lunes, 20 de julio de 2020

Postgraduate Studies


 When I finish my minor and maybe after working for a couple of years in the job that I described on my latest post I’d like to take a major on Clinical Toxicology so I could be able to consider more thoroughly possible treatments which can exert the most appropriate and least nocive effects.

 I’m thinking of the possibility of taking the major here, in Chile at the University of Valparaíso since they give majors on both, Clinical Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy so I’d have the chance to do either of those locally. On the other hand, I love the idea of traveling abroad and more if the reason of it is my professional development. Since the University of Valparaíso is just a 150 [km] away from Santiago I think that moving there for the duration of the major would be an approachable idea, so I’d mostly have presential classes and practices. But if I get the chance of studying abroad I’d like more to have a blended system, presential and distance learning so I’d be able not to leave for so much time since I love to spend time with my family here in Chile.

My Future Job


When I finish my minor, I’d like to work at Assistential Pharmacy, a job which could be considered an “office job” so it could be done mostly indoors since it’s about managing/evaluating the most efficient and cheaper treatments (and with the largest volume possible) for patients in need. I think that this kind of job would be both, demanding and exciting, the first one because it has to do directly with the life of patients and exciting because it would be a great challenge as for my intellect and my social skills.
 Since this kind of job it’s generally practiced directly at a given hospital per time I wouldn’t expect traveling much because of it, but I might get the chance to do so due to negotiations that comes with the job.
 To complement the charge, I’d like to take a major on Clinical Toxicology so I’d get to have a broader knowledge of the possible interactions of the drugs that we might get to acquire.

How green are you?

I’ve learnt about environmentally friendly practices mostly from documentaries and the internet. Since quite some months ago I’ve been organizing and separating most all of the recyclables from the waste that I produce to put them on the recyclable closet available on my building.

 Neither I nor anyone from my family own a car. I do own a bike which I love to ride anywhere I can, though it’s been trapped at the mechanic since the beginning of the pandemic, sadly. And when it come to walking, I’m the best for taking long trips on foot.

When it comes to joining or supporting eco-organizations I just haven’t got the opportunity to do so yet. One the other hand, one of the most important things that I’ve done is changing my dietary habits. It’s been almost a year now since I’m a vegetarian, and just by doing this my carbon footprint is considerably lower than it was when I consumed meat products. Just imagine that to produce a single burger of 0,1 [kg], 2000 [lts] of water are consumed and the equivalent of 9 [kg] of CO2 are emitted as greenhouse gases. Just incomparable amounts against the average 2 [kg] of CO2 per kilogram of any vegetable.

Finally, from my perspective, I’d promote more broadly and thoroughly the use of public or not motorized transportation for things that don’t really require this kind of overuse of resources

Changes to my Study Programm

  Our career consist of 11 semesters or 5 and a half years. For us coursing Pharmaceutical Chemistry the workload is very heavy. Every sem...