PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency

RESIDENCY HIGHLIGHTS

Positions: 4

Duration: 12 months

Rotations: 4 required, 4 electives

Estimated Stipend: $56,680 per year (no FICA or state income tax)

• Nevada Pharmacist License within 60 days of starting program

• Nevada Intern Pharmacist License will be needed unless licensed as registered pharmacist in Nevada prior to July 1

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited College of Pharmacy
• Strongly recommended for NAPLEX and Nevada MPJE to be taken prior to the first day of residency

To apply, submit the following on PhORCAS:

• Official transcripts
  • If from a pass/no pass school: please also send class ranking information directly to residency program director
• Letter of intent
• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• 3 letters of recommendation (at least two must be from clinical preceptors)

LEARNING EXPERIENCES

REQUIREMENTS

*Each rotation is 4-6 weeks long

Required (3)

• Orientation
• Administration
• Internal Medicine I
• Selective (choose 1)
  • Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit 

Elective (choose 4) 

• Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (if not taken as selective option)
• Infectious Disease I
  • Infectious Disease II
• Emergency Medicine I
  • Emergency Medicine II
• Solid Organ Transplant
• Trauma Intensive Care Unit
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 
• Medical Intensive Care Unit (if not taken as selective option)
• Internal Medicine II

LONGITUDINAL EXPERIENCES

• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Clinical Consult Service
  • Pain Management
  • Parenteral Nutrition
• Medication Safety
• Precepting (while on rotations)
• Teaching certificate (optional)

• Major project (1)
  
  • Research or quality improvement
• Minor project (1)
  • Medication use evaluation, clinical program development/enhancement/analysis, pipeline forecast, cost or budget analysis, or quality assurance
• Pharmacy initiatives (at least 1 but up to 2)
  • Monograph, class review, treatment guideline, treatment protocol/pathway, utilization management criteria, and/or order set
• Written educational document (1)
  • Newsletter article, brochure, guideline update, handout, or medication or disease management update

PRESENTATIONS

• Disease state presentation (3)
• Journal clubs (2)
• Continuing education presentation (1)
• Residency research platform presentation (1)

STAFFING

• 29 shifts (total hours: 290)
  • 26 non-holiday staffing shifts
  • 1 major holiday
  • 2 minor holidays
• Additional staffing is optional for supplemental pay