2014 Interview #2!

1. Who did you interview and what house are they in?
Seriah Escobedo. North House.
2. What ideas do you have for your senior project? Why?
I'm not really sure the requirements for it. It's either your career or hobby.
      It can be anything you want it to be.
Well I've been playing basketball for a long time so I'll probably end up doing that. It's what I know best and what I would do the best in.
3. What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship?
I was planning on helping a friend of a friend coach a basketball team.
4. What do you hope to see or expect to see in the 2013 presentations?
I'm hoping to see the way it goes, the format it's in and just how well the seniors do.
5. What questions do you have about senior project or senior year?
Is it easy to do all the senior work and Young Scholar and still have time for extra activities?
       Well I took two classes each quarter so it's pretty crazy. But I believe that if you can manage it and if you're good at time managing, then it's a piece of cake. The only thing about senior project is that you have to keep up with the deadlines. Once you fall behind, it takes a long time and a lot of work to get yourself caught up. I think you can do it, I have a lot going on so I think it's really manageable.

2014 Interview

1. Who did you interview and what house are they in?

I interviewed David Lara and I am in South House.

2. What ideas do you have for your senior project? Why?

I want to do something in business or ROTC  because it's something I hope to go into later on in life as a career option.

3. What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

I hope to work with my friend's dad in his tax firm or doing just taxes and stuff. I guess, try to get my hands on accountant duties.

What aspects of business do you want to get into?

I think either accounting or taxing. Sort of like H&R block.

Why?

To make money.

4. What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-Hour presentations?

 I would just see information. Just to see how artwork or baking can be put into a two hour presentation. I just want to see because I feel that the 2014 class is really lost so it's going to be nice to see examples of a 2 hour presentation of how to do it.

What are they lost on?

On mostly everything. They get the whole mentorship component but they're lost on the process such as the essential question and all that.

            But don't worry because it's a long process and at the end you'll see everything come together.

5. What questions do you have that I can answer about the senior year or senior project?

What grad night are you going to?

            Six Flags.

Where did you do your mentorship at?

            I did mine at a pharmacy since my senior topic is pharmacy. I got lucky. Sometimes it's hard to find mentorship especially with business or medical topics. It's difficult because you're a minor and you don't have a license to practice so be sure to start early.

Did you have a plan B?

            I had pharmacy and nursing because my dad's a nurse so I figured it would be easier.

How simple is your EQ? What is it?

            My EQ is okay. My EQ is, "How can a clinical pharmacist best provide quality patient consultations?" I wouldn't worry though because you just have to be on top of it and at the end everything will come together.

Blog 17: 4th Interview Questions

1. How can a clinical pharmacist best provide quality patient consultations?

2. How do you follow up with the patient?

3. What is the hardest part of patient consultations?

4. What's the difference between a regular pharmacist and a clinical pharmacist consultation?

5. What exactly do you talk to the patient about during the consultation?

6. What do you think is the most important thing a patient must understand?

7. How do you come up with the drug regimen for the patient?

8. What do you consider a quality consultation?

9. How often of the time does the patient really listen to you? Why do you think some patients adhere to the medication better than others?

10. What do you think are the reasons for a patient to not follow through with the drug regimen?

11. What conditions are your patients usually under? Is it multiple diseases or just a disease with many medication needs?

12. What things do you take into consideration when planning into the drug regimen?

13. How do you come up with the drug regimen?

14. What are the different duties that a clinical pharmacist does based on their location?

15. What are the steps you go through in the actual consultation?

16. What specific things do you explain to the patient in the consultation?

17. Why do you think it's important for a patient to have a quality consultation?

18. Are there any extra things as a clinical pharmacist can do to really make sure the patient understands?

19. In the consultation, what is the patient usually most confused about?

20. Are there usually any follow up problems with the drug regimen? How do you address those problems? 

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. How can a clinical pharmacist provide quality patient consultations?
2. When a patient asks for a consultation, what are the steps that you go through to assess them?
3. What do you consider a quality patient consultation?
4. What are the extra steps you take that you think you do differently than any other pharmacist when it comes to giving a consultation?
5. What is the difference between a pharmacist talking to a patient rather than a doctor?
6. Do you have any tactics or strategies in talking to a patient to take a medication that they are weary about?
7. What is the hardest thing for a patient to understand?
8. What is the hardest thing about doing a consultation?
9. What is the most important thing must a pharmacist do/know to help the patient?
10. What is the difference between a regular pharmacist and a clinical pharmacist?
11. What resources do you use that keep you up to date on up and coming drugs and/or technologies?
12. Are you involved in any other outside communities/organizations that help your patients?

Second Interview Questions

1. How did you get to the point you are at?
2. What was the academic pathway you took?
3. What was the hardest part of becoming a pharmacist?
4. How long did it take you to become a pharmacist?
5. What other classes did you have to take that you didn't expect to take to become a pharmacist?
6. What was the biggest obstacle you had to face when you were becoming a pharmacist?
7. Where did you work before?
8. What are things you think not a lot of people know you do as a pharmacist?

Interview Preparation

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1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?
I plan to interview Tony Villanueva for my first interview because she owns her own pharmacy and I believe that she would have a different perspective than just any pharmacist has.

2. What additional questions do you plan to ask?  

I also plan to ask: 

How did you get to the point you are at right now?

Was this what you originally wanted to do?

What is the most enjoyable part of the pharmacy field?

Are there any downfalls to becoming a pharmacist or getting into that field?