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Pharmacist Offers Stamp Jewelry
Pharmacist Offers Stamp Jewelry Pharmacist Louis V. Coleman of Eau Gallie, Florida, who recently retired after 40 years of pharmacy practice, has been carving reproductions of the pharmacy commemorative stamp and reproducing the stamp on such jewelry items as cuff links, tie tacs and bars as well as letter openers and money clips. Besides serving as president of the Brevard County Pharmaceutical Association and the Central Florida Pharmaceutical Association, Coleman has found time to design and carve original works for the Albany College of Pharmacy, the Florida Veterinary AssociaKirk and Henderson (Continued from page 623) community pharmacy indicated a desire to be an owner or partner, while another onesixth planned to be managers. These findings can be interpreted as showing a desire on the part of the majority of women students to rise to administrative or managerial positions. Schwirian has stated several reasons why she believes women pharmacists will be better represented in administrative positions in the coming years.4 Would Pharmacy Career Be Selected Again When asked to indicate if they would select a pharmacy career over again, more than four out of every five respondents said "Yes" (Table VII, at right). This question should be asked again after they have been practicing pharmacy for a few years to see if their expectations as students were borne out through their experiences. Summary Throughout the study the students consistently indicated the desire to combine practicing pharmacy with devoting time to family and home. They viewed pharmacy practice as a means of being a member of the health care team which would be challenging, offer high salary potential, and could be pursued on either a full-time or part-time basis. For a woman desiring a health career, pharmacy may well "fill the gap" between nursing and medicine. Nursing may hold part-time job opportunities, but there is a growing shortage of nurses and continual pressure is brought to bear on them to maximize their work time. Also, nursing does not have the salary potential that pharmacy does. On the other hand, medicine requires a considerably longer period of education and traditionally has not been
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tion and the Florida Jaycees. Coleman also has offered the schools of pharmacy a discount plan on quantity sales whereby the schools or their organizations can raise funds for service projects. Prices for the jewelry items, which are pictured here with the wood carving, areTie tac $4.00 Tie bar 4.00 Cuff links 6.00 Cuff links and tie bar 8.00 Money clip 4.00 Letter opener 6.00 Information and quantity prices are available from Louis V. Coleman, 2149 Pineapple A venue, Eau Gallie, FL 32935.
Would Students Select Pharmacy Career Again
Table VII
Women Students
N Yes No Maybe
290 56 6
Total
352
% 82 .4 15.9 1.7
--
100 .0
Se v e n stud e nts did n o t answe r t h e qu est io n .
viewed as a part-time occupation. The fact that so many women anticipated combining pharmacy practice with raising a family should caution manpower planners that women pharmacists will continue to spend a considerable portion of their career either not practicing or working part-time. It also questions the validity of predictions that tomorrow's women pharmacist will devote herself to her career to a greater extent than the woman pharmacist today. The degree to which the women in this study will divide their time between family and career could well depend on how the actual practice of pharmacy matches their perceptions of practice as students. If their work experiences prove to be highly challenging and rewarding, perhaps the women will devote more of their career to practicing pharmacy than they anticipated in this study. If, on the other hand, their anticipated satisfaction with pharmacy is not realized and if administrative opportunities do not develop, the women could lose interest in their profession. In recruitment literature emphasis often is placed on the part-time job opportunities in pharmacy for women . The ability to determine one's own hours of work plus the ease in finding employment in any location has been mentioned continually. In addi-
tion, the challenge of pharmacy for a woman interested in a health-related profession, without the worry of sex discrimination, is stressed. The students in this study agreed with this description of pharmacy for women. Such recruitment materials probably are effectively attracting women to at least consider pharmacy as a career. The overwhelming percentage of students who indicated they planned to be practicing five years after graduation reflects the increasing number of women in the work force. The relatively high .interest in attaining managerial positions also reflects potentially changing trends for women in pharmacy. In general, the women students seemed to be anticipating a rewarding career as pharmacists . • References 1. JAPhA , NS13 (1 1), (Nov. 1973) 2. Occupational Manpower and Training Needs, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C., 463 (1971) 3. Kirk , K.W., and Ohvall, A.A ., " Practice Patterns of Women Pharmacists," JAPhA, NS13 (11), 615 (Nov. 1973) 4. Schwirian, P.M., " Occupational Roles of Ohio's Practicing Pharmacists," JAPhA, NS13 (11), 621 (Nov. 1973)
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tion and the Florida Jaycees. Coleman also has offered the schools of pharmacy a discount plan on quantity sales whereby the schools or their organizations can raise funds for service projects. Prices for the jewelry items, which are pictured here with the wood carving, areTie tac $4.00 Tie bar 4.00 Cuff links 6.00 Cuff links and tie bar 8.00 Money clip 4.00 Letter opener 6.00 Information and quantity prices are available from Louis V. Coleman, 2149 Pineapple A venue, Eau Gallie, FL 32935.
Would Students Select Pharmacy Career Again
Table VII
Women Students
N Yes No Maybe
290 56 6
Total
352
% 82 .4 15.9 1.7
--
100 .0
Se v e n stud e nts did n o t answe r t h e qu est io n .
viewed as a part-time occupation. The fact that so many women anticipated combining pharmacy practice with raising a family should caution manpower planners that women pharmacists will continue to spend a considerable portion of their career either not practicing or working part-time. It also questions the validity of predictions that tomorrow's women pharmacist will devote herself to her career to a greater extent than the woman pharmacist today. The degree to which the women in this study will divide their time between family and career could well depend on how the actual practice of pharmacy matches their perceptions of practice as students. If their work experiences prove to be highly challenging and rewarding, perhaps the women will devote more of their career to practicing pharmacy than they anticipated in this study. If, on the other hand, their anticipated satisfaction with pharmacy is not realized and if administrative opportunities do not develop, the women could lose interest in their profession. In recruitment literature emphasis often is placed on the part-time job opportunities in pharmacy for women . The ability to determine one's own hours of work plus the ease in finding employment in any location has been mentioned continually. In addi-
tion, the challenge of pharmacy for a woman interested in a health-related profession, without the worry of sex discrimination, is stressed. The students in this study agreed with this description of pharmacy for women. Such recruitment materials probably are effectively attracting women to at least consider pharmacy as a career. The overwhelming percentage of students who indicated they planned to be practicing five years after graduation reflects the increasing number of women in the work force. The relatively high .interest in attaining managerial positions also reflects potentially changing trends for women in pharmacy. In general, the women students seemed to be anticipating a rewarding career as pharmacists . • References 1. JAPhA , NS13 (1 1), (Nov. 1973) 2. Occupational Manpower and Training Needs, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C., 463 (1971) 3. Kirk , K.W., and Ohvall, A.A ., " Practice Patterns of Women Pharmacists," JAPhA, NS13 (11), 615 (Nov. 1973) 4. Schwirian, P.M., " Occupational Roles of Ohio's Practicing Pharmacists," JAPhA, NS13 (11), 621 (Nov. 1973)
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