Program Requirements:

• Completion of Residency Orientation
• Weekend and evening staffing of one 4 hour shift per week and every 3^rd weekend. Will staff 1 major and 1 minor holiday.
• Precepting and mentoring pharmacy students through completion of the Teaching Certificate program and as assigned by preceptors
• Participation in pharmacy department education including but not limited to completion of the following presentations:
  • A pharmacy department topic discussion
  • Morbidity & Mortality presentation
  • Pharmacy Grand Rounds presentation
• Two presentations for continuing education credit (including Pharmacy Grand Rounds)
• Completion of a research project and the following:
  • Completion of a manuscript suitable for publication
  • Presentation at the Midwest Pharmacy Residency Conference
  • Presentation at a national meeting
• Obtaining “achieved” for all required goals and objectives for the program
• Completion of a medication safety project
• Completion of a formulary review for a new medication
• Completion of a medication use evaluation
• Complete ACLS Certification
• Attend P&T Committee meetings & Pharmacy Department Meetings
• Participation in recruitment efforts

Pharmacists completing this residency will be competent and confident practitioners of direct patient care in multiple patient-care environments. They will be capable of administering high-quality pharmaceutical care.

Program Goals

• Provide pharmaceutical care to patients in a variety of settings.
• Educate students, healthcare providers and patients.
• Develop project management and problem-solving skills.
• Improve drug information skills.
• Plan, initiate and document pharmaceutical care services.
• Maintain a professional and ethical manner.
• Develop leadership skills in pharmacy practice.
• Utilize medical informatics.
• Contribute to formulary decisions.

Resident Goals

• Demonstrate professional autonomy
• Follow a personal philosophy of practice
• Frequently self-evaluate
• Exhibit a commitment to excellent pharmaceutical care
• Exercise leadership in improving the safety of the medication use system

Completion of the PGY-1 residency will prepare the resident for general clinical practice, a PGY-2 residency or a fellowship program.

Rotations and Experiences

Required core and elective rotations are 4-6 months depending on resident interest.

View detailed PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program descriptions.

Core Rotations

• Internal Medicine Teaching Service (6 weeks)
• Hospital Administration (4-6 weeks)
• Orientation (6 weeks)

Elective Rotations (4-6 weeks depending on interest)

• Adult Internal Medicine, Hospitalists Service
• Adult Critical Care
• Ambulatory Care +/- Transitions of Care
• Drug Information
• Infectious Disease (ID Consult Service)
• Pediatrics (PICU/ or NICU)
• Adult Oncology Inpatient
• Outpatient Oncology
• Home Infusion Services
• Cardiology
• Internal Medicine, Teaching Service
• Practice Management
• Psychiatry
• Solid Organ Transplant/Nephrology
• Acute Pain Service
• Pharmacogenomics
• Others based on resident interest, including repeating a previous rotation but with a different emphasis

Longitudinal Rotations

• Weekly meetings- ~2 hours total/week
  • Finance
  • Leadership Development
  • Medication Safety
  • Operations
• Staffing Activities- 4 hours/week
  • Central Pharmacy Operations
  • Decentralized Clinical Services
• Pharmaceutical Grand Rounds
• Monitoring outpatient dialysis patients
• Research Project
• Teaching Certificate Program
• P&T Committee Participation

Application Process for PGY1 Residency Program

Applications for eight residency positions are currently being accepted. Qualifications for candidacy are a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and licensure or eligibility for licensure in South Dakota.

Qualifications and requirements for candidacy:

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited degree program
• Licensed or eligible to apply for a license to practice pharmacy in the state of South Dakota
• Participation in the ASHP Residency Matching Program (“The Match”)
• A copy of transcripts: Undergraduate or non-pharmacy transcripts are not required. Only pharmacy school-related coursework must be submitted.
• Three professional references using the Standardized Reference Template in the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS)
• Copy of curriculum vitae
• Letter of intent describing reasons for seeking residency
• Application deadline for the PGY1 program is January 11, 2020 at midnight.

For additional information, please contact:

Glenn D. Voss
Clinical Pharmacy Director/PGY1 Residency Program Director
Glenn.voss@avera.org