ve been studying from past 16 years. I did not do much research on that part but what I’ve seen is that here the students are emphasized on a lot of different thing all together since they are little, like - studies, sports, music and arts etc. etc. and the way of living is in “co” with what they study. This does not put a lot burden on them. But the education system in India is not like that, not all but most of the students just emphasis on either studies, or sports or music or art thus in their field of interest they feel like having a lot burden especially in studies.
My life in US is really good so far. I enjoyed being and studying here. In this program, I worked as a student intern at Methodist Medical Center (Oak Ridge, TN). Then I moved to gain some experience at Kroger’s Pharmacy (Oak ridge, TN) for some time and right now I am working as an intern at Mac’s Pharmacy (Claxton, TN). I enjoyed working with the people here; well they are so nice, helpful and satisfying; some funny also. Its been a pleasure for me to work with such a wonderful group of people.I learned a lot and during my internship so far. This program is an awesome opportunity for me. Before coming here I was just involved with my studies and my way of living. I did not thought of studying abroad, but now I do. But one thing what I don’t like is if you come from a country with lower currency, then for you it is difficult to study, because it is quiet expensive unless you are able to take care of it. It’s important to find that difficult balance between having confidence in your work and studies and not expecting instant success. If you don’t get what you like then like what you get, this is a key to success or rather excellence.
By:-
Aamir
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