Perspectives Assigned Mentor to Chosen “Friend-tor”: The Benefits of Prolonged Mentor Relationships 6 Nov 202528 Oct 2025 By: Emily Eddy, PharmD, MSLD, BCACP and Jordan Ballou, PharmD, BCACP Mentorship is not about hierarchy or titles. It is about seeing someone’s spark before they see it in themselves,…
Perspectives Advising students for community pharmacy practice: what matters most? 3 Dec 20243 Dec 2024 By: Endira Anderson, PharmD; Tracey L Mersfelder, PharmD; Heather L. Girand, PharmD, BCPPS; and Minji Sohn, PhD. The headlines tell it all: our community pharmacies are closing at an alarming…
Perspectives Wait-There is a C (for Camaraderie) in Mentoring 25 Jun 201916 Jun 2024 By Shane Desselle, RPh, PhD, FAPhA Formal mentoring programs of peers and junior faculty are quite prevalent in higher education. These programs vary in scope, but most have an underlying…
Perspectives Lessons to Pharmacy Students, From Athletes 4 Dec 201815 Jun 2024 By Stuart Pope, 2019 PharmD Candidate Since beginning pharmacy school, I have learned more information than I could have possibly imagined. Not surprisingly, I’ve learned extensively about medications, disease-state management,…
Preliminary research There are others like me out there 30 Oct 201815 Jun 2024 By Christopher S. Wisniewski, PharmD, MSCR, BCPS; Audrey Kostrzewa, PharmD, MPH, BCPS; Priya Shenoy, BSN, MLIS; Melissa L. Hunter, PharmD, RPh Literature describing mentorship within a professional pharmacy organization is…
Perspectives Motivational Interviewing: Your Own Motivation Matters 7 Aug 201815 Jun 2024 by M. Kate Probst, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP My Own Motivation Background Over ten years serving as a mentor and trainer for students, residents, and pharmacists has left me hopefully optimistic.…
Perspectives Making the Most of Mentorship: Thoughts from a Student 13 Feb 201815 Jun 2024 by Sara Catherine Pearson, PharmD Candidate 2018 In my first year of pharmacy school I was matched with a mentor through a formal mentorship program. When asked, “Why do you…
Perspectives Teaching Students the Importance of Professional Relationship Development 3 Oct 201715 Jun 2024 By Craig Martin, PharmD, MBA Most of us have been there. Someone mentions the word “networking” and it immediately conjures images of that smarmy, business card-collecting name-dropper from somewhere in…
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