Tools to Help You Succeed as a Pharmacy Student

Welcome to the Student Resources Page! We have compiled some of our favorite and most useful resources that will help you advance your career and financial position

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Unfortunately, a big percentage of students that apply for the match don’t actually get a residency position. Plus, the application process can get expensive, depending on how many programs you apply to and how much traveling is involved to interview.

Mastering the Match is your one-stop shop for all things pharmacy residency. It’s a step-by-step guide that walks you through every step of the process; from pre-midyear, to midyear, to post-midyear, to post-match.

You’ll learn how to make yourself an attractive candidate during your P1 – P3 years, how to win at Midyear, how to destroy your residency interviews, and everything in between.

Ok, you applied to residency programs and you locked down some interviews. Congratulations! Now’s it’s time to get prepared so you can stand out. While your accomplishments and other items on your CV are important, getting ranked by programs and eventually matching will greatly depend on the interviews and how you answer the questions.

Written by two practitioners who have extensive experience with the interview process, you’ll get the nuts and bolts of what it takes to become an exceptional candidate. In interviews, you can’t be ordinary, you must be memorable. This book will help you answer the most common questions asked in a way that both shows your value and helps you stand out.

Fostering healthy relationships, learning the fundamentals of true leadership, being able to successfully manage time, creating a personal brand, and leveraging social media to grow your influence and network are essential caveats of the pharmacy career that are not often taught in HOW to practically create them amidst the grueling demands as a pharmacy student.

Written by a full-time pharmacist passionate about helping others find their voice in pharmacy, author Dr. Adam Martin provides a clear plan for how to dominate pharmacy school & script your dream career in Gen-Z Pharmacist.

Pharmacy schools do a great job of preparing you to be a competent and professional clinician but most do not provide education on personal finance. No matter what year in school you are, it’s never too early to get started learning about finances.

Written by pharmacists for pharmacists, Seven Figure Pharmacist has all the major personal finance topics to help you succeed. It’s organized into six prescriptions that cover how to make good financial decisions, develop a plan, protect and grow your income, pay off student loans and other debt, get started with investing, and learn the habits of the wealthy.

Indispensable is your guide to creating confidence in a career path full of exciting opportunities. One with less anxiety, stress, and burnout from your work. It is the secret to a fulfilling and Indispensable career where you don’t need to work so hard to find your next job. In this book, Dr. Alex Barker shares his story about how he created his Indispensable career from the shambles of a broken one, and how other pharmacists, even those with no prior experience can do the same.

Pharmacy School is a struggle. It’s hard enough figuring out what to study for the 4 tests you have this week…

And it doesn’t come with instructions. It’s not like there’s a road map to forge your path…Until now. The Missing Manual tears down every gray area in pharmacy school. All the “hidden” lessons. The things where you say “Man! I wish I knew that before I started.”

And it teaches you how to master them one by one.

The Missing Manual comprehensively covers the stuff that no one else talks about. And it does so with humor (and step-by-step instructions). It covers how to study, ace multiple choice exams, deal with people, win on rotations, make a great CV, and much more!