Residencies and Fellowship

[commymommy]

I have just been reading some information about residency and fellowship programs thanks to some wonderful advice from Monkeyguts...Is anyone here currently doing or planning on doing a residency and/or fellowship? It seems like there are an incredible array of opportunities to specialize within pharmacy!

I am really getting excited about the idea of pharmacy. I've contacted the pharm. dept. at the hospital and am waiting for a call back. I hope that they can use a good volunteer

kris

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[johnnyk]

Residencies and fellowships offer a great opportunity to specialize and conduct research. However, they aren't for everyone. I was very close to completing a residency, however, I was offered a dream position....and decided to screw it. LOL
That being said, I think they are great for anyone who really wants to specialize in a particular area, if you aren't poor, burnt out, or both by the time you are finished school. Many Pharm.D. programs mimic a residency in the final year with very demanding rotations. You can expect a residency to be just as demanding as school if not more. If you wish at time go for it, but remember there are great possibilities even without a residency.

 

[commymommy]

Thanks for the feedback.....It is fascinating to see the options available in the profession. A week ago, I was completely clueless and hadn't even considered pharmacy...now I'm realizing that the options availabe are really diverse.

kris

 

[TotalKayOs]

I'm just curious if anyone has any info about doing a fellowship or residencies in infectious diseases. i would after graduation i would like to go on and specalize in this field but i don't know it it would be worth it finacially. i think diseases and infectious diseases are facinating but are there job out there for people who specialize in this and is the pay any better?

 

[bringinit247]

Do most pharmacy schools have residency/fellowship opportunities? I know Rutgers does, because it is in close proximity to a ton of pharmaceutical companies...But what about other schools?...

 

[baggywrinkle]

"You can expect a residency to be just as demanding as school if not more."

Cheap slave labor. Unless you are going for the plum position that requires a "curriculum vitae" rather than a plain vanilla resume don't bother. You could work in the same facility at full wages and learn much of the same material OJT without the research, presentations, or stress.

 

[TotalKayOs]

but a fellowship or residency will set up apart from the thousands of other pharm d grads out there. and in the future when there is a lot of automation pharmacists will not be doing the filling and despensing duties like most of them do now.