Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola
PGY1 Residency Program

PGY1 Residency Programs
2025 Application Details  for Ascension Sacred Heart and Studer Family Children's Hospital

Starting Date: 06/16/2025

Application Deadline: 1/3/2025

Duration/Type: 52 weeks

Number Positions: 4 PGY1 Positions @ Ascension Sacred Heart AND 1 PGY1 Position @ Studer Family Children's Hospital

Estimated Stipend: $47,500

Interview Required: Yes (Offering both Onsite and Virtual Interviews)

Residency Special Features:  Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola offers a wide variety of clinical rotations that provide extensive pharmaceutical care experiences.

Ascension Sacred Heart NMS Code = 163113

Studer Family Children's Hospital NMS Code =313213

Benefits:  Paid time off (12 days); full health, dental, and vision benefits; Paid attendance to ASHP Midyear meeting and the Florida Residency Conference.

Special Requirements for Acceptance:  Prospective candidates must hold or anticipate graduation with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, eligible for Florida Intern & Pharmacist license, and be committed to fulfilling all the requirements of the program.  We are a 

Completed applications include:

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Letter of intent
  • College of Pharmacy transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation

Applicants can select from the following interview 2025 interview dates:

Ascension Sacred Heart PGY1 Residency Interview Dates

In Person Interviews

  • Monday, January 27, 2025
  • Friday, January 31, 2025
  • Monday, February 10, 2025

Virtual Interview

  • Friday, February 14, 2025

Studer Family Children's Hospital PGY1 Residency Interview Dates

In Person Interviews

  • Monday, February 3, 2025

Virtual Interviews

  • Friday, February 7, 2025

 

PGY1 Program Purpose

PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training. [No text in field]

PGY1 Residency Program Learning Structure

 The PGY1 pharmacy residency program’s structure is outlined in the table below. Learning experience sequencing takes into account the residents’ entering interests, whenever possible. This is intended to assist the residents in defining their areas of interest as well as evaluate what opportunities to seek at the Midyear Clinical meeting. To allow for flexibility, learning experiences may change throughout the course of the residency year as long as it is in the best interest of the residents and the program. 

Ascension Sacred Heart PGY1 Residency Program Structure

Required “Core” Rotations

Duration is One calendar month

Number of core rotations is 8

Orientation

Adult Internal Medicine I

Adult Internal Medicine II

Adult Critical Care

Infectious Diseases

Ambulatory Care

Research

Pharmacy Administration

Required “Core” Longitudinal Rotations (3)

Pharmacy Practice Management focused on P&T, Medication Safety, and Medication Diversion (36 weeks - divided into 3-12 week sessions)

Research (46 week)

Staffing (47 weeks)

Required “Core” Block Rotations (3)

Heart Failure Ambulatory Care Clinic (duration is 2 months)

Teaching Certificate (duration is 10 months)

Antimicrobial Stewardship Rounds (duration is 2 one month rotations)

Elective Rotations (4)

Academia with FAMU faculty

Cardiology

Advanced Critical Care

Emergency Medicine

Oncology

Outpatient Infusion Therapy

Pediatric Internal Medicine

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Renal Transplant

Surgery

Medication Safety

Information Technology

Any of the core rotations could be an elective experience



Studer Family Children’s Hospital PGY1 Residency Program Structure

Required “Core” Rotations

Duration is One calendar month

Number of core rotations = 9

Orientation

Pediatric Internal Medicine I

Pediatric Internal Medicine II

Infectious Diseases

Neonatal Intensive Care

Pediatric Intensive Care

Pediatric Ambulatory Care

Research (not an evaluated rotation - rolled into longitudinal research)

Pharmacy Administration

Required “Core” Longitudinal Rotations (3)

Pharmacy Practice Management focused on P&T, Medication Safety, and Medication Diversion (36 weeks - divided into 3-12 week sessions)

Research (46 week)

Staffing (47 week)

Required “Core” Block Rotations (2)

Teaching Certificate (10 months)

Antimicrobial Stewardship (2 months) which includes 3 infectious diseases focused patient cased based ID topic reviews

Elective Rotations (3)

Duration is 1 calendar month

Academia with FAMU faculty

Cardiology

Advanced Critical Care

Emergency Medicine

Oncology

Outpatient Infusion Therapy

Internal Medicine at Ascension Sacred Heart

Oncology at Ascension Sacred Heart

Renal Transplant

Surgery

Medication Safety

Information Technology

Any of the core rotations could be an elective experience

Pediatric residents can complete any of the adult pharmacy experiences as electives

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