Postgraduate Year One Residency Program

St. Vincent’s 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)
  • Five Required Rotations (4 week duration each)
  • Elective Rotations (24 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
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Critical Care
  • Therapeutic Drug Policy
  • Pharmacy Management

Electives (24 weeks)

  • Cardiology
  • Critical Care II
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases II
  • Internal Medicine II
  • Nephrology
  • Oncology
  • Parenteral Nutrition
  • Pharmacy Informatics
  • Quality Management
  • Sterile Products
  • Surgery
  • Transitions of Care

*Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Toxicology are potential electives at other local healthcare facilities based on availability. The resident can take no more than one rotation outside the health system. In addition, some rotations may be taken at other St. Vincent’s HealthCare facilities. However, no more than 3 months can be taken at sites other than St. Vincent’s Riverside.

**Most learning experiences may be personalized for a two to six week rotation. 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 24 weeks. The resident may choose to repeat any rotation once.

 

Longitudinal Rotations

  • Pharmacy Practice
    • One evening a week and every third weekend
    • One major and two minor holidays
  • Research
  • Pharmacy Education
  • Pharmacy Management - two months focusing on each of the following:
    • Antimicrobial Stewardship
    • Pharmacy Education
    • 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
  • Pharmacy Week
  • ASHP Midyear Meeting
  • Florida Residency Conference
  • Ascension Virtual Research Seminar
  • Ascension Health Workgroups
  • Emergency Preparedness Teams
  • ACLS Skills Building Training Sessions
  • Teaching certificate (optional)