National Match Code: 121521
PGY1 Program Director
Anne Zechlinski, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Coordinator
Telephone: 414-805-0086
Fax: 414-805-9283
E-mail: [email protected]
PGY1 Program Coordinator
Amanda (Sweet) Pilo, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist — Oncology
E-mail: [email protected]
Duration/Type: 24-month residency
Number of Positions: 1
Application Deadline: Dec. 30, 2022
Starting Date: June 2023
Annual Stipend: $81,120
The purpose of this PGY1 residency program is to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) 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 areas
- Residency training program established in 1993
- A variety of elective rotations are available.
- Rotations and activities are tailored to meet the needs and interests of each resident.
- Many teaching and precepting opportunities are available.
- Non-traditional residents complete the PGY1 program requirements over a 24 month period.
- 52 weeks are spent staffing in a variety of areas including: central pharmacy, medicine and surgery units, infusion clinic and pre-operative clinic.
- Rotations are scheduled approximately every other month.
Sample resident rotation schedule
Requirements for Acceptance
Applicants are required to submit a program application through PhORCAS. Please follow the application instructions.
Candidates may apply to one or both of the PGY1 (acute care) programs at Froedtert Hospital.
Candidates who are selected to interview for the PGY1 program are able to rank one or both programs in the match (i.e., may rank the traditional and non-traditional PGY1).
Learning Experiences
Required
- Orientation and Training (5 weeks)
- Acute Care Clinical Practice Staffing (10 weeks and 13 weekends)
- Internal Medicine (4 weeks)
Core Pharmacy Administration Selective (choose one or more, 4 weeks each)
- Department Administration
- Clinical Practice Management
- Operations Management
- Medication Safety
- Residency Program Management
Core Intensive Care Selective (choose one or more, 4 weeks each)
- Critical Care Medicine
- Surgical / Trauma Critical Care
- Neurosurgical Critical Care
- Cardiovascular Critical Care
Policy Selective (choose one, 4 weeks each)
- Anticoagulation Stewardship
- Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infectious Diseases
- General Medication Use
- Pain Stewardship
Elective Rotations
- Acute Care Hematology/Oncology (4 weeks)
- Ambulatory Care (4 weeks)
- A variety of clinics to choose from
- Examples: Primary Care, Hematology/Oncology, Anticoagulation, HIV/ID, GI/Hepatoloy, Transplant, Endocrine, etc.
- Cardiology (4 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
- Infectious Diseases (4 weeks)
- Informatics (4 weeks)
- Neurology (4 weeks)
- Solid Organ Transplant (4 weeks)
- Toxicology at Wisconsin Poison Center (4 weeks)
- Academia at the Medical College of Wisconsin (4 weeks)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship (2 weeks)
- Diabetes Care (2 weeks)
- Investigational Drug Service (2 weeks)
- Peri-Operative Care (2 weeks)
Teaching Certificate Program
- Residents may complete an optional teaching certificate through the Medical College of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy.
- The program includes lecture and small group teaching of student pharmacists, didactic online seminars in pedagogy (teaching methods), live seminars preparing participants for understanding and pursuit of academic careers, and participation in academic-related projects.
- Teaching opportunities are available through the Medical College of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and Concordia University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
Learn more about the Teaching Certificate Program
Research Certificate Program
- Residents may complete an optional research certificate through the Medical College of Wisconsin
- The purpose of this program is to enhance the research development curriculum and to provide rigorous training for those interested in pursuing a career with continued scholarly pursuits
- Requirements of the program include participation in didactic sessions, preparation of a manuscript, presentation of a poster at a national or regional meeting, and post-program assessment and feedback
Requirements and Expectations
The following are some of the requirements and expectations for participants in the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program at Froedtert Hospital.
- Wisconsin Pharmacist Licensure within 90 days of start date
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS) – classes provided
- Longitudinal Resident Project
- Protocol development and presentation at Pharmacy Research Committee
- Development of a formal manuscript suitable for publication
- Professional Organization Membership
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
- Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW)
- Conferences
- Vizient Meeting and ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting — non-traditional resident attends during second year
- Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference (GLPRC) or Wisconsin Pharmacy Residency Conference (WPRC) — non-traditional resident attends during second year
- Concordia University School of Pharmacy Precepting Workshop
- Formal Presentations
- Vizient Resident Poster Presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting (during second year)
- Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference (GLPRC) or Wisconsin Pharmacy Residency Conference (WPRC) PowerPoint Presentation (during second year)
- Acute Care Clinical Staffing (based on current staffing model, subject to modification)
- Nine staffing weeks as a decentral clinical pharmacist (Monday – Friday, 10-hour PM shifts)
- Twelve weekends spent staffing as a central and/or decentral pharmacist (Saturday – Sunday, 10-hour shifts)
- Four additional staffing shifts (8-hour shifts)
- Four holidays (10-hour shifts, two per year)
- One Monday – Sunday staffing week, either the week of Christmas or the week of New Years
- Participation in Departmental and Residency Program-Related Meetings
- Academic afternoon
- Administrative discussions (present at least one)
- Medication safety discussions and M&M conferences
- Journal club/Medication use topic discussions (present at least one)
- Clinical topic discussions
- Department staff meetings or Grand Rounds (weekly)
- Member of one hospital or departmental committee
- Medication Use Activities (part of policy selective)
- Completion of a Medication Use Evaluation
- Completion of a Monograph, Class-Review or Guideline
- Medication Error Review
- Other
- Minimum eight hours/day (Monday through Friday)
- One administrative responsibility (assignments vary based on need)
- Assist and support department in additional ways as needed
- Complete assignments and evaluations on a timely basis
- Participate in recruitment of incoming residency class
- Primary preceptor for IPPE students on rotation at Froedtert
- Pharmacist Staffing
- 52 weeks will be spent staffing central and decentral pharmacist shifts
- Non-traditional residents may be trained to work in other areas based on department needs (for example: infusion clinic, pre-admission testing clinic, etc.)
- Pharmacist staffing shifts will be 8 hours shifts, a mix of AMs and PMs, and one to two weekends per month during pharmacist staffing months
- Non-traditional residents are able to use additional paid time off during non-resident staffing time
Past Residents
Year | Resident | First Position After Graduation | Current Position |
2022 | Nathan Duncan, PharmD* | PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Resident, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network | PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Resident, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network |
2021 | Daniel Brusch, PharmD*, BCPS | Investigational Drugs Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network | Clinical Pharmacist, Acute Care, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network |
Taylor Kitzke, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacist, Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, CO | Clinical Pharmacist, Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, CO | |
2018 | Brian Pella, PharmD* | Drug Shortages Coordinator & Clinical Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network | Drug Shortages Coordinator & Clinical Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network |
Justine Preedit, PharmD, BCOP | PGY2 Oncology Resident, Cedars Sinai Hospital | Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Specialist, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN | |
2016 | Meghan Murphy, PharmD, BCPS | PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Resident, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network | Clinical Informatics Pharmacist, Aurora Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI |
Sarah Solano, PharmD* | Clinical Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network | Clinical Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network | |
2014 | Rootvij Bhatt, PharmD, MBA* | Clinical Coordinator, Solid Organ Transplant, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network | |
Philip Olley, PharmD* | Staff Pharmacist, Wheaton Franciscan St. Francis Hospital, Milwaukee, WI | Central Operations Coordinator, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network |
* indicates current Froedtert Pharmacist
Questions?
Please contact our pharmacy residency program directors with any questions or concerns you may have.
The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin 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 healthcare team, a diverse workforce is essential to advance the health of the patients we serve