Preparing for the board certified pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS) exam from the Board of Pharmacy Specialties takes time and planning. Here, a pharmacist who recently passed the exam provides some BCPS study tips and discusses his experience. Authored By: Corey Frederick, Pharm.D., BCPS [Last updated 28 January 2018] Swift and dramatic … [Read more...]
5 Skills Pharmacy School Does Not Teach You
Pharmacy schools are meant to prepare you to take your certification exams and give you the skills to be a pharmacist in any setting. However, there are skills pharmacy school will not teach you and that pharmacy students should seek to develop & refine themselves. Here, a 2016 pharmacy school graduate discusses this topic. Authored By: Kaitlyn Loi, … [Read more...]
Pharmacy Student Scholarships: 5 Tips For Success
Pharmacy student scholarships can provide substantial economic support and considerably reduce the amount of student loan debt pharmacists are left with. The information provided here is meant to help pharmacy students in pursuit of scholarships. Authored By: Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS-AQ ID [Last updated: 6 July 2016] Tuition, housing and … [Read more...]
5 Reasons People Fail The NAPLEX
The NAPLEX is an examination pharmacists take to become licensed. While many pharmacy schools have high passing rates, people inevitably fail this test each year. Here, an experienced pharmacist and educator discusses reasons why people fail the NAPLEX. Authored By: Christopher Bland, Pharm.D., BCPS, FIDSA For most recent pharmacy school … [Read more...]
The 5 Hardest Things About Pharmacy School
How hard is it to become a pharmacist? What challenges await in schools for pharmacists? Here, a newly graduated pharmacist discusses this topic. Authored By: Kaitlyn Loi, Pharm.D. [Last updated: 19 June 2016] Before matriculating at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy I honestly had no concept of how hard pharmacy school would be or … [Read more...]
