Correlation Between Dawn And Rose

While interviewing both Dawn and Rose, I considered the connections between their answers and topics stated during PHRM 831. The first correlation between class and the interviews was Topic 8, Illness, Disease, and Health & Professional Roles. I found it interesting how much trust individuals, especially new mothers, have in their local pharmacist. When either interviewee or their family was sick, they either went to the doctor or asked their pharmacist for advice. This shows that they both respect the pharmacist and expect them to be knowledgeable of all medications and even some common disease states. The idea of trusting someone while sick correlates to the concept stated in class that physicians and pharmacists have respect because they
Dawn’s answer was the one that surprised me. She stated that if there was an option then she would purchase the brand medication. This could be because she does not have multiple medications to keep track of. I wonder if her preference would change if she had around three or four prescriptions like Rose. The last correlation between class and the interviews is Topic 10, The pharmacy Profession. For the most part, both Rose and Dawn see pharmacists as someone who just knows a large amount about medications but have no part in the diagnosis and the prescribing of medications. Recently, the profession of pharmacy has been moving towards getting pharmacists prescribing rights. Both interviewees were unaware that in states such as California, pharmacists are already able to prescribe birth control medications. This leads me to the definition of a profession. According to thefreedictionary.com, a profession is an occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires training and specialized study. To be considered a profession, one needs to be viewed as a power of authority and have individuals that are not in the profession trust them to do their
An example of this can be found in both Rose and Dawn because they were both mothers and hold a high regard for pharmacists because they trusted them to help make their children feel better at a young age. Parents will do anything to help make this sick child get well again as quickly as possible. Age as a determinant is important when it comes to health care costs which grow substantially over time. This is shown in the difference of preference of brand versus generic drugs seen between Rose and Dawn. It was easy to draw connections between class topics and my discussions with Rose and Dawn. To reiterate, the three topics that correlated were as follows: Topic 8- Illness, Disease and health & Professional roles, Topic 6 – Determinants of Health Care Delivery, and Topic 10 – The pharmacy Profession. As discussed above, all the answers given by the interviewees aligned with the objectives stated in class. Overall, interviewing the general public is a great way to see the similarities and difference in both individuals and how they correlate to the actual topics that we learn in a college class