In the tough competition for residency positions, how can you stand out?Get the Residency: ASHP’s Guide to Residency Interviews and Preparation can help. You’ll get tips, a long-term plan, and answers to your questions, including: When do I start planning my residency strategy—and how How can I set up a timeline and task list to keep myself on target for success? How can I ace the interview process? What should I have in my portfolio? What happens if I don’t make the match? Plus, get late breaking information you can’t get in any other book on the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS) and the Post-Match Dynamic List.The authors of Get the Residency put together a course at Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy that has helped their students achieve an 83 percent residency acceptance rate, against the national average of 60 percent in the most recent match. Now, Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP; Kevin A. Clauson, PharmD; and Sandra Benavides, PharmD, along with faculty and clinicians across the country, share their effective techniques with you. They offer candid advice, guidance, and warnings that will be directly applicable to your hunt for a post graduate residency or fellowship and will stay with you as your career grows. You can begin using this as a guide as early as your first year, or as soon as you are ready to begin the residency application process. Let their experience and understanding of the process guide you through each step toward your professional future.

Each year, more than 15,000 U.S. medical students—along with more than 18,000 graduates of foreign medical schools and schools of osteopathic medicine—take part in the National Residency Matching Program, vying for a small number of positions in the United States. In this keenly competitive environment, they seek every advantage they can get. Based on more than two decades of experience preparing candidates for residency programs, John Canady has developed a concise practical guide to making one’s way through the maze of residency applications and interviews. Guiding residency applicants past the pitfalls in all aspects of the process, 101 Tips to Getting the Residency You Want includes sections on tried-and-true methods for senior year planning, the importance of networking, tips for interviewing, practical advice for carefree travel, and guidelines for follow-up to out-of-town rotations and interviews. This guide covers the do’s and don’ts that will maximize each applicant’s chances and exposes the common blunders that can ruin an application in spite of the best grades and test scores.

Simple and easy to read Guides you step by step - from submitting your application to match day Provides guidance for the IMG: VISA information, California Medical Board Licensure Assists Canadian IMGs with their unique application process Disproves myths surrounding the application process Provides real-life experiences

You CAN match successfully! Read this book to find out what IMGs really need to know to avoid costly mistakes and obtain a U.S. residency. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand format, this step-by-step guide provides insider information on what IMGs need to do differently, from tips and strategies on how to prepare for the USMLE to field-tested interviewing tactics. Features: The fine points of U.S. residency application Common IMG mistakes...and their solutions Personal stories and advice from other successful IMGs Important IMG "Dos and Don'ts" The Successful IMG approach to conducting research, securing U.S. electives, writing personal statements, obtaining letters of reference, and much, much more! The Successful IMG: Obtaining a U.S. Residency is written by an IMG with an IMG's specific needs in mind, and provides focused strategies to overcome the additional challenges IMGs face. The result of research and experience, this book combines the advice of over 100 medical students, graduates, and residency program directors into a single "how to" guide to navigating the difficult residency application process and matching successfully.

Getting Started in a Pharmacy Residency walks you through key steps in the residency acquisition process, including connecting with program representatives, creating application materials, taking part in the Match, and positioning yourself so that you stand out from the crowd.

Residency positions are increasingly harder to secure. ASHP’s Get the Residency: ASHP’s Guide to Residency Interviews and Preparation, Second Edition will help you stand out in a competitive field. Inside you will find first-hand advice, interview guidance, warnings, and answers to your questions, including: When do I start planning my residency strategy—and how? How can I set up a timeline and task list to keep myself on target for success? How can I ace the interview process? What should I have in my portfolio? What happens if I don’t make the match? The authors of Get the Residency, Second Edition, have almost a decade-long track record of proven results for thousands of students: an 80% residency acceptance rate, against the national average of 65%. And they, along with faculty and clinicians across the country, share their effective techniques with you in this updated edition. Let their experience and understanding of the process guide you through each step toward your professional future.

If you want sample questions, answers, and rationales, this book will give you a great feel for what it's like to get through a residency interview day. Written by two practitioners who have extensive experience with the interview process, you'll get the nuts and bolts of what it takes to become an exceptional candidate. In interviews, you can't be ordinary, you must be memorable. This book will help you answer questions in a way that both shows your value and helps you stand out.