I lead PARWCC, the Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches with nearly 3,000 certified members, and we work extensively with career coaches who specialize in healthcare and licensed professional transitions--including pharmacy. While I'm not a pharmacist myself, our certified career strategists have guided hundreds of PharmD students and licensed pharmacists through career pivots, especially post-COVID when telepharmacy exploded. **On digital competencies:** The pharmacy graduates we've coached who land roles fastest aren't just clinically strong--they demonstrate data literacy and remote communication skills on their resumes and LinkedIn profiles. One of our Certified Digital Career Strategists worked with a recent PharmD grad who highlighted experience with medication therapy management platforms and patient engagement software; she landed three interviews in two weeks because employers saw she understood the tech stack, not just the science. **On online program readiness:** Our Certified Student Career Coaches emphasize that students in any remote healthcare program need to proactively document hands-on experiences--even virtual ones. We coach clients to showcase simulation software (like RxPrep for NAPLEX prep or compounding simulations) as concrete skills on resumes, because hiring managers want proof you can operate independently. If your program offers live case reviews or virtual OSCE assessments, list those by name--they're differentiators. **Practical NAPLEX advice from our coaching lens:** The students who pass and transition smoothly are the ones who treat licensure like a project with milestones, not a single exam. We recommend building a 90-day study plan with weekly accountability check-ins (many use our career coaches for this), and immediately after passing, getting LinkedIn optimized with the credential and a clear career focus--community pharmacy, clinical, industry, or informatics. Employers in pharmacy move fast, and a polished digital brand matters more than most new grads realize.
Telepharmacy and remote patient monitoring (RPM) are both clinical tools that are being incorporated into the curriculum of online Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) programs to correspond to the changing healthcare environment. Colleges such as the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus provide distance opportunities that allow the combination of synchronous online educational experience with practical clinical experience to equip students with the latest challenges in the pharmacy profession. The programs focus on competency building in telehealth technologies to provide the graduates with the ability to handle chronic illnesses and drug therapy over the distance and increase the level of patient access to services and care as well as health outcomes. A-S Medication Solutions can also learn through these developments by partnering with academic institutions in order to offer PharmD students learning opportunities through experience. By adopting students in telepharmacy and RPM programs, A-S Medication Solutions will be able to create a skilled workforce in the use of technology to enhance medication management and patient care. This partnership does not only facilitate the education of future pharmacists but it also improves the services offered by the company making it a pioneer in the provision of innovative pharmacy solutions.