PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (New Hanover)

Program description

The PGY1 Pharmacy residency is a 12-month program designed to produce competent and confident generalist pharmacists. This diversity of experience prepares graduates to excel in an academic or community health-systems.  Residents participate in a range of direct patient care activities, including emergency response, interdisciplinary & academic rounding, transitions of care, and antimicrobial stewardship. In addition to required rotations, residents may select 4 electives to customize their experience. Community service, quality improvement, scholarship activities, and service on department and health-system committees are incorporated into a resident’s experience. PGY1 Pharmacy residents staff every other weekend during July and August and every third weekend thereafter (Saturday and Sunday). Residents will also staff 2 pharmacy department holidays. 5 PGY1 Pharmacy positions are available.

Curriculum

  • Unless otherwise noted, all rotations are scheduled in 1 -month blocks, approximately 50 hours per week
  • Required rotations may be scheduled in a variety of units if applicable (i.e. Ambulatory Care, ICU, Integrated Practice)
  • Integrated practice is a general medicine rotation conducted on an adult medical unit with a decentralized pharmacist focused on triaging direct patient care on a unit managed primarily by hospitalists  
Required Block Rotations
Orientation (5 weeks)
Ambulatory Care
Intensive Care Unit
Integrated Practice
Internal Medicine I
Internal Medicine II
Practice Management
Pediatrics or Neonatal ICU
Required Longitudinal Rotations
Continuing Education Presentation
Leadership, Excellence and Development (LEAD)
  • Includes optional UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Teaching and Learning Certificate Program
  • Includes Research and Professional Development Series
Longitudinal Medication Use and Process Evaluation (6 months)
Longitudinal Project
Longitudinal Staffing: Inpatient Practice
Elective Rotations
Ambulatory Care: Novant Health Family Medicine Wilmington
Ambulatory Care: Novant Health Heart and Vascular Institute
Ambulatory Care: Specialty Neurology
Ambulatory Care: Novant Health New Hanover Primary Care
Ambulatory Care: Specialty Rheumatology
Ambulatory Care: Oncology
Emergency Medicine
ICU: Cardiovascular Surgery
ICU: Coronary Care
ICU: Medical
ICU: Neurology
Adult ICU: Surgical/Trauma
ICU: Emergency Medicine Overnight
Neonatal ICU
Nutrition Support
Pediatrics
Pediatric ICU
Integrated Practice II
Sterile Compounding and Preparation
Teaching
Precepting 4th year pharmacy students in a layered learning model
Affiliations with High Point University and University of North Carolina Schools of Pharmacy
Opportunities to teach other health care providers: medical residents, nursing, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, etc.
Service Leadership
Service on department committees
Serve as Resident-In-Charge

 

 

Benefits

Stipend
Approximately $52,000
Leave availability
15 days
Health insurance
Medical insurance provided with low monthly premium
Vision and dental insurance available with low monthly premium
Discounts
Employee discount program offers discounts on services and products from both local and national businesses
Parking
On-site parking provided free of charge
Professional development
Support provided for ASHP Midyear and UNC Research in Education and Practice Symposium (REPS)
Poster reimbursement
Support may also be provided for posters presented at an education or professional meeting
Additional items
Office space with computer
Personalized lab coat
Access to online and hospital libraries
Low-cost Team Member Fitness Center
On-site Team Member Employee Health Clinic and Pharmacy
Counseling and support services
Community Outreach opportunities

Application information

NMS code: 36111

Application deadline: 

January 2


Contact

Holly Snider, PharmD, BCPS
Residency Program Director, PGY1 Pharmacy
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
holly.snider@novanthealth.org