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Transitions Magazine

Transitions is published bi-monthly for members of the APhA New Practitioner Network. The online newsletter contains information focused on life inside and outside pharmacy practice, providing guidance on various areas of professional, personal, and practice development. Each issue includes in-depth articles on such topics as personal financial management, innovative practice sites, career profiles, career development tools, residency and postgraduate programs, and more.

Early APPE advice Early APPE advice

Early APPE advice

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Wow, “Ami,” it sounds like you had quite a humbling experience, and just at the start of rotations. I know it can be terrifying to be on a new rotation as a student pharmacist, especially in an unfamiliar setting. Often you are given very little guidance as you begin patient care in a new setting. Some preceptors are more apt to give you detailed instructions while others hope you will pick up the day-to-day expectations on your own. As a student, it is very easy to observe the actions of your preceptor and mimic them, but if every student pharmacist only mimicked their...
SLI attendees experience “extraordinary things” SLI attendees experience “extraordinary things”

SLI attendees experience “extraordinary things”

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Traveling from across the country, 237 student pharmacists met in Washington, DC, at the 2018 APhA–ASP Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) in July. Supported by an educational grant provided by Merck, SLI provides professional development and leadership skills to APhA–ASP student leaders, along with teaching them the importance of...
Flood of ideas (Online Exclusive) Flood of ideas (Online Exclusive)

Flood of ideas (Online Exclusive)

When you begin your term as an officer for your APhA–ASP Chapter, the big question is: where do you start? By beginning with a leadership...
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Young student, big ambitions Young student, big ambitions

Young student, big ambitions

After finishing the second grade in Saigon, Vietnam, my family immigrated to Vancouver, WA. Because my birthday was after September, I should have...
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Starting a new season in life Starting a new season in life

Starting a new season in life

Can y’all believe this is my last installment of “On Rotation Diary”? We have spent a whole year together and I feel like we...
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“Dear New Practitioner” “Dear New Practitioner”

“Dear New Practitioner”

You have probably heard of the “Dear Abby” advice column. Now meet the “Dear New Practitioner” section of Student...
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A letter to my younger first-year self A letter to my younger first-year self

A letter to my younger first-year self

As you prepare for your new journey, it is normal to feel nervous or scared about meeting a whole new peer and faculty population, being...
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Letters of recommendation: What’s the big deal? Letters of recommendation: What’s the big deal?

Letters of recommendation: What’s the big deal?

From the discussions I have had with student pharmacists, it seems that letters of recommendation are often overlooked, or are considered only at...
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Saying yes to opportunities

After 12 years, I finally had the chance to return to the APhA Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies, an incredible program that helps student pharmacists learn about the human toll of substance use disorders, and is also a place where student pharmacists and pharmacists can start or continue along the path of recovery. Thirteen years ago, as a student pharmacist, I arrived...

The misplaced passion of a superhero

When I was a child, my best friends wanted to be superheroes when they grew up. I wanted to be a superhero, too. But the superhero I wanted to be didn’t wear a cape nor have an alter ego, although he did often wear a mask. I wanted to be just like my dad. You see, my dad is a surgeon, and ever since I was little, I knew that he was doing the one thing that all superheroes do: he...
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