Dr. Opsal, PharmD, PGY-2 Oncology Resident at UNC Health

• Insights

  • Pharmacy is a career that requires lifelong learning

  • Undergraduate biology, chemistry, and microbiology all play a big role in PharmD education

  • Most of the time, disagreements/answering questions wrong provides a new perspective and allows you to further understand an unfamiliar concept

• Career path specifics

  • PharmD at UW Madison - found passion for oncology through specific oncology course, oncology units, and personal inspirations

  • Residency at UNC

    • First year was very general and focused on almost all aspects of hospital pharmacy

    • Second year was also at UNC and was very much oncology specific

  • Job search is starting soon - wants to prioritize being at a large institution (research/teaching hospital) rather than being limited geographically

• Work/Life Balance

  • Pharmacy school was harder to manage than residency

  • Residency is designed into more task specific commitments rather than exams, quizzes, and homework

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