What to expect at our residency
This PGY2 pharmacy residency program is based out of St. Anthony Hospital, a level – I tertiary care center and home to “Flight for Life”. The pharmacy department serves as an experiential site for Regis University School of Pharmacy and the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy. The residency program is affiliated with Regis University School of Pharmacy. The Inpatient Department of Pharmacy Services has approximately 52 professional staff (30 pharmacists and 22 technicians).
The resident will have the opportunity to attend the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, the Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress, and other local or regional educational conferences. Residents will present their finalized research project at a regional pharmacy residency conference.
Available rotations
Required rotations include medical, trauma, neurosciences, and cardiac/surgical intensive care, emergency medicine, and a teaching rotation as a PGY1 co-preceptor. Elective opportunities include solid organ transplant, infectious disease, cardiac devices, nutrition support, operating room, and neonatal or pediatric critical care. Additional electives are available based on resident interest. Longitudinal expectations consist of participation in critical care committees, quality improvement projects, medical emergency response, educational presentations to pharmacy residents and staff, a drug use evaluation, and completion of an original research project.
Required Rotations:
- Medical ICU
- Cardiac/Surgical ICU
- Trauma ICU
- Neurocritical care
- Emergency Medicine
- ICU 2 – Teaching focused
Elective Rotation Options:
- Academia
- Advanced infectious diseases
- Burn
- Cardiothoracic ICU (cardiac devices)
- Operating room
- Pediatric ICU and Neonatal ICU
- Solid organ transplant
- Toxicology
Longitudinal Expectations:
- Medical emergency response
- Operational and clinical staffing
- Participation in critical care committees
- Major research project
- Drug use evaluation
- Educational presentations
Pharmacy operations
It is required that the resident become a licensed pharmacist. Licensure in the State of Colorado will need to be completed by September 30th of the incoming year.
Residents will participate in operational and clinical staffing for about 15 – 17 weekends and 2 full weeks.
Residents are required to work one major holiday (Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years) and one minor holiday (i.e. Labor Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July) during their residency year.
Benefits
Benefits listed below will be included:
- Salary: Refer to the ASHP Residency Directory for updated salary information. Residents are paid bimonthly.
- Health Care: Residents will receive medical / dental insurance.
- Paid Time Off: Residents receive 20 days of time off allotted for holidays, sick days, professional meetings, vacation days, or approved professional days for interviews, etc.
- Parking: Residents will have free parking arranged.
- Travel: Each resident is given a stipend to assist in meeting the travel expenses to professional conferences. The amount of the travel stipend is determined each year and may not cover all travel expenses.
Each submitted application is reviewed by a group comprised of the residency program director, administrative staff, and residency preceptors. The group reviews the letter of intent, curriculum vitae, and letters of recommendation to select candidates. Based on the all the above criteria, candidates are selected and invited for an on-site interview. The same group will decide on the rank list for the match based on application, interview, and departmental fit.
The interview is up to a 6-hour day that will be exclusively virtual to promote inclusion/equity and to limit time away from PGY-1 rotations. Candidates have several individual interviews with program preceptors and administrative staff. Candidates will be required to present a 10- to 12-minute case presentation on a patient/topic of choice or a clinical case. Our goal in conducting the interviews is to assess communication skills and career goals to determine a good fit between candidates and our program. The interviews are also designed for the candidate to receive as many answers about the program as possible.
Residents are required to work in operational and clinical staffing approximately every third weekend. Residents will not be pulled from clinical rotations to work in pharmacy operations.
We strive to structure each resident’s rotation schedule to reflect the resident’s career goals and interests. Although residents have a core set of rotations for the residency program, we will work to adjust rotations and elective selections to help meet future career goals.
Yes. We are able to offer PGY2 residents’ the opportunity to complete the teaching certificate program offered through the University of Colorado School Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, if one was not completed during PGY1.
At this time, we are unable to sponsor visas for residents who are not U.S. Citizens.