by Numan Shaikh | Nov 8, 2022 | Blog, Career, Success Story
This is The Happy PharmD Quarter 3 2022 update for our investors, stakeholders, partners, and affiliates. The Happy PharmD (HPD) continues to shift pharmacists into inspiring careers and lives. Another 60 pharmacists decided to work with us in Quarter 3, which is...
by Numan Shaikh | Oct 27, 2022 | Career, Professional Skills, Workplace Matters
Previously I wrote about medication errors in my hospital. I wrote about “just cultures”. This is an atmosphere in a hospital that blames the system rather than the person. Should a medication error occur, and the employee act properly, nothing would happen to the...
by Numan Shaikh | Oct 17, 2022 | Career Path, Professional Skills, Success Story
In this session, Laurie Linton and Laura Licari (a Happy PharmD coach), joined me live to share their experiences transitioning into specialty. Read till the end to find out how Laurie, one of our success stories from the Happy PharmD, made a smooth career transition...
by Numan Shaikh | Oct 4, 2022 | Career, Career Path, Success Story
It rarely happens. In fact, it almost never happens. My pharmacy was embarking on a new service. The hospital was going to become more accurate in their patient drug charges. The way our hospital charged for medication was simple. Each day my pharmacy sent a...
by Numan Shaikh | Sep 9, 2022 | Career Path, Health and Wellness, Professional Skills
In this webinar, I was joined by three pharmacists, Anna Schemel, David Steinberg, and Lori Huang, to discuss their journey into Pharma and Pharma-related fields. They share some decisions that helped lead them to their specific career path. They also highlight how...
by Numan Shaikh | Sep 8, 2022 | Career Path, Success Story, Workplace Matters
I’ve been very lucky in my hospital career. For the most part, I always had good bosses. Usually, they left me alone to run the pharmacy department. This was because they knew I could do the job. They knew I would do what was right. They knew that I was...
by Numan Shaikh | Sep 6, 2022 | Career, Professional Skills, Side Hustle
An academic journal uses peer reviewers to ensure that an article’s content is scientifically and professionally appropriate based on what was studied and what was concluded from the study. Often, an article will have two reviewers. Several sources, including the...
by Numan Shaikh | Aug 3, 2022 | Business and Entrepreneurship, Career, Career Path, Podcast, Professional Skills, Side Hustle, Success Story
Getting Started as a Medical Writer for Pharmacists in the United States and Canada In this special webinar session, I had the pleasure of teaming up with one of the coaches at the Happy PharmD, Janan Sawar, to host our guests Milena Murray, June Stevens, and Warda...
by Numan Shaikh | Jul 27, 2022 | Career, Career Path, Professional Skills
There’s a baby food shortage occurring in the United States. Imagine, first toilet paper and then baby food! I guess it’s a good thing that a shortage never occurred with drugs. Of course, it has. I started putting together a weekly list of drug shortages when I...
by Numan Shaikh | Jul 1, 2022 | Career, Network, Professional Skills, Workplace Matters
A while ago, there was a news story about a medication error. It seems a nurse gave a patient the wrong medication. The patient died. After a recent court battle, the nurse got three-years of probation. People make mistakes. Administrations and their...
