Main description:

Today's new health-system pharmacists face challenges and opportunities unknown even a few years ago, from new areas of practice to changing roles in the hospital setting. Though their supervisors and other senior level practitioners can offer valuable guidance, they cannot provide the insights, perspective, and experiential wisdom that early to mid-career practitioners can provide.

To fill this gap, ASHP has created a unique new publication: Letters from Rising Pharmacy Stars: Advice on Creating and Advancing Your Career in a Changing Profession. Edited by Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE, CEO of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, and Sara J. White, RPh, MS, FASHP, Former Director of Pharmacy at Stanford University and Clinics, Letters from Rising Pharmacy Stars is a collection of compelling letters from 30 "up and comers" who have demonstrated significant achievement in their careers.

A companion to ASHP's Letters to a Young Pharmacist: Sage Advice on Life and Career from Extraordinary Pharmacists, published in 2014 by the same authors, this collection forms an inspiring guide to the choices and challenges that young pharmacists are grappling with, written by practitioners who share similar generational interests and concerns.

Readers will find practical guidance and fresh ideas on a wide range of topics, including:

Finding and landing the right opportunities
Choosing roles and settings that best match personal interests
Navigating life and career as a two-pharmacist couple
Pursuing a career as a pharmacogenetics clinical scientist
Dealing with the impact of significant life events like a serious auto accident
Coordinating postgraduate year 1 and 2 (PGY-1 and 2) residencies
And much more.

Their down-to-earth advice can help readers navigate the changes in pharmacy practice, develop a long-term career strategy, and find the right work/life balance - and also offers valuable insights to residency directors and others who mentor them.

Contents:

Follow Your Passion, Focus on Relationships, Develop Expertise, and Enjoy the Ride
Planning and Opening a New Hospital Pharmacy and Having Broad-Based Impact
Don't Turn Down Opportunities Even If They Make You Feel Uncomfortable
Sometimes Others Know You Better Than You Know Yourself
Although Not Easy, a Guy Can Have It All-Family and Successful Career
Your Contribution May Be in a Field That Has Not Yet Been Imagined
Find Your Own Way Even If It Is a Change from Your Original Path
Navigating the Profession and Life as a Married Pharmacist Couple: Life Will Inevitably Throw You Curveballs
Think of Your Life-Career as Your Four-Chambered Heart
Life Is Never What You Expect It to Be
Leading an International Pharmacy Enterprise
Handling Your Personal Finances Appropriately and Other Management Advice
Whatever Is Worth Doing at All Is Worth Doing Well
Sometimes the Ideal Opportunities Are Disguised in the Disappointment of Missing Out on Another Opportunity
The Impact of Succession Planning and Paving the Way for Others
Tapping into the Influence of a Few to Positively Impact the Actions of Many
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Everyone Loves a Good Story
Go Forth with an Open Mind and Be Passionate About What You Do
Network and Think About What Makes a Good Boss
It's Not Easy, But a Gal Can Have It All-Family and Successful Career
Leadership Roles Allow You to Be Present at Work and at Life
Sometimes It's Not About What You Know, It's About Who You Know andWhat They Think About You
Work Hard, Seize Opportunities, and Dream Big
Having One Foot in the Clinical Realm and One Foot in the Operational Realm
Being Successful as a Tenure Track Faculty Member
Keep Your Eyes Open and Seize Opportunities
Conducting Successful Residencies
Mentors-A Gift
Legacies Aren't a Burden, But a Blessing