Program highlights
The Riverside Community Hospital post-graduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency program is a 52-week postgraduate curriculum. Our residency training philosophy is to foster pharmacy career growth by offering diverse experiences in multidisciplinary environments. The RCH pharmacy department is decentralized with clinical pharmacist practice sites including infectious diseases, medical intensive care, surgical intensive care, emergency department/trauma, medical/surgical, and cardiovascular.
In addition to being mentored by highly trained preceptors in a variety of specialized practice areas, pharmacy residents will train alongside more than 220 resident physicians in 12 specialties from RCH’s Graduate Medical Education program. Moreover, the RCH pharmacy department is affiliated with three pharmacy schools and residents will have the opportunity to co-precept pharmacy students. Residents are given the opportunity to be trained in 542-bed acute care facility with one of the largest emergency departments, Level 1 Trauma Center, one of the largest STEMI (heart attack) receiving center, fully accredited Chest Pain Center, invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures, the Cancer Center, and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Residents will receive drug information and practice resources to competently practice as a clinical pharmacist and fulfill consult services for parenteral nutrition, warfarin, heparin, aminoglycosides, and vancomycin. The resident will have the opportunity to obtain ACLS certification to response to Code activations. Residents are expected to be extensively involved with the Pharmacy and Therapeutics process and facility and corporate meetings. In all, the resident will receive training to be a steward of patient centered care and evidence-based medicine.
Length of program
12 months
Number of positions
3 PGY1 Positions
Accreditation status
Accredited
| Required learning experiences | Duration (weeks) |
|---|---|
| Administration/Management | 4 weeks |
| Central Services I | 3 weeks |
| Central Services II | 3 weeks |
| Critical Care, Medical ICU | 5 weeks |
| Critical Care, Surgical ICU | 5 weeks |
| Emergency Medicine | 5 weeks |
| Infectious Disease | 5 weeks |
| Internal Medicine I | 5 weeks |
| Internal Medicine II | 5 weeks |
| Orientation | 3 weeks |
| Total Parenteral Nutrition | 1 week |
| Longitudinal learning experiences | Duration (weeks) |
|---|---|
| Quality Improvement, Project Management and Professional Development | 52 weeks |
| Staffing | 52 weeks |
| Research | 52 weeks |
| Elective learning experiences - any two | Duration (weeks) |
|---|---|
| Trauma | 4 weeks |
| Medication Safety | 4 weeks |
| Cardiology | 4 weeks |
Repeat from core rotation
|
4 weeks |
*Adjustments to the type and duration of learning experiences may occur based on available staff, pharmacy service lines, and/or other circumstances.
Benefits
- Estimated stipend: $60,000
- Other benefits Include: paid time off (including holidays), health/dental/vision
- Personal desk space with computer and other professional materials
- Travel/CE allowance: ASHP Midyear Meeting, CSHP Conference (as budget allows)
- Free covered on-site parking