The PGY1 pharmacy residency programs builds on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
Our residents will become confident, effective practitioners of pharmacotherapy. Residents will focus on ensuring application of safe, effective and evidence-based medicine practices to individual patients and in populations across the health system. These practitioners will demonstrate competency in educating their patients as well as present and future health care professionals. Additional areas of concentration will include enhancing communication skills, professionalism, and applying project management skills to practice-based scholarly activities.
The UPMC Shadyside PGY1 Pharmacy Residency trains pharmacists for a wide array of practice and educational settings. UPMC Shadyside offers the breadth of a large academic tertiary care teaching hospital combined with the primary care provider base of a community hospital.
Our unique longitudinal learning experiences for research, teaching & hospital operations provide additional structure and customized attention from experienced mentors. Residents may also elect to participate longitudinally in the Mastery of Teaching program at the University of Pittsburgh.
Shadyside residents will develop clinical skills in a variety of settings, with a high degree of rotation flexibility for personalization. More distinct learning opportunities at UPMC Shadyside include six-month longitudinal elective experiences in antimicrobial stewardship or ambulatory care family medicine, a wide variety of on-site block electives, as well as access to learning experiences throughout the larger UPMC system.
*off-site electives possible per request to RPD based on interests.
*The resident should have a completed manuscript completed within two weeks of the end of the program. However, if extenuating circumstances out of the resident’s control do not allow for the manuscript to be completed by end date of the program and all other program requirements are met, the resident may receive his/her certificate as long as a written plan is in place with a time line for completion of the manuscript within 60 days of the program completion. The resident will recognize that if they fail to provide the manuscript in the agreed upon timeframe, the project mentor may then submit the work for publication and the resident will forgo the right of primary author.
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