Matched: Insider tips & tricks from a former Pharmacy Residency Program Director

by Brian Leonard

This is the 1st edition (2nd edition is available now!)Quick, fun, conversational read? ✔️ Tips from the program perspective? ✔️ Demystifying the residency process? ✔️ Making the most of you extracurricular activities? ✔️ Writing effective letters of intent and obtaining great references? ✔️ Practice interview questions and how to answer? ✔️ Beating the record low 63% match rate? ✔️✔️✔️ 2020 saw the lowest pharmacy residency match rate and highest number of unmatched candidates to date. As the job market continues to shrink and advanced training becomes the minimum standard for entry-level positions, the importance of securing a residency has become paramount. After serving as a residency preceptor, program coordinator, and program director, I have consistently encountered too many underprepared and overwhelmed applicants. While formal education and training focuses on pharmacology, pharmacotherapy, and practical applications, the necessary skills of effective self-promotion and interviewing are often neglected. In these pages, you will learn everything you need to help you prepare and ease the stress of the residency matching objective self-evaluation, effective application materials, the art of interviewing, example interview questions and answers, and more (with infamous AnecDose examples along the way). Let me be your personal guide as I reveal insider tips and tricks to help you understand the mind of residency program directors and help you get MATCHED.

86 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 18, 2020

Reviews

[katy bedka]

so lame of me that this is my first read of 2025 BUT there was some very valuable stuff in here im def using for interviews !!!!

[Jessica]

I wish this was available as a PDF file to buy for the same price as the hard copy (so similarly priced). Reading it on Amazon Kindle is not that confusive to taking notes

[Ashlie Christian]

Quality, short read for any pharmacy student pursuing residency. As I am preparing for residency interviews myself, I really appreciated the insight from a previous Residency Director. The book includes practice questions for interviews and example answers or types of answers programs may be looking for. Will definitely be referring back as interviews approach.