by Numan Shaikh | Dec 30, 2021 | Career, Career Path, General, Interview, Non Traditional Pharmacy Careers, Professional Skills, Success Story
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...
by Numan Shaikh | Dec 27, 2021 | Career, Career Path, General, Non Traditional Pharmacy Careers, Professional Skills
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...
by Numan Shaikh | Dec 24, 2021 | Career, Career Path, Podcast, Success Story
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...
by Numan Shaikh | Dec 7, 2021 | Blog, Career, General, Professional Skills, Workplace Matters
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...
by Numan Shaikh | Nov 2, 2021 | Blog, Career Path, General
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...
by Numan Shaikh | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Career Path, General, Professional Skills, Salary
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...
by Numan Shaikh | Sep 2, 2021 | Blog, Career, General, Professional Skills, Success Story, Workplace Matters
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...
by Numan Shaikh | Aug 10, 2021 | Career, Career Path
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...
by Numan Shaikh | Aug 6, 2021 | Career, Career Path
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 – Pharmacists in...
by Numan Shaikh | Aug 3, 2021 | Career, General, Workplace Matters
I’ve written several articles for The Happy PharmD. Most of them have been adversarial: Me and my pharmacy vs. the doctors. Me and my pharmacy vs. the nurses. Me and my pharmacy vs. the hospital’s administration. Most of the time I’ve painted these groups as the...
