Residency IPPE Personal Statement

After completing the pharmacy residency IPPE, I feel like I have a much better understanding of how residency training is structured and how it can benefit me as a pharmacist. Visiting the hospital was helpful because it allowed us to talk with a variety of both PGY1 and PGY2 residents about not only the academic aspects of residency but also the more practical concerns such as finances and family balance. I felt that these conversations were both enlightening and comforting. After this experience and the conversations with the residents, I am very likely to complete a residency after graduation. I have been considering the possibility of completing at least a PGY1 residency since before entering pharmacy school. After studying for a year I have become interested in pursuing psychiatric pharmacy. This interest was fueled even more during this IPPE when I was able to shadow in the inpatient psychiatric unit. After graduation I would like to pursue this by participating in a PGY1 residency, and using at least one of my elective rotations to further explore psychiatric pharmacy. After PGY1, assuming that I am still interested in psychiatric
Being able to take on a variety of rotations successfully while working on other projects assures employers that you can pick up on whatever specific information is necessary to perform a job well. Also being trained to learn quickly is an appealing quality in an employee. More importantly residency provides a way to gain specialized experience in a practice area under the supervision of a mentor so that when an employer hires me, they know that I have at least some experience and won’t be overwhelmed by the demands of the job. Overall, I think the residency experience is very marketable, and puts pharmacists on a fast track to being exceptional