The Post Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency at VA Loma Linda Healthcare System is a one-year program designed to provide a comprehensive educational and practical experience intended to introduce the residents to all phases of pharmacy practice. Pharmacists completing the program will be competent to provide direct pharmaceutical care including prescribing and managing drug therapies. An Exposure to a wide variety of health care specialty areas will ensure a marketable result with additional experience in education and professional development. Residents will demonstrate professional maturity by developing a personal philosophy of practice excellence, effective management of time, projects, interpersonal relationships and commitment to professional competency. At the conclusion of the residency, the resident will be eligible for board certification and will be eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training. 

Required Learning Experiences

• Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) - Ambulatory Care Disease State Management
• Inpatient Pharmacy Operations
• Outpatient Pharmacy Operations
• Pharmacy Administration
• Infectious Disease/Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Medicine

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences

• Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)
• Pharmacy Practice Inpatient Distribution
• Major Project/Research
• Medication Use Evaluation
• Safe Medication/Compliance

Elective Learning Experiences

• Academic detailing/Pharmacoeconomics
• Community Living Center (Long Term Care)
• Emergency Medicine
• Inpatient/Outpatient Psychiatry
• Critical Care (MICU/SICU)
• Hem/Oncology
• Pain Management
• Transplant (offsite)
• Academia/Teaching

VA Loma Linda PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program