Carl Sandburg High School senior and member of MedClub Grace Pierson recently completed the Pharmacy Tech Boot Camp program, making her the first Eagle to complete the program and making Sandburg the first high school in the south suburbs to offer such a program.
The program consists of classroom hours as well as 20 clinical hours in a hospital for hands-on training. Grace not only completed the program, she earned her Pharm Tech license and a job offer from the Francisican Alliance in Olympia Fields, where she performed her in-person shadowing.
Pierson observed multiple members of the hospital’s Pharmacy Department in order to see all the different job functions of pharmacists, technicians, and other team members.
Find out what's happening in Orland Parkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Providing students clinical hours before their college experience is an incredible boost to students interested in the medical field. Pierson said, “I feel extremely grateful to be part of this experience. It has been extremely difficult, especially post-covid, to try and acquire clinical or shadowing experience. So, the opportunity to help prepare myself for the future and acquire knowledge about pharmaceuticals, as well as experience what the hospital environment is like, has been such an honor and privilege.”
Pierson plans on attending North Central College, becoming a physician's assistant and working with people with special needs. She says, “I am extremely grateful to have been exposed to the pharmaceutical environment, and am very happy to have been a part of this program.”
