by Alex Barker | Mar 30, 2022 | Burnout, Career, Health and Wellness, Network, Workplace Matters
After eight years, Dr. Ken O’Shea recently quit his role as a retail pharmacist to pursue a career in insurance. He shared his experience and reasons for quitting in an interview with the New York Times. One of the reasons he cited was the increasing pressures...
by Alex Barker | Mar 1, 2022 | Career, Career Path, General, Health and Wellness, Professional Skills
For most pharmacists reading this blog, our specialized training and commitment to work mean that we are high-achievers and take pride in doing our best. It also means we often already have a lot to do on our plates in our career. For the community pharmacist who is...
by Anthony Martinchick | Feb 17, 2022 | Burnout, Career, General, Health and Wellness
We’re taught from a very young age that the most important person in the whole wide world is you. Oftentimes this simple truth gets blurred, leaving us feeling empty and unfulfilled. As pharmacists it’s easy to see how this happens. You’re constantly taking care of...
by Alex Barker | Feb 15, 2022 | Career, Career Path, General, Health and Wellness, Professional Skills
On the surface, things often seem perfect – a great salary, a reasonable schedule, a stable job… But it’s also important to evaluate what’s going on inside. At the Happy PharmD, we have been reading up about the psychology of motivation lately. Abraham Maslow,...
by Daniel Shifrin | Jan 26, 2022 | Blog, Career, Career Path, General, Health and Wellness, Network, Professional Skills, Workplace Matters
I’m Jewish. I don’t celebrate Christmas. It’s not my holiday. To me, it’s just another day. Now this is a tough concept for someone to grasp who celebrates Christmas. Because for those who celebrate the holiday, Christmas is a big...
by Daniel Shifrin | May 4, 2021 | Career, General, Health and Wellness
In many of my hospitals, my pharmacy department interacted with three groups. They dealt with the doctors, they dealt with the nurses, and sometimes they dealt with the patients.And dealing with the patients has only been done recently. It has only been...
