I am down to my last few weeks at Novartis.

I am actually quite excited for classes to start. Having Fridays off and not working 60 hours a week will be a very nice break, compared to the last four months of my life.
Classes won’t be too tough this semester, but I have two labs: communication lab and pharmaceutics lab. In addition to my labs I will be taking pharmacology II, pharmaceutics II, health care for professionals and also a communication class. I will continue my work study job during the week and will work at Dana Farber on Fridays. I plan to go to the beach a lot, and also golf. I did not have any time to relax this semester, so I am going to take advantage of the summer weather and truly enjoy it.

I have also begun thinking about potential co-ops for next fall. I will have to do something that involves retail. I don’t really have any interest in the typical CVS, Walgreen, Rite-Aid type retail stores. I would much rather work for an independent retail pharmacy. It is required that each student has one co-op at a retail pharmacy and one at a hospital. The third co-op is the student’s choice.

Hospital pharmacy is much more health driven. Retail pharmacies deal much more with insurance and customer service than with the medications. Hospitals are a great learning center for pharmacy students to interact with nurses, doctors and various other health care professionals whereas a retail setting is only centered on the pharmacy world.

I hope you have a good evening!