My “Long and Winding Road” (McCartney-Lennon) brought me to BPS, so how did I get here? It all began in the early 1970s, while I was an undergraduate at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). As a hungry college student,
Looking Forward to a New Year by Hal E. Richards, PharmD, BCNSP Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Critical Care Medicine St. Joseph’s Candler Health System Clinical Assistant Professor PGY-2 Program Director Critical Care Medicine The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy
Happy New Year! I hope all of you took time during the holidays to reflect and recharge. As the 2025 Chair of the BPS Board of Directors, I want to bring attention to a few of the things I am
Looking to the Future: Benefits of Board Certification for New Practitioners by Douglas Tam, PharmD, BCPS Clinical staff operating room pharmacist, UF Health Shands Hospital Gainesville, FL As a new practitioner fresh out of postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) residency
There are countless reasons we pursue additional letters after our names. Perhaps we feel like it’s a natural step after completing pharmacy residency training. Maybe our employers encourage it, or it’s required to be considered for promotion, or it is
Make a Connection and Make a Difference by Rosana Steavenson, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP BPS Ambassador May is Mental Health Month – a time where organizations across the country work to raise awareness on the importance of treating mental
As I survey the landscape of health care delivery and finance, I am reminded of the difference between cost and worth. Cost, of course, defined by the Oxford Dictionary as the “required payment before something can be acquired or completed;”
Jerry McKee, PharmD, MS, BCPP Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Psychiatry BalladHealth-Woodbridge Psychiatric Hospital Many healthcare providers lack comfort and confidence in working with persons with mental illness, owing largely to a relative lack of specific training in the needs of this
Mentorship in Pharmacy – Pay It Forward by Parth Patel, PharmD Executive Resident, Board of Pharmacy Specialties When I began my journey into pharmacy, I was nervous and excited about entering such an esteemed profession. Each professor
When I reflect on my career journey, I realize it has been anything but conventional. As a pharmacy student at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), I initially envisioned a career in ambulatory care, with a focus on HIV,