When you become a pharmacist, how will you improve the profession?

"I have chosen to become a pharmacist because of the broad impact I can make on my patients, their families, and my community as a whole. Being a pharmacist is much more than dispensing medication. It's a career where I can get to know many of my patients on a closer level since they will visit me regularly for prescription refills. I can educate my patients on proper dosing, which impacts their day, including side-effect management, appetite levels, sleep quality, and even mental clarity. As a pharmacist, I will improve the profession by bringing this whole-health knowledge and mindset to my patients. When my patients feel motivated and empowered to take their entire health into their hands, it will create a trickle-down effect in other aspects of their lives, including their family members' well-being. This ripple will help create greater respect for proper medicating, improve how the public views our profession, and highlight how patients can rely on a pharmacist to help them manage their health."

While explaining how you will improve the pharmaceutical profession, you want to avoid appearing arrogant or saying anything disparaging about pharmacists currently working in the industry. If you speak poorly of others or act cocky, the interviewers will choose another candidate for the pharmacy program.