TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 2. What's in It for Me? Benefits of Postgraduate Training A1 - Clark, John S. A1 - Pleva, Melissa A2 - Bookstaver, P. Brandon A2 - Caulder, Celeste R. A2 - Smith, Kelly M. A2 - Quidley, April Miller PY - 2013 T2 - Roadmap to Postgraduate Training in Pharmacy AB - The types and numbers of postgraduate training options available to you are seemingly endless. Yet, the reasons for you to delay entry into the job market may not be quite as numerous. You've probably had a hard enough time describing why it takes 4 years in pharmacy school, much less the education you had before that, to become a pharmacist. And now, you want, need, or are compelled to do more? Know that thousands of pharmacy students and even existing practitioners have worked through this debate before you, and the debate may rage long after you graduate. Yet, there are compelling reasons to invest more in your own career beyond your PharmD degree. We went to the source, the rich source of information that is our Postgraduate Year One (PGY-1) and Postgraduate Year Two (PGY-2) pharmacy residents, who provided some data for this chapter. Was it a formal study? No. However, mixing their thoughts with ours provides a well-rounded rationale for postgraduate training. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57840098 ER -