Pharmacy Residency Podcast

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Ep 528 Late Recommendations Email Template Dec 22, 2022

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How do you communicate late recommendations as preceptors hit the holiday break? I have an email template for you here https://residency.teachable.com/p/extremeloi

I am turning around LOI revisions in about 24 hours for each one, so it can be pretty quick if you have a deadline approaching.

Ep 527 Late Transcripts Email Template and 24 Hour LOI Turnaround Dec 20, 2022

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How do you communicate late transcripts as colleges of pharmacy are closing? I have an email template for you here https://residency.teachable.com/p/extremeloi

I am turning around LOI revisions in about 24 hours for each one, so can be pretty quick if you have a deadline approaching.

Ep 526 Financial Peace of Mind and Residency Dec 18, 2022

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Derek Delaney is the founder and president of PharmD Financial Planning. PharmD FP is a fee-only, fully fiduciary financial planning firm that specializes in helping pharmacist families plan their tax-efficient retirement dream. Derek holds multiple advanced designations and credentials, including the Certified Financial Planner certification and the IRS Enrolled Agent designation. Derek has also been featured in several national publications, including the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and Financial Planning magazine. Derek is married to a pharmacist (Kortney) and has two kids. He lives at the same intersection of pharmacy, money, and life as other pharmacist families do throughout the country. You can find him at https://pharmdfp.com/

Ep 525 Supplemental Essay Help Dec 15, 2022

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If you want my one-on-one editing and help with supplemental essays, email me at tonythepharmacist@gmail.com I charge $25 per 250 words via Venmo or PayPal.

Answering supplemental essays is hard as you haven't written many narrative essays in pharmacy school. The best way to answer many of them is to use the STAR framework in behavioral question interviewing so that your answer has all the pieces it needs

S. Situation

T. Task

A. Action

R. Result

Here is what was on the Word Document in the Video

University Medical Center – New Orleans –

Reflect on a challenging situation (personal or professional) that required you to question your values or assumptions and utilize your knowledge and reasoning. How did you deal with the situation? What did you learn from the experience?" STAR Interview

UNC Health

All candidates, please answer question 1

Describe an intervention, change, or contribution that made an impact on patient care and/or a pharmacy practice, and what you learned from the experience. STAR Interview

All candidates, please answer 1 of the questions below:

Describe a personal challenge you have faced, one which you feel has helped to shape you as a person. Examples include a moral or ethical dilemma, a situation of personal adversity, or a hurdle in your life that you worked hard to overcome. STAR Interview
Describe the personal attribute that you are most proud of that would benefit your co-residents and colleagues at the UNC Medical Center (Humblebrag answer / STAR Interview)

Situation – Introduce the Situation to set the scene and provide context

In media res – in the middle of the story

Descriptive detail – multiple senses, e.g., sound or smell – baby monitor screamed like an 18-wheeler's horn // food bank with a hungry man coming to help his family
Time frame – 4 minutes without oxygen / one day left of food

Task – Describe the task. What needed to be done and why?

Clear the airway, call for help, administer CPR – get the child breathing again
Get this person some food or some food

Action – Explain the action you took.

CPR – a mistake by just breathing into the mouth vs. nose and mouth / pyloric valve stenosis / only saw the feet of the first responders, which were the police and later the EMTs
Talking to a supervisor to get them a day or two of food and then show them how the process works with a distribution center

Result – Describe the result in terms of the benefits realized.

Wrapping the story – surgery the correct and the success of the child now
You would educate more people about the food issue and how they can resolve it

Ep 524 How Do I Answer the Strengths and Weaknesses Question Dec 13, 2022

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You can be sure that you're going to get strengths and weaknesses questions from your residency interview, but it's best to talk to your preceptor about where they see your strengths/weaknesses as well. You can check out 100 questions for that residency interview here:

https://residency.teachable.com/p/interview

Ep 523 Getting Writing Help for Residency Applications Dec 08, 2022

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You're probably looking for guidance on writing a letter of intent and finding a lot on the internet. This document from this college of pharmacy has good advice but a bad attached letter. In this episode, I show you how to make a bad letter into a good one, and a wordy letter into a concise one. What you're really trying to do is create a readily transferable story for the reader to give to the residency committee.

https://www.chapman.edu/PHARMACY/_files/career/documents/how-to-write-a-letter-of-intent.pdf

If you need my one-on-one help, go to https://residency.teachable.com/ and sign up for the Extreme LOI makeover course.

Ep 522 Preparing for Midyear and Standing Out Dec 04, 2022

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Midyear madness is upon us and those that keep their heads about them will do very well. The most important things to do at Midyear are

Apply to the Right Places
Meet the Right People
Send the Right Materials

In this episode, I review the best ways to accomplish this relationship-building in a genuine way that can help you earn the residency you want. If you're looking for my one-on-one help, go to https://residency.teachable.com/

Ep 521 How to Remain Confident AFTER Midyear Nov 26, 2022

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Midyear will wake up your imposter syndrome as you start to think that all the other applicants are better qualified and prepared than you. In this episode, I talk about the importance of establishing your identity before you get there. You can get the free 12-minute LOI Prep video here https://residency.teachable.com/p/extremeloi

Ep 520 Why are residents failing the NAPLEX and MPJE Nov 20, 2022

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In a recent LinkedIn post Saley Traore-Uwalaka, PharmD, BCPS mentioned that residents might be failing their NAPLEX / MPJE for other reasons than the NABP issue. In this episode, I talk about how to avoid this disastrous situation.

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Ep 519 Pharmacogenomics Pharmacist - Melissa Turner PharmD Nov 16, 2022

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Melissa Turner's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-melissa-turner-pharmd/

Website: www.tarheelpgxconsulting.com

Dr. Melissa Turner graduated from Meredith College in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and from Campbell University in 2013 with her Doctor of Pharmacy. After graduation, she began working as a staff pharmacist for CVS and was there until May 2021. Dr. Turner is a graduate of the PGx Consulting Confidence Academy, completed her Certificate in Pharmacogenomics from RxGenomix in April 2021, and opened her own business, Tarheel PGx Consulting, in September 2021. In March 2022, she completed a course in nutrigenomics from PureGenomics. The mission of her company is to provide patients with personalized medication and nutrition management based on their genetics. She is a member of the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists, the NCPDP Precision Medicine Subcommittee, and the Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Alumni Board. Dr. Turner loves teaching her patients about how their genetics can affect their nutrition, health, and wellness and the medications they take.

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