Postgraduate Year One Residency Program

St. Vincent’s Riverside Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency Program is designed to develop advanced knowledge and skills for pharmacy clinicians to practice independently and to excel in clinical service, teaching, and research in the acute care setting.

Program Structure

The rotation schedule for the 12-month PGY1 Residency Program includes:
  • Orientation (4 week duration)
  • Six Required Rotations (4 week duration each)
  • Elective Rotations (20 weeks)
  • Research Block (2 week duration)
  • ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting (1 week)
  • Year End Wrap-Up Block (1 week)
Required Rotations (4 weeks each)
  • Orientation
  • Internal Medicine I
  • Internal Medicine II
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Critical Care
  • Therapeutic Drug Policy
  • Pharmacy Management

Electives (20 weeks)

  • Antibiotic Stewardship
  • Cardiology
  • Critical Care II
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases II
  • Nephrology
  • Oncology
  • Parenteral Nutrition
  • Perioperative Services
  • Population Health*
  • Quality Management
  • Sterile Products
  • Surgery
  • Transitions of Care*

*Population Health and Transitions of Care are available at our St. Vincent's Southside campus.  Pediatrics and Psychiatry are potential electives at other local healthcare facilities based on availability. The resident can take no more than one rotation outside the health system. However, no more than 2 months can be taken at sites other than St. Vincent’s Riverside.

**The number and length of electives can be varied as part of the residency development plan for each resident. The total number of elective time is 20 weeks. Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability. 

Longitudinal Rotations

  • Pharmacy Practice (staffing)
    • One evening a week and every third weekend
    • One major and two minor holidays
  • Research
  • Pharmacy Education
  • Pharmacy Management 
    • Pharmacy Education
    • Pharmacy Management
    • Quality Management
    • Therapeutic Drug Policy

Additional Learning Opportunities

  • Cardiac Arrest and Code Stroke Responder
  • Pharmacy Grand Rounds
  • Resident Interactive Teaching Experience (RITEs), weekly resident meetings
  • National Poster Presentation
  • Community Service Projects: one project per quarter
  • Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Classes
  • Pharmacy Technician and Nursing Continuing Education Programming
  • ASHP Midyear Meeting
  • Florida Residency Conference
  • Northeast Florida Society of Health System Pharmacist (NEFSHP) Pharmacy Residency Forum
  • Ascension Virtual Research Conference
  • ACLS Skills Building Training Sessions
  • Teaching certificate through the University of Florida (optional)