The Loma Linda University Health PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program is fully accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). 

The residents will develop the knowledge, attitude, and skills necessary to become an advanced pharmaceutical care practitioner. The program is structured to suit the individual needs of the resident and to provide an environment of quality training and pharmaceutical care. 

The PGY1 program offers a plethora of choices for their four elective learning experiences. Loma Linda University is able to provide the resident with an engaging and diverse year of clinical experiences. 

With a number of PGY2 programs, Loma Linda University Health is dedicated to the necessary training of competent, clinical pharmacists in specialized areas.

Post Graduate Year One (PGY1)

Pharmacy Residency Goals

  • Provide personalized pharmaceutical care services to promote ethical, caring, and patient focused outcomes in all settings
  • Function competently and in partnership with other providers
  • Enhance proficiency in written and verbal communication skills
  • Enhance time management, organizational, and management skills to fulfill both academic and clinical practice requirements
  • Develop leadership skills
  • Provide appropriate consultation
  • Prepare and deliver effective lectures to pharmacy students and other health professionals
  • Complete a formal research project

Resident Requirements

  • Completion of required learning experiences: Orientation, Hospital Practice, Administration, Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases (Adult or Pediatric), Longitudinal Research Project, Longitudinal Staffing
  • Completion of a formal research project, including a written manuscript and presentation at Western States Conference for Pharmacy Residents, Fellows, and Preceptors
  • Completion of the Longitudinal Teaching Certificate
  • Presenting formulary monograph to the Formulary Utilization Subcommittee 
  • Presentation of a drug usage evaluation to the Formulary Utilization Subcommittee 
  • Presentation of an adverse drug reaction report to the Medication Safety Subcommittee
  • Contribution of an article to the Department of Pharmacy Newsletter
  • Completion of a 1-hour continuing education presentation
  • Achievement of all 31 ASHP residency objectives as achieved for residency in PharmAcademic
  • Staff every third weekend, one major holiday (Christmas, Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving, or New Years)
  • Staff one or more minor holiday(s) (Labor Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, and/or Memorial Day)
  • Staff 10 supplemental shifts as a licensed pharmacist
  • Active participation as a mentor with assigned student professional organization

Teaching Certificate Program

Residents enrolled in the PGY1 Program will participate in the Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy Teaching Certificate Program. The goal of the program is to provide participants with the experience and guidance necessary to understand and apply current educational issues in pharmacy education. To earn the certificate, each participant must meet the following requirements:

  1. Attend the teaching sessions and workshops 
  2. Give a minimum of one didactic lecture (1-hour minimum)
  3. Co-precept one Advanced Pharmacy Practice or Introductory Pharmacy Practice student, if assigned
  4. Develop a written statement of teaching philosophy
  5. Develop a teaching dossier
     

Required and Elective Learning Experiences

REQUIRED LEARNING EXPERIENCES

  • Administration
  • Hospital Practice
  • Infectious Disease, adult or pediatric
  • Internal Medicine
  • Orientation
  • Research Project – Longitudinal Component
  • Staffing – Longitudinal Component
  • Teaching Certificate – Longitudinal Component
     

ELECTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES 

  • Academia
  • Ambulatory Care, Anticoagulation, Cardiology, Specialty Pharmacy Services, Transplant, or VA Loma Linda ACC
  • Cardiology 
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Practice
  • ICU, Medical, Neonatal, Pediatric, or Surgical
  • Informatics 
  • Investigational Drug
  • Medication Safety
  • Nutrition
  • Oncology, Adult Cancer Center (Medical Center), Adult Inpatient, Pediatric Cancer Center, Pediatrics Inpatient 
  • Psychiatry 
  • Transplant, & Cellular Therapy (BMT/TCT), Cardiac, or Solid Organ (PLK)
     

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