✨ Why you should do a Pharmacy Residency or Why NOT | Pharmacy School Advice to Pharmacy Students

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After 8 years of school and 1 year of residency, I finally accomplished my goal of becoming a clinical inpatient pharmacist! I want to give back and give fellow pharmacy students my honest thoughts about why I think a pharmacy residency is beneficial for certain people - despite the one-year pay-cut!
If you want to skip through the video, go to these timestamps:
00:20 - Who would benefit from a Pharmacy Residency?
00:49 - Reason 1
01:10 - Reason 2
03:00 - Reason 3
03:28 - Reason 4
04:30 - Reason 5
05:19 - Who does not need to do a Pharmacy Residency?
I made a VERY detailed video all about Pharmacy Residency in general. Please see the video if you want to know more about it:
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@omyadav9661 Ай бұрын

Hi Sarah, I'm a pharmD student from India seeking my future job in US as a clinical pharmacist. Can you please make a video for international students like me to have to get licensed and also how to apply further for residencu 🙏

@thinguyprk Ай бұрын

I cant wait to start pharmacy school this fall with a motivation of doing a residency. I was really worried about loans and stuff though thank you so much for this vidoe :)

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! Excited for you and your pharmacy journey 💕

@heyheyloljk123 Ай бұрын

Great video! I’m starting pharmacy school this fall and want to learn more about residency

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

Congrats on getting into pharmacy school!! Excited for you & your journey 🥹

@BriannaDuran-nm6be Ай бұрын

Can you go over more on the loan forgiveness program in your next video or explain it here if you can?

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

Yes I have mentioned it in a couple videos, but it is a program called PSLF. If you work for an eligible public service facility, you can pay the minimum loan payment each month based off an income-repayment plan for 10 years. The remaining balance will be forgiven after the 10 years! You can google PSLF and it will go into much more detail!

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

I can try to do a video on it in the future!

@julianuddin68 Ай бұрын

Hi Sarah!! Two quick questions: 1) Is hospital pharmacy and clinical pharmacy the same jobs? And 2) If I decided to do pharmacy residency in compounding pharmacy, how many years of residency should I do?

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

1) It depends on the facility! At my hospital, ALL hospital pharmacists are clinical pharmacists since we do a mixture of both hospital administrative tasks and clinical tasks. At some hospitals, they have very clear and distinct roles - some pharmacists are strictly only hospital pharmacists that manage administrative/central IV pharmacy tasks and some pharmacists are clinical pharmacists that only do clinical tasks. 2) Pharmacy residency PGY1 is always just one year! PGY1 is usually a more general residency. If you decide to specialize in a field, you would pursue a PGY2 pharmacy residency which is an additional 1 year. Pharmacy Residency does not usually exceed more than that :) If you want to do compounding pharmacy, I would say a PGY1 should be enough!

@julianuddin68 Ай бұрын

@@SarahPharmD Thank you Sarah!! Also pardon my grammar; I accidentally said “is” instead of “are” from the first question when I combined two pharmacy jobs together in the sentence 😅

@worldbookshopentertainment1798 Ай бұрын

Hi sarah , is PGY1 and PGY2 are equal to Board of pharmacy specialist like BCPS etc.,

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

No BCPS is separate and requires you to take an exam to become certified! But in order to take the exam, you need to have completed a PGY1 so most people try to become certified after completing their residency ☺️

@TuneTroveme Ай бұрын

Hi Sarah...its Sayra... I am a running pharmacy student in bachelor....if possible please do make a video or shorts about Pharm D degree.....love you in advance ❤

@Memedued Ай бұрын

Dr. Sarah, I do have a question for you. So, here shortly, they are trying to have pharmacists be able to proscribe as well, which fun fact over in the UK; they already can after completing their residency and taking their boards (I always found it to be very interesting, seeing as how pharmacist whole degree program is to understand drugs and how they work within the body. they never could prescribe) do you think that would be something that pharmacist should have to power to do? A pharmacy intern and I were talking about that, and we both felt that pharmacists should be able to prescribe, especially those who have gone through a residency and specialize.

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

Some pharmacists can prescribe here in the US under their scope of practice! For example, a diabetes pharmacist can prescribe and adjust diabetes medications but not other medications that do not fall into their practice. Theres many different types of pharmacists and usually those that are able to prescribe have a collaborative practice agreement with the hospital or clinic that breaks down what types of medications they can prescribe.

