by Eric Christianson | Jan 29, 2017 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists
With six to eight years of study under their belts, the typical pharmacist isn’t a stranger to the classroom. But many pharmacists today are opting to take their education one step further with an MBA. It may not be a necessity to break into the field, but there are...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 8, 2017 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists
There are minimal resources available for those interested in starting a pharmacy consulting business. About a month ago, I had a question about using billing codes in an ambulatory clinic. Blair was the first person I thought of to help me with this issue. She...
by Eric Christianson | Jan 1, 2017 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists
Clinical pharmacy is an evolving practice. We need to continue to push for an expanded role. Too many patients can benefit from what we do as pharmacists. One of the things that I’m working on is integrating clinical pharmacy in primary care. I want to...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 30, 2016 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists
As a practicing pharmacist, I continue to hear rumblings and news trickle in about the 2017 pharmacy job outlook. Fellow pharmacist blogger Jason Poquette put together a nice article early in 2016 about what the pharmacy job outlook looks like. It wasn’t very...
by Eric Christianson | Jul 31, 2016 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists, Personal Stories From The Front Lines of Clinical Pharmacy
In ways I admire people who have no trouble carrying debt, because I despise being in debt. Unfortunately it took me about 6 or 7 years of undergrad and pharmacy school to figure that out, and in that time frame I accumulated nearly 145,000 dollars in debt. Pharmacy...
by Eric Christianson | Apr 6, 2016 | Career Advice for Pharmacy Students, Residents and New Pharmacists
I’ve precepted a lot of pharmacy students. I have seen some brilliant ones, and certainly some that I would’ve like to have seen a little more energy and passion from. Here’s my top 5 things you should never do if you are a pharmacy student. Show...
