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Residency in Pharmacy Practice (PGY1)
Hoag Hospital’s Pharmacy Practice Residency Program
Match #133213
2010 – 2011
The scope of clinical services is comprehensive, and designed to prepare a resident to excel in:
- Pain management & Palliative medicine
- Antithrombotic therapy
- Antimicrobial management
- Pharmacokinetic dosing
- Renal dosing
- Nutrition support – total parenteral nutrition(TPN)
- Fluid-electrolyte replacement
- Critical Care
- Maternal-Child services
- Oncology
- IV-to-PO interchange
- Drug information
- Precepting senior-level pharmacy students
The resident will gain administrative skills through involvement with:
- Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
- Clinical pathway/team project
- Preparation of formulary reviews
- Continuous quality improvement
- Drug usage evaluations (DUEs)
- Safety management project
- Adverse drug reaction reporting
- Management lectures
Ambulatory care programs with which the resident will be involved include:
- Pulmonary rehabilitation clinic
- Congestive Heart Failure clinic
- Community education lecture series
This one-year program accommodates two
residents, both of whom are required to rotate
through the individual practice areas and complete
at least 2,000 hours of residency requirements within
the residency year (July through June). The residents
work closely with preceptors to meet mutually agreed
upon, predetermined goals set by the residency
program director.
Each pharmacy resident is considered a hospital
employee and receives compensation according
to normal hospital policies. The yearly stipend for
residents is $44,000. Benefits include medical,
dental and vision coverage. Over the course of the
year, the resident may accrue up to 28 days of paid
time off (PTO), which may be used as vacation/
holiday time, sick leave, or can be cashed out on
a quarterly basis. In addition, reimbursement for
registration to the California Society of Health-
Systems Pharmacists annual seminar and the
Western States Conference is provided, as are the
resident’s corresponding travel expenses.
The program is structured to meet the accreditation
standards of the American Society of Health-Systems
Pharmacists (ASHP). All residency candidates must
be members of ASHP and participate in the National
Matching Services program. All candidates must
be graduates (or senior level in good standing) of
an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
(ACPE)-accredited Doctor of Pharmacy degree
program. Residency candidates must be in possession
of a valid intern’s license and working to earn the
required intern hours for licensure in California. The
resident should be licensed as a pharmacist by the
state of California as soon as possible after starting the
residency, but must be licensed by the end of October
2010 to remain in the residency program.
Clinical electives:
- Nutrition
- Neonatal Pharmacology
- IT Pharmacy
- Surgical-Neuro
Project management skills:
Residents are required to complete a research project suitable for presentation at the Western States Conference held in the spring.
Practice management skills:
Residents will gain distributive skills through hands-on participation in the medication-use process, learning:
- Clinical information systems
- Pharmacy automation
- Unit dose drug distribution
- Sterile products admixture
- Controlled substances management
- Chemotherapy preparation
- Pharmaceutical care services
Once residents receive their pharmacist
license, they will start the distributive rotation of
approximately one day per week. This amounts
to approximately 40 shifts of staffing spread
throughout the year. It may include every other
weekend and/or evenings.
Residency program goals:
The goal of Hoag Hospital’s Pharmacy
Residency Program is to develop well-rounded
pharmacists who serve with professional
competence–the ability to use professional
knowledge and skills to solve patient-related
problems that arise in pharmacy practice.
The residency experience is a structured,
yet flexible, program providing training in
all areas of a modern hospital pharmacy
operation. It integrates clinical, administrative
and distributive functions to assist the
resident in developing the skills necessary to
become pharmaceutical care professionals.
Residents serve in the roles of both clinical and
distributive staff throughout the year.
The residency program at Hoag offers dedicated
pharmacy preceptors, a variety of opportunities
for involvement in modern hospital practice,
and a flexible program designed to meet each
individual resident’s needs.
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