The Pharmacy Residency Podcast, with your host, Tony Guerra, has interviews and information on building your career, health, and wealth before, during, and after residency. Interested in being a guest on a show about pharmacy residency? Email me at tonythepharmacist@gmail.com The Pharmacy Residency Podcast is part of the Pharmacy Podcast Network.
TLDR: Skip the grief process for now, take on Phase II, and email me if you want some quick advice tonythepharmacist@gmail.com
Here’s a list of the top reasons students get turned down for pharmacy residency programs, not necessarily ordered by most common to least common based on why you in particular did not match:
Weak or Unfocused Letters of Intent
A poorly written or generic letter of intent is one of the most common re...
Here's the website for the Interview Materials https://residency.teachable.com/p/interview
Dive deep into the residency program's structure, goals, and key rotations. Understand their mission statement and identify what makes them unique. This will help you tailor your responses and show genuine interest. Use the Excel file to match your APPEs...
I just wanted to remind you that I’m still offering one-on-one help with letters of intent for residency applications. If you’d like to work with me, simply head to residency.teachable.com Read more
I just wanted to remind you that I’m still offering one-on-one help with letters of intent for residency applications. If you’d like to work with me, simply head to residency.teachable.com. Look for the interview course, sign up there, and then email me your letter of intent.
Make sure your letter is addressed and formatted according to the template provided in the free LOI course...
Free Residency Application DIY Course https://residency.teachable.com/
In this multi-part series we're going to start looking at what makes residency applications stand out. One of the wow moments, is if you have your name as an author on a peer-reviewed publication, but there are other reasons to publish as well, including finding where your area of specialty is. Want to work with me one-on-one on your letter of intent, you can find some free resources here to get started. https://residency.teachable...
The lack of urgency with preparing for the NAPLEX and MPJE always bothered me. It's like here's the one thing that if you don't pass, you don't work, and students are completing APPE requirements instead of getting deep into their preparation. In this episode, I talk about how NAPLEX pass rates which were in the high 90s in 2009 are now in the high 70s. Only 1554 students last year graduated from a school of pharmacy with a pass ra...
My wife and I matched in the old scramble (which is now more organized as Phase II) but 15 years later she is in an ambulatory care clinical position and I have been teaching in college for that same time, both jobs we love. In this episode, I talk about the importance of mentors and how those residencies available in the scramble can lead to an excellent career that is very work/life balance excellent as well.
Need help preparing...
Phase II is about speed. With over 700 unfilled PGY 1 positions and only a few hundred more than that who will put in applications, you do have a very good chance in Phase II.
If you want my one-on-one help go to https://residency.teachable.com/p/phase2
My turnaround is around 24 hours.
The data show that you should have a better than 50% chance of matching in Phase II this year with the number of available positions, even better...
The odds of matching to residency are very dependent on the school of pharmacy you are going to, while the top schools match above 90%, the lowest schools match at 20%, so it's still a good idea to start job hunting before the match because there are hundreds of pharmacists getting the news on the exact same day.
If you need my help in Phase II, you can find my website here, I expect there will be close to 700 open positions after...
The biggest residency interview mistake is not focusing on being positively remembered as there are many applicants, and standing out takes the 5 Ps:
With those in your tool belt, you can continue the conversation after the interview to ensure you are not forgotten.
Need my help, check out https://residency.teachable.com/p/interview
It's exciting and stress-relieving when that first interview offer comes in, but do you know what to do? In this episode, I've gone over the first steps and you can check out the course I have to see if it's something that you want help with your presentation PowerPoint and need email support. Sometimes you just don't want to ask your professors questions. Anyway, you can find the free Case Study document and link to the course her...
One point of annual confusion is whether one should do a residency or fellowship. In this episode, I turn to Keaton Higgins, the executive fellow at the Tennessee Pharmacists Association and University of Iowa graduate for his insights on the fellowship experience. You can contact him here:
https://www.tnpharm.org/about/tpa-executive-fellowship-in-association-management/
Need help with your LOI, sign up at https://residency.teacha...
You can find the free template here, just hit "Preview." You just need to scroll down some.
https://residency.teachable.com/p/extremeloi
It's not your fault, but you can't say it's their fault, in this episode I help you walk the line to articulate you handle things as a professional. Got questions for me? tonythepharmacist@gmail.com
In this episode, I go over the factors that will stand as the headwinds against your matching vs. some of the tailwinds that will help you get there and it depends a lot on where you go to school and where you apply.
Some of these factors you can affect, some you can't, but the most important thing is to recognize where to spend your time over the next few weeks to get the very best chance.
Need my one one-on-one help, go to https:...
You just realized how many people you are competing against and how qualified they are. How in the world are you going to stand out? Start by worrying about the match rather than winning the "best applicant." Often the rubrics end up in multiple ties and it's the relationships that matter more than anything else. Need my one on one help, hit me up at https://residency.teachable.com/
If you're an introvert, you're likely dreading the interview. The key is to get out of your own head by becoming more interested in the other person than you are about trying to tell your own story. It may sound counter-intuitive, but if you put the other person first, you'll find yourself landing a residency in the fall. Here's the residency interview book:
https://www.audible.com/pd/100-Strong-Residency-Interview-Questions-Answe...
Work one-on-one with me here: https://residency.teachable.com/
ASHP MidYear creates a ton of fear of missing out, but what happens is that students get there and find that they really missed an opportunity. The key is not to make the big 5 mistakes
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