If you feel less-than-thrilled with your current pharmacy job, this podcast episode is for YOU.
Being a pharmacist is no easy feat. But one of the things that can really be a wake-up call after graduation is having a learning experience that you did not expect.
Being in a situation that you did not prepare for.
Questioning your own abilities and skills as a pharmacist, or finding out the optimal way to do something after having done it the hard way.
Did this ever happen to you after you graduated pharmacy school?
As a practicing pharmacist and NSA Professional speaker, I travel the world speaking at pharmacy schools and pharmacy organizations to empower pharmacy students with what it takes to dispense their full potential— to not only dominate pharmacy school, but to script their dream career as a Gen-Z Pharmacist.
The most common complaint I hear from both students about to graduate and newly-licensed pharmacists is this:
"I wish I knew this when I first started pharmacy school!"
If you follow me on Instagram, guys know I love interacting with you and helping whenever I can, so on my Instagram stories in the beginning of December I ran a poll asking this very question: what was your biggest challenge adapting from a student to a pharmacist?
I was blown away by the number of responses I got, so I knew I had to do a podcast episode addressing some of the most common replies I both heard and faced myself. I thought the best person to bring on would be a newly licensed pharmacist, who came to realize that her “dream job” she imagined as a student turned out to be not at all what she expected— and took action to make a change. Now, she lives a life of fulfillment, joy, and has a job that makes her smile and feel like “I was born to do this!”.
Now, there are a lot of superstars in The Fit Pharmacist, but one of those super stars is in fact Starr- that is, Dr. Starr Shands, a native of Stony Creek, Virginia, a small town 45 min outside of Richmond, VA. Starr graduated with her Pharm.D from Hampton University in May 2018. She worked in community pharmacy for a year before taking her new role as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for Indian Health Services (IHS) in New Mexico working in ambulatory care. She serves the Native American population for different tribes such as the Navajo, Zuni, and Hopi. In her spare time, she loves to mentor students, get involved in pharmacy organization work initiatives, and work on ways to live a healthier lifestyle. Her goals in her career is to impact the lives of her patients in a positive way and make a difference in the communities she serves.
Resources Mentioned in this Podcast:
1. Book- Rx: YOU! The Pharmacist’s Guide to Managing Stress & Fitting in Fitness: amzn.to/2QDtqCP
Main Points From this Podcast:
- How to handle a career change in pharmacy
- What to do when you don’t feel fulfilled as a pharmacist
- Strategies for pharmacy students looking to create successful career paths
- Work-life balance and lessons learned as a first-year pharmacist
- How pharmacy students can dominate pharmacy school and script their dream career
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Host: Adam Martin, PharmD, ACSM-CPT, NAMS-CNC
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Guest: Starr Shands, PharmD
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