Overview: Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1)

Rush has been involved in pharmacy residency training for over 25 years. Some of the components of the residency at Rush are as follows:

Required rotations (2007-2008)

1. Internal medicine
2. Medical critical care
3. Practice management
4. Medication Safety
5. Ambulatory care
6. Infectious disease
7. Pediatrics

Elective rotations (2007-2008)

1. Hematology/oncology
2. Bone marrow transplant
3. Solid organ transplant
4. Inpatient anticoagulation
5. Neurocritical care
6. Surgical critical care
7. Investigational drugs
8. Nutrition

Other activities included in the residency

1. Weekly resident conference (patient care or journal club)
2. Resident research project
3. Preparation of and presentation of the research project as a poster at ASHP Midyear meeting
4. Three professional practice seminars
5. Longitudinal projects in quality assurance and policy/guideline development
6. Didactic lectures to pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students and other healthcare professionals
7. Working as a satellite pharmacist every other weekend