<p>I have been working at a pharmacy for almost a year now and could take a few courses and obtain a pharmacy technician license. As a premed student, I want to know whether getting the license would be beneficial when applying to medical school. If I do get the license, I will be allowed to fill medications. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>How could it be bad lol? Yeah the license will be beneficial when applying to med school, because it's real experience, but don't let that be your only experience. Get the license it will help you stand out slightly and you get paid for getting experience :D. Beats volunteering and getting minimal experience.</p>
<p>That's what I think as well. However, I spoke to a premed advisor about this before and she said med schools might look at it as "Oh, this person isn't sure if he wants to do pharmacy or medical school." In that sense, she's right, and I also dont want to make it seem that I will do pharmacy as backup in case I dont get into med school; the only backup anyone should have is reapplying.</p>
<p>JWP07:</p>
<p>I agree with you. Here's what I think:</p>
<p>Would you get paid more as a pharm tech? If you would get paid more and you are using your job to support yourself in college, then I think it could be justified as a way of getting a raise. However, you should also have some kind of direct clinical experience (shadowing a surgeon, volunteering in an ER, etc.) to balance it out so med school adcoms are clear on the fact that you want to be a doctor, not a pharmacist.</p>
<p>Thanks shades_children. I have shadowed my family doctor last summer and plan on volunteering at the hospital this fall as I transfer to USC.</p>
<p>What I really want is to get some type of license and work in the hospital. Besides becoming an EMT, are there any other jobs that are similar?</p>