What would you consider the most pressing concern facing pharmacists today?
There is a wide range of concerns facing the pharmacy industry and pharmacists. Your interviewers are interested in learning your thoughts on this topic, your concerns, and your motivation to solve some of these issues once you start your career. From their Core Values; "Innovation: Embrace change and challenge the status quo. Find new and better ways to enhance education, inside and outside the classroom. Enhance work quality and address institutional needs. Continually improve and upgrade skills and abilities. Through education and example, develop our students to be innovative."
Discuss your understanding of the potential challenges you'll face in your career as a pharmacist and in what ways you already see yourself as an innovator for confronting those challenges. Your answer will convey how seriously you take your career.
"I feel the most concerning issue in the pharmaceutical industry is the continual rise of drug prices. The best medications should be accessible to anyone, regardless of financial or social status. There has been a rising concern with big pharma creating drugs and pricing them so high that they are unattainable to most. What do you feel are the most concerning issues facing the pharmaceutical industry today?"
