PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
The ASHP Accredited PGY-1 Residency at Saint Mary’s Health
Care is designed to develop the knowledge, experience, creativity
and leadership today’s pharmacists need to cope with
tomorrow’s challenges.
Program’s Purpose statement:
Pharmacists completing this residency program will be confident and compassionate health care providers of direct patient care. They will become a core component of an interdisciplinary team responsible for achieving positive patient outcomes using medical informatics. They will be able to effectively communicate with and educate both patients and other members of the health care team about drug related issues. They will demonstrate skills in managing various tasks, projects and be able to manage and improve the medication use process and contribute to drug formulary decisions. They will demonstrate ethical and professional characteristics. They will exercise leadership and practice management skills.
Residents will also benefit from learning about the unique
brand of health care practiced at Saint Mary’s. Here,
we place equal emphasis on leading edge practices and a
compassionate, caring experience. It’s health care
with Something More.
The Pharmacy Practice Residency program at Saint Mary’s
offers rotations in the following areas. Certain core rotations
are required to meet the educational outcomes of the program.
- Internal Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Neurology
- Managed Care
- Drug Information/Medication Safety
- Consultant Pharmacy
- Home Infusion Clinical Research
- Critical Care
- Hematology/Oncology
- HIV/AIDS
- Ambulatory Care
- Infectious Disease
- Outpatient Retail Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Administration
Other benefits of the resident program include a clinical staffing
requirement, two weeks paid vacation, health/vision/dental
benefits and conference attendance. Two residency position are
available each year. Residency training usually begins in July
and concludes the following June. However, start time may be
negotiable. The program has received ASHP accreditation.
To learn more about the PGY-1 Residency contact the Residency Program Director:
Jeff Van Houten, Pham. D
(616) 752-6724
vanhoutj@trinity-health.org |
