Anticoagulation is an area of high impact for pharmacists.

And so that means we've gotta spend some time learning about it. In this guide, I'll break down the pharmacology of all things anticoagulation.

How to Memorize Drug Side Effects (While Decreasing Your Study Time)b

I spent so much extra time staring at a textbook or lecture slides with no idea what I should be focusing on, hoping that the knowledge would magically burn itself into my brain. Spoiler alert: That didn't happen.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyBrandon DysonJuly 15, 2017study hack, Studying, how to study for pharmacy tests, how to memorize drug side effects, how to study for pharmacy school, how to remember drug info, pharmacy clinical pearls, drug clinical pearls, pharmacy school, how to study for the NAPLEX

Surviving the Showcase: Your Guide to Midyear Success

Editor's Note: The following is a sample chapter from our new guide: Mastering the Match: How to Secure a Pharmacy Residency. Are you thinking about residency? If so, click here.

Pharmacy School, Professional, ResidencyBrandon DysonMarch 29, 2017residency, pharmacy residency, pharmacy residency interviews, the showcase, midyear, ashp midyear, PGY1, PGY-1, student pharmacist, pharmacy student

How to Transition from a Student to a Pharmacist

Hello tl;dr friends. In addition to creating lovingly hand-crafted pharmacy knowledge bombs for your reading enjoyment, I also occasionally write for Pharmacy Times. I don't post every article that I write for Pharmacy Times here on tl;dr pharmacy...

Pharmacy School, Practice, Professional, ResidencyBrandon DysonMarch 2, 2017pharmacy student, pharmacist, pharmacy resident, residency, pharmacy residency, pharmacy times

How to Stand Out as a Residency Applicant: An Insider's Guide

This post is sort of a "round up" of Residency Directors, Pharmacy Directors, and other influencers in the pharmacy residency sphere. In short, these are the people who interview you when you apply for residency.

I asked each of them one question:

"How can a pharmacy student make their residency application stand out?"

Practice, Professional, ResidencyBrandon DysonJanuary 2, 2017pharmacy residency, pharmacy resident, how to stand out as a pharmacy resident, how to make your residency application stand out, an insiders guide to pharmacy residency, how to make a stand out residency application, Residency, pharmacy residency interviews

How to Be a Successful Pharmacy Resident

One thing that new pharmacy residents struggle with is transitioning from "student" to "pharmacist." Since residents are still under the umbrella of being a trainee, the first few months of residency are not all that different from their P4 year

Pharmacy School, Professional, ResidencyBrandon DysonDecember 16, 2016pharmacy residency, pharmacy resident, successful residency, PGY1

How to Study for the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment (PCOA)

There's a new acronym on the rise in pharmacy education. One that's striking fear in the hearts of students everywhere.

PCOA

The Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment.

Pharmacy School, Residency, Clinical, ProfessionalBrandon DysonNovember 20, 2016pharmacy curriculum outcomes assessment, PCOA, How to study for the PCOA, How to study for PCOA, What is the PCOA, What to do if you fail the PCOA, PCOA Pharmacy, PCOA Test, What is the PCOA pharmacy test

Heart Failure Part 3: Pharmacotherapy

Ok, so now onto pharmacotherapy - updated for the 2022 Guidelines!

Last time we talked about signs and symptoms and discussed the Frank-Starling curve. We are going to talk about the agents used in HF and how they affect this curve.

Clinical, Residency, PracticeBrandon DysonNovember 12, 2016heart failure, systolic heart failure, diastolic heart failure, HFpEF, HFrEF, HF, CHF, Clinical Pearls, congestive heart failure, cardiovascular, digoxin

HIV Boot Camp: Entry Inhibitors & Attachment Inhibitors

Well, we're coming full circle here. Our epic series on HIV is nearing its coda. We've only got one "class" of HIV meds left to talk about.

The Entry Inhibitors.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyBrandon DysonSeptember 25, 2016hiv boot camp, entry inhibitor mechanism of action, hiv entry inhibitors, hiv cheat sheet, hiv clinical pearls, maraviroc dosing, enfuvirtide administration, enfuvirtide dosing, maraviroc drug interactions, hiv therapy cheat sheet, entry inhibitor clinical pearls, fusion inhibitor

The Complete (but Practical) Guide to Aminoglycosides

Before we get too far, let’s clarify what drugs fall in the aminoglycoside class. That way we’re all on the same page. When we talk about aminoglycosides, we’re referring to gentamicin, tobramycin, and amikacin.

HIV Boot Camp: Integrase Inhibitors

Integrase Inhibitors (also known as IN Strand Transfer Inhibitors...or commonly abbreviated as INSTIs) first appeared on the market in 2007. This may come as a surprise to you, but their job is to inhibit the HIV enzyme Integrase.

What does Integrase do?

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyBrandon DysonSeptember 6, 2016HIV medication dosing, HIV drug cheat sheet, HIV cheat sheet, HIV Clinical pearls, hiv therapy cheat sheet, HIV clinical pearls, HIV drugs cheat sheet, HAART cheat sheet, HAART, integrase inhibitors, dolutegravir, Triumeq, elvitegravir, raltegravir

Making Sense of Monoclonal Antibodies

Hello all. I've written another article for Pharmacy Times. We've written about monoclonal antibodies previously (here, and here)..but this is a more "consolidated" and coherent article on the subject.

You can check it out here:

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyBrandon DysonAugust 31, 2016pharmacy times, monoclonal antibody guide, monoclonal antibodies made simple, monoclonal antibodies, monoclonal antibody clinical pearls, monoclonal antibody nomenclature, mabs, -mab