He also wrote recently here on tl;dr pharmacy about the merits of skipping a pharmacy residency. Feb 5, 2017 - Explore Rebekah ♡'s board "Pharmacy Memes", followed by 120 people on Pinterest. In his own words: "I once had a miserable pharmacy job. You didn’t like your OB, IM, or FM rotations? But it will "complement" it. I hated the long hours; I loathed clinic; I dreaded call. I just feel guilty. The MICU can be one of, if not the most, daunting rotations of residency. The shortest of my interviews were a half day, but most of them took the whole entire day (9-4pm). I felt like I made a mistake choosing pharmacy as a career. But get your LOIs proofread by multiple people, even if you don't think you need to. Alex was once pretty bummed with his decision to be a pharmacist. Guys, a residency program won't "compliment" your pharmacy education. You didn’t like your psychiatry rotation? If you love procedures but hate long-term patient care, consider anesthesiology or emergency medicine. It was a means to an ends, but to what degree of dissatisfaction was I willing to go to meet that ultimate goal of becoming a board-certified physician? A physician needs to complete at least one year of training in a certified residency program and must pass all three parts of the USMLE to become qualified to apply for a medical license. When I was a student, I made about $15,000 per year from a part-time job. I get told this week that I’m disappointing them, that every other resident can handle it, why can’t I. I don’t know what to say. I am finally free from the torture that was residency. Note the difference between the "I" and the "e." I know it's too late now for most of you. I wish they didn’t pick me. I wish I didn’t get a residency or go into pharmacy/ I wish I did something else. When I landed my first $100,000+ per year pharmacy job, I was THRILLED to finally be making money and doing what I loved after seven long years of school and residency. In residency, I was not happy. Well, I hate to break the news, but you will be seeing all kinds of patients in similar settings. Common to the medical education experience is the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), also known as “the match,” a computer algorithm that uses the preferences of the medical student applicants to the preferences of the residency programs to simultaneously place all graduating medical students in training programs. I dealt with bullies, monotonous work, and office politics. The school I go to makes it seem like you need to do "XYZ" to get to a big name Duke, UVA, Mayo Clinic, etc., and don't really mention the smaller residencies. #1: I’m in residency with one year left: If you are not happy as a medical student during MS3-4, then I posit you will not be the happiest resident either. A Pharmacy Residency Interview is not your ordinary employment interview. ... 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