Pharmacy Residency Programs

PGY1 Pharmacy Program

ASHP Code: 45500
National Match Code: 121513

Director of Pharmacy
Todd Karpinski, PharmD, MS
Telephone: 414-805-4007
Fax: 414-805-9283

PGY1 Program Director
Kristin Hanson, MS, RPh
Telephone: 414-805-2991
Fax: 414-805-9283

Duration/Type: 12-month residency
Number of Positions: 6
Application Deadline: January 15, 2010
Starting Date: July 1, 2010
Estimated Stipend: $43,680
Interview Required: Yes

Features

Flexible, comprehensive training in a variety of areas
Residency training program established in 1993
Required rotations are minimal and can be integrated throughout the year
A variety of elective rotations are available at Froedtert Hospital. Rotations and activities are tailored to meet the needs and interests of each resident
Opportunities to work with and serve as a preceptor for pharmacy clerkship students

Requirements for Acceptance
Employment application, program application, current curriculum vitae (CV) or resume, pharmacy school transcripts, two or three letters of recommendation, examples of three projects and an onsite interview.

Learning Experiences

Required
- Acute Care Clinical Practice (integrated)
- Drug Policy (one rotation + integrated component)
Core Pharmacy Administration Rotations (choose one or more)*
- Department Administration
- Clinical Practice Management
- Ambulatory Services Management
- Operations Management
- Medication Safety
- Informatics
*PGY1 residents interested in the PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration residency at Froedtert are required to complete at least four weeks in one administrative rotation by Nov. 15.

Core Medicine Rotations (choose one or more)
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Hematology / Oncology**
- Cardiology
- Neurology
  **PGY1 residents interested in the PGY2 Oncology residency at Froedtert are required to complete at least four weeks in hematology / oncology by Nov. 15.

Core Intensive Care Rotations (choose one or more)
- Critical Care Medicine #
- Surgical / Trauma Critical Care #
- Neurosurgical Critical Care #
- Cardiovascular Critical Care
  #PGY1 residents interested in the PGY2 Critical Care residency at Froedtert are required to complete at least one critical care rotation by Nov. 15.

Other Available Rotations
- Infectious Disease
- Solid Organ Transplant
- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Emergency Medicine
- Diabetes Care
- Ambulatory Care
- Peri-operative Care
- Investigational Drug
- Pediatrics (at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin)
- Academia

Sample resident rotation schedule
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Date: Feb. 10, 2010

Online Editor(s): Richard Petre