My experience in the UK as a Nigerian Pharmacist
As a young Nigerian Pharmacist and of course a university of Benin graduate, I thought I could 'waltz' into UK and practice pharmacy . Who would have thought that with my doctor of pharmacy degree, I still require to a one year conversion course to practice in the U K. Actually I was hoping to convert my six months visit visa to work visa but I couldn't. In order not to be idle, I started searching for any Job especially the ones related to my field. Surprisingly I was not also qualified for a pharmacist assistant. Who would have thought? After about 1 week of job hunting, luckily I got one......Pharmacist assistant at a pharmacy in Oxford. I was happy and of course my employer seemed friendly. Well, the company is family run and I was made aware of that on my first day. Now let's get to the job itself. There weren't much difference between the theoretical aspect of Nigeria pharmacy practice and the British own but a lot difference on ...