National Match Code: 206813
PGY1 Program Director
Brian Kasica, PharmD, BCPS
Telephone: 262-257-3070
Fax: 262-250-7008
E-mail: [email protected]
Duration/Type: 12-month residency
Number of Positions: 3
Application Deadline: Jan. 2, 2025
Start Date: June 2025
Estimated Stipend: $49,920
Interview Required: Yes
The purpose of this PGY1 residency program is to build 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.
Features
- Flexible, comprehensive training in a variety of health-system practice areas.
- Rotations and activities are tailored to meet the needs and interests of each resident.
- Residents participate in integrated activities with the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin system residency programs.
- Journal Club
- Leadership Discussions
- Current Pharmacy Practice Topic Presentations
- Social and Networking Events
- Development of presentation skills.
- Research and project management skill development applied to year-long residency project.
- Development of preceptor skills with opportunities to work with and serve as a preceptor for pharmacy clerkship students.
Sample resident rotation schedule
Application Instructions
Applicants are required to submit a program application through PhORCAS. Please follow the application instructions.
Learning Experiences
Required
- Orientation (5 weeks)
- Cardiology (6 weeks)
- Internal Medicine (6 weeks)
- Infectious Diseases (longitudinal)
- Critical Care (6 weeks)
- Administration/Leadership (6 weeks)
- Academia, Medical College of WI School of Pharmacy, Patient Care Labs (longitudinal)
- Residency Yearlong Project (longitudinal)
- Acute Care Clinical Practice (staffing) (longitudinal)
- Drug Policy (longitudinal)
- Medication Safety (longitudinal)
- Medication Utilization Evaluation (longitudinal)
Electives
- Ambulatory Care: Emergency Medicine (6 weeks)
- Ambulatory Care: Oncology (4 weeks)
- Ambulatory Care: Anticoagulation Clinic (4 weeks)
- Pharmacy Informatics (4 weeks)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship (6 weeks)
- Academia, Medical College of WI School of Pharmacy, Teaching Certificate Program (longitudinal)
Requirements and Expectations
The following are some of the requirements and expectations for participants in the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital.
- Professional Organization Membership
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
- Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW)
- Conferences
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
- Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference (GLPRC)
- Milwaukee City Wide Residency Conferences (three/year)
- PSW Educational Conference and Annual Meeting
- Formal Presentations
- Vizient Resident Poster Presentation at the annual pharmacy meeting at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
- GLPRC PowerPoint Presentation
- Acute Care Clinical Practice (based on current staffing model, subject to modification)
- After completing each rotation the resident will staff that area as a decentralized clinical pharmacist for one to two weeks
- The resident will spend one weekend per month staffing as a central and/or decentralized pharmacist
- The resident will staff at least one evening shift per month
- Departmental Meetings
- Weekly resident meetings
- Weekly Academic Afternoon combined with the Froedtert Hospital residency programs
- Quarterly pharmacy staff meetings
- Monthly pharmacist meetings
- Administrative discussions (present at least one)
- Medication safety discussions
- Clinical topic discussions
- Journal clubs/medication use topic discussions (present at least one)
- Attend one Institutional Review Board (IRB) meeting
- Hospital or departmental committee meetings, as assigned
- Medication Use Activities
- Completion of a Medication Use Evaluation
- Completion of a Monograph or Guideline
- Adverse Medication Event Review
- Licensure
- Licensed as a pharmacist in the state of Wisconsin within 120 days of start date
- Other
- Minimum 8 hours/day (Monday – Friday)
- Assist and support department in additional ways as needed
- Complete assignments and evaluations on a timely basis
- ACLS certification (classes provided)
- Participate in recruitment for incoming residency class
- Precepting of IPPE/APPE rotation students
- Facilitate MCW School of Pharmacy student lab (at least two)
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Questions?
Please contact our pharmacy residency program directors with any questions or concerns you may have.
Froedtert & MCW Pharmacy Residency Programs Diversity Statement
The Froedtert & MCW Pharmacy Residency Program is committed to recruiting and training pharmacists from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We value the different perspectives each resident offers. In training pharmacists as one of the most accessible members on the health care team, a diverse workforce is essential to advance the health of the patients we serve.