2009 March | RxMike

New Theory on Why Many RPhs Oppose Tech Standards

// March 29th, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Pharmacy General, Pharmacy Regulations, Pharmacy Technician

Why do so many pharmacists fiercely oppose requiring increased standards for pharmacy technician education, training, certification and recognition? This is the million dollar question.

For the past ten years, I, along with most others, have assumed that the answer was (or a variation) that pharmacists viewed the advancement of pharmacy technicians as a direct, or implied, threat to their own job security. I’ve always known that it was a weak response to the question; pharmacists, after all, are very intelligent individuals…how could they accept such an absurd notion as “if pharmacy technicians are required to complete standardized education and take on more responsibilities in the pharmacy, they eventually won’t need me….the chains will realize that they can replace my $100k+ salary with a $30K salary…”? This is as ridiculous as pharmacy technicians opposing pharmacy automation for the same reasoning.
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RxMike: Reloaded

// March 27th, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Uncategorized

So…after three weeks, RxMike is back!
Well technically, I never left…I just was unable to post new content to www.rxmike.com

My blogging was put on hold while the Schipulites worked on a fresh, new look for the site.

Major props (Did I just say that? I’m pretty sure I’m too old to use that term.) to @dstagg, @fayza and also to NPTA’s new creative director, Laurel Goodroe. Additional features will be added to www.rxmike.com over the weeks ahead, so if you have any suggestions, leave a comment.

Of course my friends and my followers never missed a beat.

RxMike’s Week in Plumbing Purgatory

// March 6th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Funny

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It all started off as innocent as could be, with a broken garbage disposal. I headed off to Lowe’s to purchase a new disposal and one of their friendly associates explained that they would come out and install it for only $84 (which I found rather insulting). How hard, after all, could it be to replace a garbage disposal – even for a novice “do-it-yourself-er”? I would soon find out.
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