Sep 27, 2013 ... Mock Interviews. At the ACCP Annual Meeting, you will have the opportunity to
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SEPTEMBER 2013
EXPERTS IN TRAINING NEWS FOR RESIDENT, FELLOW, & GRADUATE STUDENT MEMBERS OF ACCP
MEMBERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Curriculum Vitae & Portfolio Development Workshop at the Annual Meeting Have you thought about how your curriculum vitae (CV) will change now that you are no longer a student? How about now that you’re getting ready to interview for jobs? Attend the CV & Portfolio Development Workshop on Monday at the Annual Meeting to gain a glimpse of how your CV will be transformed in the next year.
Mock Interviews At the ACCP Annual Meeting, you will have the opportunity to participate in a mock interview session hosted by the Education and Training PRN on Monday evening to fine-tune your interviewing skills. Click here to view all meeting highlights for residents and fellows.
DATES & DEADLINES August 2
CV Review Service opened
August 15
ACCP Mentoring Program opened
September 27
2013 ACCP Annual Meeting late registration deadline
October 13–16
2013 ACCP Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM
Q&A Q: Should I count on my program director being my primary mentor or trust that mentoring relationships will develop naturally with other practitioners? Vivian Nguyen, Pharm.D. PGY1 at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City Kansas City, MO A: View the response from Dr. Stuart Haines, here
Resident Survival Guide
A WORD TO THE WISE
The Resident Survival Guide offers clinical pharmacy residents a valuable road map for negotiating the residency experience. Dr. John Murphy and a team of experienced clinical faculty and preceptors discuss topics of interest to new and continuing residents. Each chapter includes a reflective essay written by a pharmacy resident that gives a personal account of what to expect from the residency experience.
Updating your curriculum vitae (CV) can be a daunting experience, especially when it is needed for an important event like Midyear or for interviews. The best way to tackle your CV is to update it monthly. A few things to remember: edit your CV between updates by checking spacing, font sizing, spelling, and grammar; save your CV with an appropriate name and date (e.g., Name_Date_CV); and share your document in a non-editable form only (e.g., PDF file). Updating your CV monthly will also allow you to see areas of improvement as you progress in your academic and professional career. Asking a mentor or experienced clinician in your desired area of practice for feedback can also be helpful.
Potential and current clinical pharmacy residents will benefit in their residency experience by being armed with insight and advice from leaders in the clinical pharmacy profession. The Resident Survival Guide is available in the ACCP Bookstore at www.accp.com/bookstore.
Michael A. Smith, Pharm.D., BCPS Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Philadelphia, PA
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
-Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom American College of Clinical Pharmacy • 13000 W. 87th Street Parkway • Lenexa, KS 66215-4530 • www.accp.com
