Pharmacy Residency Podcast: Residency Interviews and Advice

We bring in Tim Ulbrich, CEO of Your Financial Pharmacist (YFP) with a discussion of side hustles that work for pharmacists and some financial planning resources and tips. 

In this video, I go over what should go into an email expressing your interest in a Phase 2 site. You can find the template in the Extreme LOI course here https://residency.teachable.com/courses 

Match Day is here, congratulations to those that match, but for those 2500 that didn't go to https://residency.teachable.com/courses then contact me at tonythepharmacist@gmail.com with your old LOI, CV, and your #1 choice for Phase 2 so we can get your LOI redone in less than 48 hours 

We've worked together to create a residency webpage for Phi Delta Chi, please let me know what topics you are MOST interested in for future videos/episodes at tonythepharmacist@gmail.com  Here is the link: https://www.phideltachi.org/page/residency_resources AAAE, Tony

How should you rank residency sites where you interviewed? I give my though on seven areas that I think are most important.  1. Relationship with the immediate supervisor 2. Co-residents 3. Location 4. Electives 5. Teaching and precepting opportunities. 6. PGY-2 Availability 7. Staffing Requirements Need help with your Interview or LOI for Phase 2, go to https://residency.teachable.com/courses/

It's terrible to think about, but 1500 applicants who did not get an interview already know they will not match in Phase 2. What is troubling is that another 2500 applicants will learn, at the exact same time, they did not match. Here are my five steps for success in Phase 2 and where you can go for one-on-one help https://residency.teachable.com/courses

Last month more future pharmacy students applied and sent in applications keeping residencies competitive. I've written a book with a physician that helps outline the best steps you should take as a student to ensure your spot in a residency program. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08WKQN1FP

If you are thinking about the Phase 2 pharmacy residency have a listen and contact me at tonythepharmacist@gmail.com if you want to be one of the 25 audiobook reviewers. 

I've made access to my new CV course available free for a limited time to my PDC brothers, use the password in the episode to get in here free https://residency.teachable.com/p/cv There is a day where our Phi Delta Chi student brothers will need us more than any other and that is March 19th, 2021, if they are on the tough side of match day. In this episode, I talk about what I think we can do to help as brothers for life. 

When you have many more interviews than you expected, what can you do? You can find the Excel file here in https://residency.teachable.com/p/interview regarding sorting out your multiple interviews and eventually ranking them. 

While many condemn social media as a liability, Reddit continues to provide many great pearls for succeeding in residency. However, out of fear, many residents and RPD shy away from posting, it's pretty obvious who made a post if there's only one resident at a site. Need help with interviews, check out https://residency.teachable.com/p/interview

If you want to do a 1/2 hour mock interview with me and to have me analyze all of your sites and provide 6 months of email support, you can find that option here https://residency.teachable.com/p/interview

Make sure you are either on my email list at http://residencyplanner.com/ Subscribe to TonyPharmD on YouTube or join the Facebook group to keep up with podcast episodes. https://www.facebook.com/groups/residencyplanner/ In this episode, I go over the six major milestones in the residency application process. 

Foreign graduates applying to pharmacy residencies have a tough road, but it is possible, 7 out of 61 that were interested earned a placement. In this episode, I outline some of the best practices in getting that spot. https://residency.teachable.com/

While you put your heart and soul into your application, you may never hear anything back from some programs. The lower your application ranks, the more likely you'll hear nothing. In this episode, I cover how to communicate with a program that sent no formal email and how to improve your academic English. Need help with Phase 2, check out the courses at https://residency.teachable.com/