Tipping Point
I find it “amusing” that our mentor Bill Jones has said numerous times that pharmacy residents aren’t very good at things for their first 6 months, and that after that, things start to click and they pick up momentum. Yesterday …
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Didn’t Match? How about a residency on Maui?
Ah, Match day. I remember sitting in front of my computer this time last year, building up the courage to open that email from the NMS. I was shocked to find that I didn’t match, as did 1000 other applicants. …
Aging With Aloha
So many opportunities are presenting themselves in the residency, that I have a hard time keeping up, let alone blog about it! I blogged earlier about the web we weave. Well, talk about a long term care rotation has progessed, …
It’s a complicated web we weave
Ever notice that in life sometimes things fall together in an uncanny way? It may be interpreted as divine intervention, or fate, or some people may just figure they have it all figured out. I like to see it as …
I might save your life some day
I was a member of the MRC (Medical Reserve Corps) in New Mexico, but I wasn’t able to complete all of the training to ever go out and do anything due to pharmacy school. Well, I found the information for …
Don’t Mess with Pharmacy Techs
Watch Shirley, one of our hi-energy pharmacy technicians at Maui Clinic Pharmacy, rip a phone book in half on the first try. No cheating here! When she is working, you might want to leave your attitude at the door. Wow!
Doubling up
Aloha! I realized I have been neglecting posting here. My whole idea was to have a pharmacy blog with more professional postings, and then a personal blog. BUT, part of what I planned on doing on this blog is highlighting …
Poverty in Paradise
I wish I had known about this site before I moved to Hawaii. It takes a salary you put in, the place you are moving from, where you are moving to, and then compares the biggest essential costs of living. …
Struggles of the week
My mom and I had a conversation the other day about not complaining. When she was a manager, she had a clay “bank” on her desk. When someone came in, she said to have at least 2 solutions to any …
ALOHA spirit is law
I have been meaning to post this for a while, but I think with the hustle and bustle of the holidays, and seeing all the depressed faces here on the mainland, I feel it is high time. I find myself …