PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
Providence Holy Family Hospital is a community-based acute care hospital with an ASHP accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program with two residents. Residents work in a patient centered learning environment to receive a well-rounded education and encounter a diverse patient population with predominantly acute care rotations as well as ambulatory experiences. Residents participate in daily clinical activities, pharmacy administrative functions, drug distribution/operations, and manage a long-term project related to pharmacy practice. Graduating residents will be qualified to pursue careers as clinical pharmacists or assume positions as clinical faculty at a college of pharmacy and be prepared to obtain board certification.
The residency program affords participants the opportunity to provide pharmaceutical care in a wide variety of patient care settings and to develop clinical skills. Upon completion of the residency program at Holy Family Hospital, residents will be highly trained acute care pharmacists with the knowledge, confidence, and experience to not only perform clinical and operational pharmacy functions, but also teach and mentor students, to further grow the profession, and drive projects to completion.
