UC San Diego Health PGY1 Acute Care Pharmacy Residency Program
UC San Diego Health System
Application
Details
Posted: 07-Aug-24
Location: San Diego, California
PGY1:
Pharmacy
Session:
Tuesday AM
Preferred Education:
Bachelor’s Degree
Located in "America's finest city" of San Diego, our academic Health System serves as a primary teaching site of UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences IPPE and APPE students, UC San Diego School of Medicine and other professional programs in the health sciences. Residents may rotate at the UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest, Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla, Moores Cancer Center, an NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, all of which support a full range and scope of medical and surgical specialties as well as general medicine and surgery units. We have over 25 electives to offer residents, with extensive critical care, transplant, oncology, psychiatry, transitions of care, and internal medicine experiences available. We offer residents a wonderful learning environment that will help them prepare for advanced specialty PGY2 residencies and for career paths in academia, hospital practice (teaching and community), transitions of care, internal medicine, ambulatory care, IT, administration and more. Residents are an integral and active member of multidisciplinary teams that provide direct patient care. Residents participate in the San Diego Pharmacy Residency Leadership Teaching Certificate program and attend CSHP Seminar, ASHP Midyear and the UC Collaborative Pharmacy Research Conference. We have dedicated, smart, supportive preceptors and a foundation of required and elective rotations to help the resident find their niche and pursue their passion in areas of interest. Our preceptors, administrators and staff support the resident as they develop and apply clinical patient care and research skills; confidence builds over the course of the year along with a strong clinical foundation and independence. The residents' post-residency marketability is one of our primary goals and we believe that our core requirements, electives, staffing component and teaching certificate program prepare the resident to be highly competitive in the pharmacy job market - a strong contender regardless of the career path that the resident chooses.
Resident positions available: 12
Yearly salary: 75k
Start date: 6/30/2025
Requirements: Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an ACPE accredited school of pharmacy; California intern licensure prior to day 1 of the residency; California pharmacist license within 120 days of the start of the residency.
To apply, register for the ASHP Residency Matching Program and apply through PhORCAS. Applicants must participate in the ASHP Matching program.
UC San Diego Health consists of three acute care hospitals (UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, and Jacobs Medical Center which includes Thornton Hospital and Moores Cancer Center) and associated outpatient clinics. Current hospital bed capacity is 808 beds. The Department of Pharmacy provides clinical services in the inpatient and outpatient settings to a broad spectrum of patient populations including, but not limited to, internal medicine, family medicine, surgery, cardiology, oncology, solid organ transplant, bone marrow transplant, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS and ICU services in the surgical, medical, burn, neonatal, cardiovascular and neuro critical care specialty areas.
This pharmacy practice residency focuses on direct, multidisciplinary patient care in the acute care setting with elective opportunities available in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Residents receive training in research and teaching/precepting and the program is tailored to the individual’s needs and interests. Residents gain experience in the therapeutic management of patients with an emphasis in providing excellent pharmaceutical care in conjunction with... the multidisciplinary team.
PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
