Curricular Competency Reflection

For my career project, I chose pharmacist, diagnostic medical sonographer and audiologist. I chose these careers because I am interested in medical science but don’t want to work in a hospital setting. Since grade 7, I wanted to become a pharmacist because I always knew that I wanted to make and test products as a career. Medicine and drugs were the most fascinating to me because of the affects it has on the human body. I chose the other two careers based on my highest matched jobs from my Blueprint. I haven’t really though about backup jobs so that’s why I chose from My Blueprint instead of my actual opinions.

The main takeaway of my research is that the steps it takes to get into the career is a long process and very challenging. For my careers, I need to go to university and complete the schooling for 4-6 years. For all my chosen programs, I need to take undergraduate classes before going into the actual program of choice. There is a lot of pre-requisites courses and requirements I need to take, and I was confusing for me to research about because there was a lot of information. I now know that I need to plan my post-secondary education before I apply and make sure I have the required courses to go into the program.  

The school that I am most interested in right now and has been for a while is UBC. I want to go to this school because it is close to home and it is a highly rated school. The programs that I am interested in are the bachelor of pharmaceutical science and entry to practice PharmD degree. I want to pursue pharmacy in the future and do it as a career and these undergraduate courses will be the first steps to get me there. These programs lead to a master’s degree in pharmacy and even a doctor’s degree if I want to continue studying for a longer period.

I think I am ready to plan my career journey based on my prior knowledge and what I have learned in this project. I need to plan my grade 11 and 12 courses carefully because I need to take certain high school classes to get into different programs. I also need to be sure that I want to do pharmacology in the future because I will be spending a lot of time studying and getting ready for the job. I can prepare myself by finding job shadowing opportunities to see what this career is like before I make my decision to study it. I can also talk to other people who are studying or doing this career right now. However, I will never know what it is actually like until I do the job, so it can be tricky choosing a career that is perfect for me.

Core Competency Reflection

Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in the way I organize my information and present my slides. My text boxes were neatly organized and had big font so people could see the information. I wasn’t reading off my slides, and I spoke what came to my mind which gave others more information about how I felt about the job, and it felt natural speaking about it. I also put in photos about my jobs so people can easily know what the career is about.  

I seek, develop and weigh options as demonstrated by choosing certain post secondary programs over others. I researched many post secondary programs and weighed out the pros and cons of each of them and chose the option that I liked the most. I compared what each program has to offer and chose which program stuck out to be based on the content of the classes and the reputation of the school. All my post secondary programs were in BC because I want to stay close to home and that was a pro for me.

An example of something I have spent a lot of time learning about is the tasks of the careers I chose and their pros and cons. I watched a lot of videos and articles and summarized the information based on the common points from all of my sources. I did this because people have different opinions about pros and cons and I wanted to get a common answer from most people who do this career. For the job summary, I used My Blueprint, Work BC and other websites to write my research because some sources left out information that others had. I wanted to make sure that I had all the important information in my presentation.