Independent Component 1

Literal
(a) I, Brandon Zelaya, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) I have completed 30 extra hours of service learning at the pharmacy I am working at
Interpretive
By completing 30 extra hours I have successfully exposed myself to more of the environment in the pharmacy which has expanded my knowledge on the drugs. I put away drugs which lets me read more about them like what they do and how they work and side effects. It also has shown me that I need to have good customer service skills.
Applied
This has helped me answer my EQ because I now know that I need more than knowledge of drugs to succeed I need good customer service skills or else I won't keep the customer coming back unless I am friendly to them and want them to come back

Third Interview Questions

1. What is the most important skill you have learned in pharmacy?
2. How high would you place knowing most of the drugs and what they do?
3. How successful do you think you are as a pharmacist?
4. With regards to the last question what skill do you think attributed to your success?
5. How does management help you as a pharmacist?
6. The skills that help you as a pharmacist do you think that they are exclusive to you or can anyone pick up on them?
7. Your skills did you teach yourself or can they come with experience?
8. How long does it take to become a "successful community pharmacist?"
9. When you hear a successful pharmacist what is the general idea that comes to mind when you hear this?
10. Is there anyone else who can be considered successful in the field of pharmacy?

Answer 1

1. Extensive knowledge on all kinds of drugs.
2. Brian my service learning provider shows by his actions in the pharmacy that if you don't know the drugs then you and your customers health can be in big trouble. Also you can't do one part of your job which is consultation with the patient.
3. Extensive articles that I have found on the internet has all said that you need to know the drugs and what they do. One article for example was from the Princeton Review and you can find that as entry number 26 on my working bib.

Blog 12: Service Learning

• I work at Henricks Pharmacy in Claramont which is about 20 minutes from my house.
• My contact is Brian Gardner who owns the pharmacy and is one of two pharmacists there.
• In the ten hours I have been there I have done one of three things. One and the most common is putting away the drugs or candy or bandages, I also file for them and keep things organized, and I also stand quietly and take notes on all the things that the pharmacist does.
• In total I have worked 16 hours.

Self Reflection

1. I believe that I have an AP because my research is not as stellar as it used to be.
2. I have done my science fair proposal well and I have been most proud of it.
3. I would like to improve my research as this is being a growing problem because of the scarcity of research.

Science Fair Proposal

1) If generic drugs have the same effects as brand name drugs then they should take the same time to penetrate a soluble surface.
2) The independent variable in the science component is the drugs I will be using. The dependent variables will be the times that they need to penetrate the soluble surface and the control is the soluble surface.
3) My science fair component will help fill the knowledge I need to be a successful community pharmacist which will help me explain the differences between generics and brands.
4) I will need a cup to hold the liquids with the water with the drugs, I will need paper as a soluble surface, and I
will need a generic version of aspirin and a brand name version of aspirin.
5) This is a Chemistry type science experiment.

What I've Learned So Far

1) I have learned that to be a pharmacist you need more than good peoples skills even better pharmacy techs and a leadership skills you need to be aware that what you are doing could kill people. The wrong dosage or strength could have the patient die from overdoes.
2) http://www.lowabram.com/articles/pharmacist-liability/
3)The internet has defiantly been my most important source as the internet is an infinite source of information and that has been a convenient source