Program Overview 

Program Overview 

The Department of Pharmacy Services offers a PGY-1, Pharmacy Practice Residency program with positions for two residents. This program has been accredited by the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) since 1996. The residency in pharmacy practice is an organized, directed, postgraduate training program that centers on development of the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to pursue rational drug therapy. 

Program Goals 

The purpose of this residency is to provide postgraduate training in the provision of direct patient care to multiple patient populations. Residents will develop effective written and verbal communication skills in order to provide education to, and interact with, patients, students, and a multi-disciplinary team of health care providers. Residents will exercise and continue to develop leadership skills and professionalism while learning to manage their own clinical pharmacy practice. 

Program Structure

The residency is predicated on development of the knowledge, attitudes, and skills required to develop the resident's competence to provide pharmaceutical care. In order to provide training in all aspects of contemporary pharmacy practice, the resident will complete organized learning experiences in the following practice areas: acute patient care; ambulatory patient care; drug information and drug use policy development; and practice management.

These training segments will include the following required learning experiences: 

·         Orientation

·         Acute Care

n       Adult Medicine

n       Internal Medicine

n       Critical Care

n       Pediatrics

·         Ambulatory Care - rotation and longitudinal

·         Drug Information/Practice Management –  rotation and longitudinal     

·         Clinical Research – rotation and longitudinal