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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.

Healing Healers promotes stress relief Healing Healers promotes stress relief

Healing Healers promotes stress relief

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The first thing that went out the window was personal hygiene. When I stayed up the night before an exam, my body reflected all the usual battle scars: sleep deprived eyes, coffee breath, and 3-day-old hair. The weeks leading up to finals, my apartment became a national park with mountains of laundry and take-out tray canyons. It was completely normal for my flashcard count to exceed my steps for the day. “This is fine,” I told myself.   Just like on the graphs I had to study, my stress grew exponentially during my first year of pharmacy school. Doctorate programs...
The SLI “pharmily” trip The SLI “pharmily” trip

The SLI “pharmily” trip

Karishma Patel (bottom left) and fellow SLI attendees enjoy a “pharmily” meal at APhA headquarters this past July. Stepping onto...
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Twenty years of developing leaders Twenty years of developing leaders

Twenty years of developing leaders

In 2001, SLI activities included an APhA egg hunt on the National Mall. This July marks the 20th anniversary of the APhA–ASP Summer...
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Addressing the mental health concerns of service members Addressing the mental health concerns of service members

Addressing the mental health concerns of service members

Mental health is a hot topic of discussion within the health care community. More people are gaining access to, and taking advantage of, mental...
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Survey says! Survey says!

Survey says!

APhA staff members Gina Scime and Rob Hodges, along with a service dog, at the JFPS 2015 bookstore. Have you ever participated in a survey or...
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Local chapter, global outreach Local chapter, global outreach

Local chapter, global outreach

Patients waited in a long line to receive health care from the Global Brigades team. Nicholas Paulson: “Student pharmacists gave medical...
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Dispense compassion, not judgment

You may not give a second thought as you dispense an antihypertensive medication to an elderly patient. It makes sense, nothing out of the ordinary. But what goes through your mind, however briefly, when a woman asks for emergency contraception? When a gentleman cannot afford his opioid replacement therapy? When a young man presents a new prescription for an antiretroviral? When a mother is...
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