After graduating from a 2-year program and earning my veterinary technician license, I wanted to continue my education in the hope of pursuing pharmaceutical research and working with laboratory animals. To...

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My excitement never waned as I looked forward to the fall of 2020, but as COVID-19 entered Tarrant County in early March of 2020, it became clear that my first year of pharmacy school would not be as or...

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Pharmacy school is a time of personal and professional growth. To be successful, you need to have a vision for your future. However, balancing work, family, and school responsibilities; managing personal fi...

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A huge conflict I faced during my APPE rotations was the fear that I was “not enough” as a student pharmacist. Did I deserve that award? Am I qualified enough for this position? These were questions I ...

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I joined the Army National Guard while I was still in high school and deployed to Iraq at the end of 2004, the same year I graduated. Overseas, I served as a combat engineer and heavy equipment operator. On...

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During the summer of 2019, I drove 30 minutes both ways to my first-year professional student institutional IPPE. This car ride seemed like lost time for productivity in my eyes, so, per recommendation fr...

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According to DonateLife.net, 22 people die waiting for an organ transplant each day, and one person is added to the organ transplant waiting list every 10 minutes. With these statistics, you could say...

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The moment I had been anticipating for months was finally here! It was March 2018, and in my hand I held an envelope from the Purdue University College of Pharmacy. With anxiety levels at an all-time hi...

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A quick Google search will define resilience as “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.” Resilience has been a buzzword in recent years, but the term unquestionably applies to...

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As a student pharmacist, you’re likely dreaming of that pharmacist paycheck that will someday soon start appearing in your bank account. You are probably also thinking about all the amazing ways you ar...

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