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Realizing That A True Blameless Culture Corrects The System and Increases Medication Error Reporting

by Daniel Shifrin | 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...

Finding the Right Job for You as a Pharmacist

by Emmanuel Obaseki | May 19, 2022 | Career, Career Path, General, Interview, Network, Pharmacy Student, Professional Skills

By going through pharmacy school, you have a well-rounded background in various areas, including communication skills through delivering presentations and counseling patients, motivational interviewing experience, and some degree of technical writing experience. The...

How to Get Out of the Pharmacist Job Search Cycle

by Alex Barker | May 16, 2022 | Career, Career Path, General, Network, Pharmacy Student, Resume

We have all been at various points in our lives where we felt we have had enough and desired a change. It could be breaking free from an addiction, deciding to start a family, or in this case leaving a job where you have been unhappy and stressed. However, a few days...

Feeling Stuck in Your Career and How To Get Out

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...

Four Imaginary Courses That Should Be Part Of Everyone’s Basic Education

by Daniel Shifrin | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog, Career, Career Path, General, Network, Pharmacy Student, Student

Pharmacy is a very educated profession. On the undergraduate level, pharmacists have a deep knowledge of the sciences. As they progress through school, their clinical expertise expands. Thus, giving them a true understanding of the field of medication. On the...

Why It’s Important to Envision the Future

by Anthony Martinchick | Mar 18, 2022 | Blog, Career, Career Path, General, Network, Professional Skills

There comes a time in everyone’s career when we are faced with the question; “what next?” While we arrive at this point by different means and at our own unique pace, it typically occurs when the journey has reached a crossroad. It can come at an exciting time like a...

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