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PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (Acute Care) Columbia - Learning Experiences

Prisma Health Richland-University of South Carolina

Curriculum

Required one-month learning experiences

  • Adult general acute care
  • Adult specialized acute care
  • Ambulatory care
  • Infectious diseases
  • Critical care
  • Pediatrics
  • Pharmacy Support Services
  • Orientation to pharmacy operations
  • Electives (3 months)

Elective learning experiences

  • Academia
  • Administration
  • Cardiovascular surgery
  • Emergency medicine
  • Heart Failure/LVAD Clinic
  • Immunology Center – ID Clinic
  • Medication use/quality improvement
  • Neonatal ICU
  • Neuroscience ICU
  • Prisma Health SeniorCare
  • Surgical/trauma ICU

Please see residency manual under How to Apply Tab for various options for each of the above required learning experiences.

Required longitudinal learning experiences

  • Clinical Teaching Certificate Program
  • Complete drug monograph for formulary review
  • Education and presentations (Grand Rounds, Pharmacy Department Case Conference)
  • In-house clinical on-call program
  • Leadership & Practice Management and Residency Leadership Academy
  • Major research project: SERC presentation & Discover USC poster presentation
  • Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) completed and poster presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
  • Medical emergencies
  • Staffing weekends and holidays

Other requirements

  • Must obtain SC Pharmacist License within 120 days start of residency
  • Participate in South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists
  • Precept pharmacy students