The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center offers 6 resident positions. Our PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program has been accredited by ASHP since 1994, offering residents the opportunity to participate in collaborative, integrated care in health system pharmacy practice. Residents apply advanced practice-based skills, expand leadership skills, and participate in innovative approaches to delivery of care.
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is a 523-bed community teaching hospital and tertiary care center located in the west hills of Portland, OR. Established in 1875, it was the first permanent hospital in Oregon, and it is the largest Providence hospital in Oregon. Notable for adult critical care (Medical-Surgical ICU, Cardiac ICU, Neurovascular ICU) and neonatal critical care services, the medical center also offers advanced heart failure and heart transplantation services, a comprehensive stroke program, and the busiest emergency department in the Portland area.
The Department of Pharmacy at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center offers well-established clinical pharmacy services across a wide variety of patient populations and specialties. The department utilizes a layered learning model, with pharmacy student, resident, and attending pharmacist teams on each of the core clinical services, structured in the same way as the medical education model. These teams work collaboratively with other clinicians to provide patient care and optimize medication management across the continuum of care.
The Pharmacy team at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is made up of more than 100 pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy residents, and pharmacy interns. These caregivers are committed to the learning and growth of our pharmacy residents and visiting pharmacy residents. In fact, many of our pharmacists are former residents of the program. As most of our pharmacists are residency-trained, many with PGY2 residency training and/or board certification, our residents benefit from the diverse wealth of experience and knowledge of their preceptors.
The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center provides broad experience and confidence in practice-based skills across various practice settings while offering the opportunity to obtain focused experience in areas of interest. Pharmacy residents can also complete learning experiences at other Providence hospitals and clinics in the Portland area, offering a wide variety of elective experiences. The residents at PSVMC are also connected with other Providence PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residents in the Portland area.
Here are some commonly asked questions:
Effective patient-centered, clinical pharmacy practice is a philosophy that’s supported across the entire Providence organization. Join us virtually to meet our pharmacy teams, receive an overview of each program’s curriculum and details, and an opportunity for questions and answers.
