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: Jan. 2, 2025
Starting Date: June 2025
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 (Longitudinal, 8 weeks over 52 weeks)
    • 8 weeks (40 hours/week, M-F PM shifts) 
    • 16 weekends (16 hours/weekend, approx. every 3rd weekend, mix of AM and PM shifts)
    • 2 holidays (Thanksgiving and New Year’s OR Christmas and Memorial Day) plus two additional weekdays around major holidays (Thanksgiving or Christmas) worked
    • 4 additional staffing days assigned based on departmental need (approx. 1 per quarter)
  • Internal Medicine (4 weeks)

Pharmacy Administration Selective (resident to select 1, may select additional as elective, 4 weeks each)

  • Clinical Administration
  • Medication Safety
  • Operations Administration
  • Residency Program Administration

Critical Care Selective (resident to select 1, may select additional as elective, 4 weeks each)

  • Cardiovascular Critical Care
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Neurosurgical Critical Care
  • Surgical / Trauma Critical Care

Medication Use Selective (resident to select 1, 4 weeks each)

  • Anticoagulation Stewardship
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • General Medication Use
  • Pain Stewardship
  • Medication Use – Oncology Focus

Elective Learning Experiences

  • Academia at the Medical College of Wisconsin (4 weeks) 
  • Acute Care Hematology/Oncology (4 weeks) 
  • Ambulatory Care Oncology (4 weeks)
  • Ambulatory Care (4 weeks)
  • Cardiology (4 weeks)
  • Critical Care (4 weeks, may choose additional selective as elective)
  • Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
  • Infectious Diseases (4 weeks)
  • Neurology (4 weeks)
  • Pharmacy Administration (4 weeks, may choose an additional selective as elective)
  • Pharmacy Informatics (4 weeks)
  • Solid Organ Transplant (4 weeks)
  • Specialty Pharmacy (4 weeks)
  • Toxicology (4 weeks)
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship (2 weeks)
  • Investigational Drug Service (2 weeks)
  • Medicine Precepting (2 weeks)
  • Perioperative (OR) Care (2 weeks)

Other Required Learning Experiences

  • Resident Project (Longitudinal over 104 weeks)
    • Includes participating in Research Certificate Program
  • Committee Appointment (Longitudinal over 104 weeks)
  • Patient Care Lab Teaching Experience (Longitudinal over 52 or 104 weeks)
    • Facilitate 4 patient care labs throughout year
    • Resident may choose to schedule over 52 or 104 weeks
  • Medication Error Review (Longitudinal over 1 quarter)
    • Assigned to one quarter of the year, July-Sept, Oct-Dec, Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun

Other Elective Experiences

  • MCW Teaching Certificate Program (Longitudinal over 52 or 104 weeks)
    • Resident may choose to complete the teaching certificate over 52 or 104 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 will complete a research certificate through the Medical College of Wisconsin as part of the resident project learning experience.
  • 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.

Learn more about the Research Certificate Program

Requirements and Expectations

The following are the completion requirements for the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program.

  1. Competencies, Goals and Objectives
    • All objectives within the R1. Patient Care Competency Area must be at ACHR (Achieved for Residency) level
    • At least 70% of remaining objectives must be at ACHR level with remaining objectives at SP (Satisfactory Progress) level
  2. Completion of Acute Care Clinical Practice Staffing Requirements
    • 8 weeks (40 hours/week, M-F PM shifts)
    • 16 weekends (16 hours/weekend, approx. every 3rd weekend, mix of AM and PM shifts)
    • 2 holidays (Thanksgiving and New Year’s OR Christmas and Memorial Day) plus two additional weekdays around major holidays (Thanksgiving or Christmas) worked
    • 4 additional staffing days assigned based on departmental need (approx. 1 per quarter)
    • For non-traditional residents, additional pharmacist staffing alternating with resident rotations and staffing (approximately 50 weeks)
  3. Wisconsin Pharmacist Licensure within 120 days of start date
  4. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS) – classes provided
  5. Resident Project
    • Completion of CITI Training
    • Project Protocol development, presentation and approval at Pharmacy Research Committee
    • Poster Presentation (Vizient (Dec) or alternative AND MCW Research Forum (May))
    • Platform Presentation (Great Lakes (April) or alternative)
    • Development of a formal manuscript suitable for publication
  6. Medication Error Review
    • Presentation at Academic Afternoon
    • Presentation at Quarterly M&M Meeting (Optional)
  7. Writing Assignment (Monograph, Guideline, Class Review, etc.)
    • Completed on Medication Use Selective
  8. Administrative Topic Discussion
    • Presented at Academic Afternoon
    • Topic assigned in July
  9. Medicine Case Presentation and Topic Discussion
    • Presented to students and preceptors while on Internal Medicine Rotation
  10. Facilitate four labs at MCW as part of the Patient Care Lab Teaching Experience
  11. Primary Preceptor for 1-4 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) Students

Other Expectations

  • Minimum 8 hours/day (Monday-Friday)
  • Meet with mentor and RPD approximately monthly
  • Timely completion of quarterly self-assessments and development plan
  • Timely completion of program evaluations (due last day of learning experience)
  • Contact primary preceptor(s) for each learning experience at least two weeks prior to start date with introductory e-mail
  • Assist with resident recruitment
    • Attend regional/virtual recruitment events (2-3 per resident)
    • Attend Residency Showcase if attending Midyear Meeting
    • Assist with application review (early January)
    • Participate in resident interviews (late January-February)
  • One administrative assignment (vary based on program need)
  • Participation in academic afternoon (Wed 1-4 PM) when not staffing or on PTO (paid time off)
  • Non-traditional residents may be trained to work in other areas based on department needs (for example: infusion clinic, cardiology, 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

YearResidentFirst Position After GraduationCurrent Position
2024Mike Wright, PharmD*Clinical Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health networkClinical Pharmacist Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network
2023Cody (Minh) Tong, PharmDPGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Resident Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FLSolid Organ Transplant Specialist Pharmacist Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI
2022Nathan Duncan, PharmD*PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Resident, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health networkInformatics Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network
2021Daniel Brusch, PharmD*, BCPSInvestigational Drugs Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health networkClinical Pharmacist, Acute Care, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network
Taylor Kitzke, PharmDClinical Pharmacist, Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, COClinical Pharmacist, Intermountain Health, Arvada, CO
2018Brian Pella, PharmD*Drug Shortages Coordinator & Clinical Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health networkDrug Shortages Coordinator & Clinical Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network
Justine Preedit, PharmD, BCOPPGY2 Oncology Resident, Cedars Sinai HospitalMalignant Heme Pharmacist, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
2016Meghan Murphy, PharmD, BCPSPGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Resident, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health networkClinical Informatics Pharmacist, Aurora Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI
Sarah Solano, PharmD*Clinical Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health networkClinical Pharmacist, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network
2014Rootvij Bhatt, PharmD, MBA* Pain Stewardship Pharmacist, Froedtert South
Philip Olley, PharmD*Staff Pharmacist, Wheaton Franciscan St. Francis Hospital, Milwaukee, WIPharmacy Operations Manager 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.

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.