The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists sets standards for residency
training in Pharmacy Practice. While certain experiences must be included in
every resident’s plan of training, we’ll structure our program to meet your
specific goals. Flexibility is at the core of our residency program as we
design an educational year that prepares you for specialty training or
gives you the educational experience necessary to begin your pharmacy career
in the position you desire.
| The Program Includes Required and Elective Elements. These Include: |
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Required Experiences
- Orientation - four weeks
- Practice Management - longitudinal
- Drug Information/Drug Use Policy Development
- two to four weeks
- Acute Care - one six-week block of internal medicine and one six-week block of a medicine specialty
- Medication Safety - longitudinal
- Pharmacy Practice (staffing) - longitudinal
- Medical Informatics - longitudinal
In addition, our residency program requires the completion of a research project and medication use evaluation. Journal club participation, precepting pharmacy students and clinical as well as formal presentations are expected of our residents.
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Elective Experiences: Eight months in any of the following
- Ambulatory Care Specialty Clinics
- Cardiology
- Critical Care (Medical, Surgical/Trauma, Pediatric, and Neonatal)
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Nutrition
- Hematology/Oncology
- Pediatrics
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Psychiatry
- Medication Safety
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