@Memedued Ай бұрын

@@SarahPharmD I thought if they were like in a clinic setting. Something similar or close to Amcare they could or “technically” outside of that? 🧐

@mialouise2521 Ай бұрын

Hi Sarah! I recently became interested in pursuing a PharmD, but I’m a bit nervous about the current state of the job market. Are there any alternative routes graduates tend to take if it is too difficult to find a job? Thank you!

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

Hmm, some alternative routes or strategies you can take that comes to mind are: - Oftentimes people will move to less popular cities to get their foot in the door to work for major hospitals/facilities such as Kaiser or the VA. Once you are working for them, it would be easier to transfer from within to a more preferred area since most of these hospitals hire internally first before they hire people outside. - Or you can start off in a less desirable position until a better one becomes available within your hospital. For example, when I first started working, I was a graveyard hospital pharmacist for ~7 months until a full day position opened up and I was able to switch to that! - Some people even go into the pharmacy industry field working as medical writers etc (I don't know too much about this field to explain, but I do know people who have gone this route!) - There are also some phone-based positions in which you do medication reviews and patient interviews etc

@mialouise2521 Ай бұрын

@@SarahPharmD thank you so much for response!! This was so helpful :) love your content!

@jeremymassey3680 Ай бұрын

what does it take as a pharmacy resident to be successful and stand out?

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

There could be a lot of answers to this, but I think at the end of the day - how you carry yourself is important! Do you get along with your coresidents and preceptors? Do you take constructive criticism well? Do you take the time to reflect and apply the criticism? Do you have a positive attitude? If yes then you will definitely do well! being book smart is important, but EQ and soft skills can go a long way

@Wani_tee Ай бұрын

Sarah pls can I contact you privately, I'm having cold feet about taking out loans for pharm D school, I'm a b pharm graduate from my home country and my parents aren't willing to sponsor me anymore, pls sarah

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

Sorry I am unable to do private consultations due to my busy schedule. I am also a US citizen so I unfortunately do not know the process for international students to give you advice :( so sorry!!

@K.-vi5mc Ай бұрын

As a physician myself and one with multiple immediate family members as accomplished pharmacists, it’s a general consensus that it is terribly misleading to label yourself as a Dr.

@SarahPharmD Ай бұрын

We have a doctorate degree so I have a Dr title, just like how people with PDH have a Dr title as well. I only use the title for my social media to educate the community, but I don’t tell patients my title because I do agree that it can be confusion. That being said, I worked hard to earn that Dr title so I will continue to use it. Hence why I end my name with PharmD to clarify.

@user-jr6pv8mb9o Ай бұрын

doctor was derived from latin and it meant a teacher and an academic. If we’re trying to credit the term here it should actually go to the academics aka PhDs. Doctors of Pharmacy, Dentistry, etc deserve the title as well as it is also a terminal degree and they earned it. I agree that it can be misleading in a clinical setting since most people know of doctors = physicians but hey, this is KZfaq and in no way did she give unsolicited medical advice.

@thatoneannoyingguy459 Ай бұрын

The first thing I want to say is congratulations to Dr. Sarah. You got to where you are through your own hard work, dedication, and sacrifices. No matter what people say, you are deserving of the title of Dr. Now to the commenter: the way this comment comes off to me is that you want the title of “Dr.” to be exclusively used for physicians to avoid confusion. To that, I say, this is a very short-sighted view. What about the professors and researchers who help advance medicine? Is it about being in a hospital? Then what about surgeons or other specialists? Can they not use the title of “Dr.” because they’re not physicians? Pharmacists work in hospitals too. This reminds me of the argument that DOs are not real doctors because they’re not MDs, even though they take the same tests. A doctorate indicates that you have enough knowledge and experience to be an expert in your field, that’s it. What irritates me is the arrogance in your comment. I know that most physicians don’t choose to be physicians but are rather forced to become one because they didn’t do well in med school. From your comment, I sense that this is the same case with you. You are just projecting what little power you think you have over people you believe are beneath you. GROW UP.

@gabbygab457 Ай бұрын

You have several immediate family members that are accomplished pharmacists yet you are saying it’s misleading to label pharmacists as doctors?? It’s not self labeling when pharmacists actually have a doctoral degree. This was a very ignorant comment. Maybe you should talk with your family members more lol