I'm Curious

[Jeunemaitre]

What do you do?

-pakman

I finished my BS in Psych in 2000 and just last month passed the 3 yrs of experience mark at a small consulting firm doing health care research (I plan on holding my skill point until lvl 5 and putting it into "401k vesting"). The firm has two branches, most of my time is spent on pharmacoeconomics (cost-effectiveness of new/emerging drugs and delivery systems) but I also contribute to PRO work (Patient Reported Outcomes, usually measured in terms of quality of life, or functional status).

Up-side: lots of interesting information on treatment for different diseases: depression, schizophrenia, cancer (lung, colorectal, breast), atrial fibrillation/tachycardia, ED, etc.; using more of the things I learned in the classes that I wanted to take (chem, anatomy, dugs & human behavior, calculus, stats, abnormal psych) than the ones I had to take (child psych, adolescent psych, anthropology).
Down-side: realizing how much some of these treatments cost; walking the line between good science and pharma marketing; being beholden to the billable hour.

edit:mmm... mixed tenses.