Posts tagged Residency
How to Stand Out as a Residency Applicant: An Insider's Guide

This post is sort of a "round up" of Residency Directors, Pharmacy Directors, and other influencers in the pharmacy residency sphere. In short, these are the people who interview you when you apply for residency.

I asked each of them one question:

"How can a pharmacy student make their residency application stand out?"

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What To Do if You Don't Match For Residency

The moment you press "submit" on PhORCAS, the doubting begins. It lives in the back of your mind. And it's scary as hell.

You try to go on about your day. You try not to think too much about it. You go work out. You play some Call of Duty. You binge-watch Downton Abbey. But like a small itch, there it is. Nagging you. The question lingers somewhere in your brain no matter what you do. 

What if you don't match for residency?

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How to Prepare for Any Job or Residency Interview in 5 Easy Steps

If you are reading this, I am reasonably confident that you have been through the interview process before. Maybe it was for a job, maybe it was for pharmacy school or residency--but more than likely you’ve experienced the sweaty palmed, butterflied stomach anxiety that is “the interview.”

But what if interviewing didn’t have to be like this? What if you could learn to not only tolerate but to thrive in an interview? What if you could walk into an interview knowing that you are the best person for the job?

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