Pharmacy Residency Program Features
TEACHING CERTIFICATE
The residents are expected to complete the Teaching and Learning Certificate
Program offered through Western University of Health Sciences, College
of Pharmacy.
ROTATIONS
The residency is structured in rotations across a variety of clinical and
administrative areas and includes both block and longitudinal rotations.
The required rotations provide a breadth of experiences throughout the
inpatient hospital setting. The elective rotations will provide the resident
opportunities to individualize the residency based on their areas of interest.
Required rotations may be repeated during elective blocks if the resident
chooses Length of elective rotations can be structured based on the resident’s
level of interest.
Upon satisfactory completion of the one-year residency, the participant
will receive a Certificate of Completion of a Residency issued by Pomona
Valley Hospital Medical Center. The certification of completion requires:
Required Block
Rotations (4-5 weeks)
-
Orientation(4 weeks)
- Infectious Disease
- Critical Care
- Emergency department
- Internal Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Ambulatory Clinics
Required Longitudinal
Learning Experiences
-
Staffing - Every other weekend
(11 months)
- Family Medicine Clinic
-
Pharmacy Administration/
(12 months)
-
Medication Safety
(3 months)
-
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
(3 months)
-
Pharmacy Management
(3 months)
-
Leadership – Chief Resident(3 months)
- Teaching Certificate with Affiliated School of Pharmacy
- Residency Project
Elective Block Rotations
(2-6 weeks)
- Trauma ICU
- Neonatal ICU/Pediatrics
- Informatics
- Oncology
- Academia
- Pharmacy Management
- Transitions of Care
- Cardiac ICU
- Neuro ICU
Minimum Requirements to Receive a Resident Certificate
- Completion of a full-time practice commitment for 12 months.
- Successfully passing the California State Board of Pharmacy pharmacist
examination.
- Residents must “achieve” all patient care (R1) objectives,
“achieve” at least 85% of all other objectives, and have no
more than 1 objective in the other competency areas as “needs improvement”
- Completion of the Teaching Certificate program at Western University of
Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy
- Completion of the Checklist for Completion of Residency Requirements
- Completion of a major project and preparation of a podium presentation
suitable for the Western States Conference
- Completion of a 1 hour Grand Rounds lecture at PVHMC
- Participation in resident recruitment showcases and selection of the following
year’s residents.