Hi JakeDextro and Chemiguy,
I am happy to find other people with a background similar to mine. I obtained a pharmacy degree in Italy, PhD in Chemistry (South Africa) and I am currently a post-doc in the US. Research didn't work out for me and I thought that going back to pharmacy practice could be a good idea. I am about to start my internship in the US after getting the FPGEC.
I would like to take the next 3-5 years as a transition from research to pharmacy practice and improve my clinical skills to better help patients (maybe I'll enroll in a non-traditional PharmD programme... and I'll start a collection of degrees!!
).
I think our multifaceted background will help us finding other future opportunities and for sure a pharmacy license will lead to even more possibilities (retail, hospital, industry, research). If not, a license will certainly give us some financial stability.
Good luck to you both!
Cheers,
anacleto