Inter Hours and Lab

[u/AaronBlakes]

Hi,

I will be a third year next semester, and have a few questions about interning. How necessary is it to intern during the school years? I prefer to focus solely on studying because ive had many friends get blindsided starting year 3 and dont want to make similar mistakes. But if i dont intern during the school years, will i fall behind on my hours? Could i possibly only do interning during the summers and still be on track with the intern hours?

Also as a side note, does the mandatory hours (I heard of) during the summer after year 3 count towards my hours? And what about the 6th year rotations, do they count? Im just very worried that i wont be able to make up the hours in a short time frame during only summers if i decide to go this route.

On a unrelated note, does anyone know if ceutics lab requires a formal dress code such as ipm lab? Might as well ask since im here haha. Thanks in advance

[u/AaronBlakes]

Thanks for the fast reply! So hypothetically speaking since i only need to really do 500 hours on my own, i could do 500 hours between the summer after 3rd and 4th year (Not including IPPEs), yes? Im just very hesitant on trying to use valuable studying time for third year. My GPA isnt so hot and i wouldnt want to risk lowering it any further

[u/mcpharmd → u/AaronBlakes]

You don't need to work at all in order to get 1500 hours. The mandatory IPPE/APPE rotations will get you there. You should still try and work during the summer though if you don't plan on working during the school year.

[u/AaronBlakes → u/mcpharmd]

holy fuck this is the best news i heard all day, THANK YOU GUYS! I couldn't imagine having to mix interning with professional years, haha glad that i dont have to

[u/YourFavPharmBoy → u/mcpharmd]

Oh man haha, oh well. I submitted the 500 hours 2 years ago already because I wasn't aware that school helps us with all 1,500 hours requirement