Website: https://www.va.gov/durham-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/pharmacy-residents-and-trainees/

The ASHP Accredited PGY1 Residency at the Durham VAMC offers a rewarding and challenging experience designed to refine skills necessary to become an independent practitioner. With this residency, the Resident will have the opportunity to become an integral member of the healthcare system to provide complete and detailed pharmacotherapeutic interventions to improve patient care services. As a member of this healthcare team, the Resident will work in a multi-disciplinary environment that provides active learning, instruction, mentoring and evaluation to develop and enhance pharmaceutical care.

Practice Areas Required Rotations:

• Ambulatory Care
• Internal Medicine (2 months)
• Geriatrics
• Pharmacy Administration
• Drug Information (longitudinal)
• Anticoagulation (longitudinal)
• Inpatient Staffing (longitudinal)

Elective Rotations: (choice of 5)

• Academic Detailing
• Ambulatory Care (multiple options)
• Anticoagulation
• Cardiology
• Drug Information
• Emergency Medicine
• Formulary Management
• Geriatric Specialty
• Home Based Primary Care
• Internal Medicine
• Oncology
• Pulmonary
• Psychiatry

Additional Activities

• Complete and present a residency research project to peers at the UNC Research in Education and Practice Symposium
• Present a professional poster at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• Prepare a manuscript suitable for publication
• Participation in the Clinical Conference Educational Series
• Complete a MUE
• Evaluate and present ADR reports
• Attend P&T meetings
• Optional teaching certificate program
• Potential opportunity to serve as a TA with UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy 

Stipend Benefits:

The Veterans Health Administration sets annual residency stipends (currently $43,538) and benefits for all VA residency programs. Each resident is offered 13 days each of accrued vacation and sick leave/family care, 10 paid federal holidays, and a health care benefits package. Pharmacy residents may also receive educational leave with pay to attend and present at local and national conferences. The resident may also be eligible for a faculty appointment with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited College of Pharmacy or a Bachelor of Pharmacy with equivalent clinical experience
• Licensure/eligibility for licensure in the U.S.
• U.S. Citizen

How to Apply: 

• Letter of intent
• Curriculum vitae
• Professional transcripts
• PhORCAS recommendation form from three references
• Self-Reflection Questions (see website)
• *Deadline 12/31/22

About Durham VA Health Care System

The Durham VA Health Care System (DVAHCS) - Medical Center is a 271-bed tertiary care referral, teaching and research facility affiliated with Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and the Duke University School of Medicine. The Medical Center provides general and specialty medical, surgical, psychiatric inpatient and ambulatory services, and serves as a major referral center for North Carolina, southern Virginia, northern South Carolina, and eastern Tennessee. Special programs at Durham include a comprehensive Women’s Health Center, a Home Based Primary Care program, a Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), the VISN 6 Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, the Southeast Epilepsy Center of Excellence, and the Epidemiology Research and Information Center (ERIC). Pharmacy Residents at the Durham VA will practice under the guidance of a department of over 100 staff members with a team of over 40 Clinical Pharmacy Specialists (CPS). The department provides 24-hour centralized services in additi...on to clinical support provided by our CPS team. The CPS provide progressive, multi-disciplinary, patient-centered care in a wide variety of clinical areas under a scope of practice that grants prescriptive privileges. In addition to their clinical responsibilities, many of our residency program preceptors also serve as preceptors for the regional schools of pharmacy, conduct clinical research projects, participate in scholarly activities, and serve as leaders for numerous state and national pharmacy organizations. The department also offers a VA Learning Opportunities Residency (VALOR) program for pharmacy students. Beyond the traditional learning experiences of a residency program, our residents will also have the opportunity to participate in teaching certificate programs, co-precept pharmacy students on APPE rotations, and serve as a teaching assistant for a clinical practice lab at UNC. Residents will also receive support and guidance from the Residency Program Director, the Residency Advisory Committee, the Research Advisory Committee, and a formal mentorship program.

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