Pharm Residency Meeting Minutes

• Connor Hanson: PGY2 Pharmacy Administrative Resident

• Undergrad:UWMadison, PharmD:UW Madison, MS:UWMadison

• Third generation pharmacist

• Don’t be concerned if you get to pharmacy school and are unsure of where you wanna go from there

• Passion for empowering others, leadership, professional development

• Pharmacy Administration & Leadership: Optimize patient care, Operations, supply chain, clinical management, speciality pharmacy etc.

• Health-System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership Residency at UW Health: Two year program, Includes MS, Focus on administrative experience, Every year of residency = “5 years of experience” , Camaraderie

• Advice for now: Don’t close doors, Play chess with your career, not checkers, Practice time management skills, Work hard, play hard

• Advice for after undergrad: Get comfortable being uncomfortable , “No doesn’t mean no, it means not right now”, Every challenge is an opportunity

• Apply for residency during the last year of pharmacy school

• How does residency compare and contrast to your expectations of it beforehand: Lived up to expectations in terms of developing skills, Some things don’t go as planned ex: COVID,

• How has COVID impacted your residency?: Lots of virtual, Masks, limited number of residents in room, Less social interaction outside of work, 72/500 hospital bed filled with COVID patients, much busier for pharmacy

• 2yr vs 3yrs program?: 2 year programs are rare, usually specific to just administration, Uusually 1 year general, next year specialized, Takes time to know your exact route

• You can do rotations abroad in 4th year pharmacy school

• Limited residencies abroad because pharmacy practices vary worldwide

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