Each year U.S. News & World Report releases their rankings for the Best Pharmacy Programs in the United States, but does your pharmacy school ranking actually matter? Will going to a top rated pharmacy school program improve your chances of matching into a residency program? Let’s get into it…

Women have been involved in pharmacy since they were called apothecaries, but as the profession transitioned into modern medicine, women were left behind. It wasn’t until the mid to late 1800s that women were being recognized as pharmacists. In this special episode for Women Pharmacists Day, Dr. Carlene Link and I discuss the current state of women in pharmacy, our experience as women pharmacists, and our predictions for the future of pharmacy.

Graduating from pharmacy school is a significant accomplishment, but the journey of learning doesn't end there. The transition into real-world practice can often lead to a lack of confidence, even after completing additional training such as residency. I'm excited to share with you the number one strategy that can improve your clinical confidence in the next 30 days and I am breaking it down step-by-step.

There was a time in my life, however, when his words would have bothered me a lot more than they did that day. In fact, there was a time in the not-so-distant past where I wouldn’t have considered eating a meal by myself. My confidence has grown and so have I. Which is why I want to share 3 things I’ve learned about confidence since making it a priority in my life.

If you’ve had the pleasure of moving, you know how many things go into making it happen: the packing, the planning, the logistics. Now, add in a few Board of Pharmacy regulations and some FDA Clinical Trials requirements and you have what it takes to move an investigational drug service pharmacy. This was the task at hand for us recently which required several planning meetings as well as coordinating with multiple teams from IT to architects to electricians in order to make it happen! During the process I learned a few lessons…

There’s a lot to learn in pharmacy. With over 19,000 prescription drug products approved for marketing by the FDA, you could say it is impossible to know all the details about every single one of them. New information and medications are coming out all of the time so it is not only hard to learn all the information to begin with, but also keep up with the ever changing evidence based recommendations. The good news is, there are resources out there that make it easier to find the information you don’t know and keep you up to day with the changes occurring in the area(s) you practice in.