Save The Date Tues. Oct 16

On Tuesday, October 16th, we'll have our first of three on-campus meeting for Roseman P3 students in South Jordan.  Discussion topics planned include:

• The PhORCAS application portal
• Letters of recommendation
• Transcripts and the class rank letter

ACCP CV Review Service Opens Today

The ACCP CV Review Service is now open for student members of ACCP who wish to receive feedback on their CV.  This is free for members, but students can join to take advantage of the service for a mere $35.  Many pharmacists from all over the country volunteer to review CVs for students.  Feedback is typically received within 14 days of submission and the service is open until the end of May.  You do not have to be residency-bound to participate in the service but the pharmacists reviewing CV will be clinically-focused. 

The program web site where CVs get uploaded also includes sample CVs and resources. 

Pharmacy Practice Philosophy

Last week Dr. Smith emailed the Utah P3 class with information about APhA's Career Pathways Evaluation Program.  If you haven't already done so, I encourage you to complete the pathway to help you determine which factors are most important to you in your future career.  Simply wanting to do a residency is too vague of a short-term career goal.  With the tight economy, many residency programs are flooded with candidates who are applying because the candidates don't know what else to do career-wise or simply want to "gain more clinical experience."  Historically, these students do not fare well with securing residency interviews or matching with residency programs.

A good way to get started on this important skill is to complete a pharmacy practice philosophy.  To learn more about how to do this, visit the Pharmacy Practice Philosophy page on this blog.

These questions are very important as you begin researching residency programs and determining how you envision your residency training to be. Very soon you will be writing letters of intent to residency programs. Your letter should include detailed information regarding the above questions. In addition to evaluating how well of a "fit" you are to the residency program, residency programs will be considering how well their program meets your needs. If you are able to answer the questions in detail, you will stand out as more mature residency candidate with a clearer vision of pharmacy practice.