The “What I Wish I Knew” series of articles is a service of AAPP’s Resident and New Practitioner Committee. Articles are intended to provide advice from experts for students, residents, and new practitioners. Articles are not intended to provide in-depth disease state or pharmacotherapy information nor replace any peer-reviewed educational materials. We hope you benefit from this “field guide” discussing approaches to unique problems and situations.
What I wish I knew about:
Planning my career
- The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Role and Engaging with MSLs as a Clinical Pharmacist: Brittany Finocchio, PharmD, BCPP
- Finding an Inclusive and Welcoming Workplace: Julie Thiel, BS Pharm, PharmD
- Setting Professional Goals in Non-Academic Setting: Rosana Steavenson, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
- Navigating Your First Job Change: Traci Turner Cole, PharmD, BCPP
- Managing Personal Career Goals with Job Expectations: A Balancing Act: Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP
- Negotiating Your Job Offer in Academia: Tips, Tricks, and Things to Avoid: Brian Crabtree, PharmD, BCPP
- Before My First Job (video): Jessa Koch, PharmD, BCPP
- Alternative Career Pathways in Psychiatric Pharmacy: Jeff Bishop, PharmD, MS, BCPP, FCCP
- Honing Your Job Search and Interview Skills, Christopher Thomas, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS
- I'm a resident, now what?: Shaina Musco, PharmD
Continuing my professional development
- Incorporating Research into Clinical Practice Post-residency; How to Continue to be Scholarly: Troy Moore, PharmD, MS, BCPP
- Keeping Up with Current Literature (video): Troy Moore, PharmD, MS, BCPP
- Making the Most of BCPP: Studying, Retesting/recertification, and Marketing Your Skills, Jerry McKee, PharmD, MS, BCPP
- Utilizing Psychiatric Resources, Stephen R. Saklad, PharmD, BCPP
- About Mentorship (video): Kelly Lee, PharmD, MAS, BCPP, FCCP
- Why national committee service is important and how to get involved with CPNP: Sarah Grady, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
- Tips for turning your clinical practice into publishable research: Michelle Colvard, PharmD, BCPP
- Publishing a Case a Report, Matthew A. Fuller, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP
Managing my wellbeing
- Avoiding Overcommitment in Early Practice: Kaitlyn Q. Weslosky, PharmD, BCPP
- Recognizing Mental Health Struggles in Learners and Peers: Katie Tuck (Chamberlain), PharmD, BCPP, BCPS
- Prevention of Burnout: Suzanne Harris, PharmD, BCPP, CPP
- Suicide Prevention: Rachel Bauer, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
- Mindfulness: Smitha Murthy, MD
- Best Practices for Time Management: Azita Alipour, PharmD, BCPP, BCGP, BCGP
Building a practice
- Advocating for yourself/position, Sarah Ward, PharmD, BCPP
- Establishing a Billing System in a New Setting, Carol Ott, PharmD, BCPP
- Tips and Tricks for Starting a New Practice, Kelly Gable, PharmD, BCPP
- How to come up with ideas and develop proposals for new services: Shannon Eaves, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
- Getting the "Yes" for Your Proposal: Tami Argo, PharmD, MS, BCPP, BCGP
- How to prepare for accreditation visits from the Joint Commission (TJC): Robin Hieber, PharmD, BCPP
Handling patient challenges
- Discussing Psychotropics During Pregnancy: Sophie Robert, BPharm, PharmD, BCPP
- Managing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Sadie Roestenburg, PharmD, BCPS
- Managing Drug Seeking Behavior, Amy VandenBerg, PharmD, BCPP
- I’m Anxious About Taking Anxiety Meds, So What About OTC Products?, Richard J. Silvia, PharmD, BCPP
Training/Educating Learners About Pharmacy
- Precepting (video): Bob Haight, PharmD, BCPP
- Managing difficult student/resident situations: Clint Ross, PharmD, BCPP
- So You Want Start a Residency Program? Justifying the Need for a PGY2 Training Program at Your Facility: Elayne Ansara, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
- What it Takes to Be a New RPD (from the Perspective of a new RPD), Dana Chiulli, PharmD, BCPP
