Transition Series: Retail to Non-Traditional Clinical
Watch the webinar replay here.In this warm session with Tracy Dabbs (PharmD), Tracy shares details of her life and career journey. She talks about how we helped her move to a non-traditional career from retail that helped her achieve more work-life balance and the...
Transitioning from Retail to Non-Traditional Pharmacy Roles
Job satisfaction has been a common illusion to most working class people. People tend to view conventional work activities differently. Hence, some do not get to have as much fulfillment as they anticipated prior to their recruitment. Pharmacists are...
Transition Series: Retail to Loving Work Again
Watch the webinar replay here.In this episode of the Transition Series, Alex Barker chats with Julie Kidd and Keenan Rea. Julie is one of the coaches at the Happy PharmD and worked with Keenan in transitioning from retail to ambulatory care. Keenan also shares details...
Avoiding The Argument While Encouraging A Meeting Of The Minds
Pharmacy is always wrong. I’ve noticed that. No matter who Pharmacy fights with— whether it’s doctors, patients, nurses, administrators, or other department managers. No matter how logical we are. Or no matter how well we follow the...
Strategies For Selecting The Right Answer And Passing Multiple Choice Tests
I’m a trivia nut. I’ve always loved trivia questions. I wanted an activity to play with my fellow Temple Men’s Club members during the pandemic. So I organized a daily trivia game. In order to make it more interesting, I asked questions on a variety of topics. I...
Why Pharmacies Can’t Find Good Pharmacy Technicians — Is It The School Or Student That’s Not Successful?
I’m from New Jersey. There are a plethora of hospitals in our state. Large ones, small ones, major medical complexes, and smaller specialty facilities. We have a multitude of retail pharmacies, also. There are many larger chain pharmacies—sometimes...
The Never-Ending Process of Devising Schedules – Why Catering To The Staff Made The Schedules Work Out
I’ve performed many difficult tasks as a pharmacy manager. I’ve remodeled a pharmacy, designed a new clean room, and started a chemotherapy program. I’ve even worked with management to present a new contract to our unionized pharmacy staff. But the toughest job...
How to Become a Compounding Pharmacist | Compounding Pharmacy
If you want to download this guide + 48 other pharmacy career paths for you to access later, you can download it here. This article is a part of a series of The Many Paths of Pharmacy, which has 48 other pharmacy career paths. Summary – Compounding Pharmacist...