By Chelsea Phillips Renfro, PharmD

Every spring, leaders from APhA’s three Academies—APhA–APPM, APhA–APRS, and APhA–ASP—and the APhA New Practitioner Advisory Committee (NPAC), get together for...

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By Mark Gilliam

When I was a child, my best friends wanted to be superheroes when they grew up. I wanted to be a superhero, too. But the superhero I wanted to be didn’t wear a cape nor have an alter ...

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By Dan Zlott, PharmD, BCOP

After 12 years, I finally had the chance to return to the APhA Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies, an incredible program that helps student pharmacists learn about ...

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By Monica L. Miller, PharmD, MS

From the discussions I have had with student pharmacists, it seems that letters of recommendation are often overlooked, or are considered only at the later stages of ...

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This issue, we thought feedback from two preceptors was better than one. So here are our thoughts on “Alison’s” latest diary entry. 


Lauren Bode: “Trust your 
instincts”


“Alison,” yes, this is such ...

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Summer brings time for relaxation, getting together with friends, and enjoying a break from school work. However, in pharmacy school, summer is a time when many of you may be embarking on either IPPEs or...

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Imagine you are a pharmacist working on an interdisciplinary team that is treating a patient for severe opioid dependence. The idea arises to treat the addiction by slowly replacing the active drug wi...

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I would like to talk about research. Many student pharmacists cringe when research is mentioned and will tell me they have no interest in pursuing a project. It can often feel out of reach for a variety of...

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The term e-professionalism, or electronic professionalism, means to act and behave in a professional manner on electronic or digital platforms.1 These digital platforms include the use of social media an...

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