It’s useless to take the exam to become a licensed pharmacist. I still have to pay education fees. Did I take the exam in vain?

It’s not that your certificate is useless, it’s that you are useless!

To paraphrase a popular saying now, don’t be offended! The author has come into contact with many candidates who are licensed pharmacists.

The cost of continuing education is only a few hundred yuan a year. Are your efforts really focused on exams, or on improving your medication knowledge and abilities?

First, the people who take the practicing pharmacist certificate test are the drugstore owners who I see most. There is no way, due to the needs of national policies, if you don’t have a certificate, you have to use someone else’s certificate. Many of my students open their own pharmacies. The business is good and they are very busy. They don't have time to read books and take exams. However, in recent years, more and more people have applied for the exams. They all know that the money paid to other practicing pharmacists is almost tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands, a year. It’s better to get a certificate once and for all for the cost you have to pay every year!

Second, employees of chain pharmacies. Many chain pharmacies have policies and requirements for employee training. In the company where the author worked before, the human resources department promised that as long as employees take the exam to be licensed pharmacists, they will be given holidays and subsidies, and if they pass the exam, they will also be promised a salary increase, with a minimum guarantee of around 4,000. Therefore, as soon as ordinary employees reach the time that meets the application period, they will contact us to apply for training courses and tutoring. Everyone is full of energy. Many of them are friends who often work in pharmacies and often pass the exam in one go. . Because everyone knows it well, and no one complains that the Licensed Pharmacist Certificate is useless. Everyone knows that if you want to continue to stay in this industry, maybe the Licensed Pharmacist Certificate is just a stepping stone. Everyone has it, but if you don’t, you are bound to be wrong. The threshold for my future career path has been lowered.

Third, undergraduates with high academic qualifications can find positions as quality managers in pharmaceutical companies after passing the exam as licensed pharmacists. You can search on Baidu to find out what the salary is for the position of quality manager. In fourth-tier cities like ours, there are basically 5,000 people, and the work is relatively easy. Weekends and statutory holidays are essential. Moreover, the working environment is good, and as long as you are a little self-motivated, you can move up step by step.

Fourth, now that the Internet is so developed, many online pharmacies require licensed pharmacists to review prescriptions, such as Alibaba, JD.com, and several other websites. It is necessary to recruit licensed pharmacists to review prescriptions part-time. Perhaps the questioner's horizons have not been broadened.

Fifth, a practicing pharmacist girl I know has opened a studio of her own, selling traditional Chinese medicine ointments, decoction pieces, scented tea and other health care services. I also learned Chinese massage by myself. From afar, I think I will be more popular in the future, and I can truly apply what I have learned.

How to plan your career after being certified as a licensed pharmacist? Welcome to follow my Baidu Q&A account to explore and communicate together. I hope everyone can learn something and use it instead of just being a nerd. Don't take exams just for the sake of exams. I think there is no problem in earning continuing education fees. Your thinking determines your way out!