Stress, stress, STRESS - if you work in pharmacy, you know this word all too well! If you work in community pharmacy like myself, you REALLY know what stress is all about!

HOW are we to manage all of the different avenues of being a community pharmacist, while not only taking care of our patients, but taking care of OURSELVES, too? Is there even a chance that #selfcare can be implemented into the life of a community pharmacy amidst the chaos?

A lot of times when you have a question as a pharmacy student, you reach out to your teacher, which is why I am happy to bring you this episode focusing on managing stress in the community pharmacy setting with a professor of pharmacy and fellow #FitPharmacist Dr. Richard Dang, PharmD, BCACP!

Dr. Richard Dang is California's first licensed Advanced Practice Pharmacist and the 2018 California Pharmacists Association's Distinguished New Practitioner, as well as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Program Director of the PGY-1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program at the USC School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Dang is a residency trained, board certified ambulatory care pharmacist. His practice sites include the community-based, collaborative practice clinics with the USC Pharmacies and Keck Medical Center of USC, the USC International Travel Health Clinic, and the USC Medication Management Center. He completed a postgraduate residency program in community-based pharmacy practice at the USC School of Pharmacy, where he also received a teaching certificate and his Doctor of Pharmacy, Biological Sciences, and Health Communication degrees. His residency training included providing clinical pharmacy services in community-based pharmacy and ambulatory care pharmacy clinics. He also completed internships at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System, CVS pharmacy, and Kaiser Permanente. He is currently on Speaker-Elect for the California Pharmacists Associations. He is on the Board of Directors of the Phi Delta Chi Omicron Alumni Association and the San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association. Dr. Dang was also past president of the USC student chapters of Phi Lambda Sigma, the Associated Students of the School of Pharmacy (ASSP), the PharmSC Student Run Clinic, and Alpha Phi Omega. His practice interests include community pharmacy practice, immunizations, travel medicine, and community health. His personal interests include leadership development, health and fitness, and amateur bodybuilding.

On this episode, Dr. Dang and I discuss this topic of stress management in community pharmacy and share our best practice tips and experiences to help YOU overcome this and live your best life to dispense your full potential!

Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:

1. Dr. Dang’s Story on how he became a Fit Pharmacist: bit.ly/2HLKRjv

2. Rx: YOU! The Pharmacist’s Guide to Managing Stress & Fitting in Fitness: amzn.to/2QDtqCP

Main Points From this Podcast:

- How to overcome to most common stressors in community pharmacy

- The value of a vision chart for your career and how to make one

- Changes coming to the future of community pharmacy in wellness care integration

- The most powerful word you can use to manage stress in your life

- What a community-based pharmacy residency is and how it can benefit your career

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