PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency

RESIDENCY HIGHLIGHTS

Positions: 4

Duration: 12 months

Rotations: 3 required, 5 electives

Estimated Stipend: $51,542 per year (no FICA or state income tax)

• Nevada Pharmacist License within 60 days of starting program

• Nevada Intern Pharmacist License will be needed unless licensed as registered pharmacist in Nevada prior to July 1

• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited College of Pharmacy
• Strongly recommended for NAPLEX and Nevada MPJE to be taken prior to the first day of residency

To apply, submit the following on PhORCAS:

• Official transcripts
  • If from a pass/no pass school: please also send class ranking information directly to residency program director
• Letter of intent
• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• 3 letters of recommendation (at least two must be from clinical preceptors)
• Answer to the question below in the supplemental information section:
  • What are your areas of clinical interest? 

LEARNING EXPERIENCES

REQUIREMENTS

*Each rotation is 5-6 weeks long

Required (3)

• Administration 
• Cardiology/cardiac intensive care unit 
• Internal medicine 

Elective (choose 5) 

• Infectious Disease 
• Emergency Medicine
• Trauma/trauma intensive care unit 
• Pediatrics/pediatric intensive care unit 
• Neonatal intensive care unit 
• Medical intensive care unit 
• Repeat of any required rotations

LONGITUDINAL EXPERIENCES

• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Medication use evaluations
• Pain Consults
• Parenteral Nutrition Consults
• Quality improvement project
• Research Project
• Precepting (while on rotations)
• Teaching certificate (optional)

• 1 Research project
• 1 Drug monograph  
• 1 UMC Newsletter article

PRESENTATIONS

• 3 Pharmacy conference presentations
• 2 Journal clubs
• 1 Continuing education presentation
• 1 Nursing in-service
• 1 Platform presentation at a regional residency conference

STAFFING

• 26 shifts (total hours: 260)
  • 1 major holiday
  • 2 minor holidays
• Clinical Call
  • Clinical call includes responsibilities of updating antimicrobial stewardship reports, assigning MUEs and clinical consults to co-residents and clinical pharmacists, and answering phone calls regarding consults.
  • Will occur for 1 week approximately every 6 weeks
  • Includes weekends; does not count toward staffing shifts
• Additional staffing is optional for supplemental pay