Program Overview
Our Mission
The Pharmacy Practice Residency at Mary Washington Hospital is a one-year training program designed to strengthen the residents’ clinical, communication, and management skills in preparation for a continued career in hospital pharmacy, clinical pharmacy, or pharmacy management. Our focus is on transitioning residents from students of pharmacy to experienced pharmacists who provide exceptional patient care in an ever-changing profession.
Learning Activities
- Provide patient care in a variety of settings
- Attend interdisciplinary rounds and patient codes
- Teach patients and other healthcare professionals
- Obtain a teaching and learning certificate (Optional)
- Perform medication use evaluations and quality improvement activities
- Conduct a major research project
- Attend and present at state and national professional conferences
- Develop and present a Continuing Education (CE) seminar
Rotations (Five Weeks Each)
- Internal Medicine I (Required)
- Internal Medicine II
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- Pharmacy and Healthcare Administration (Required)
- Emergency Medicine
- Medical Intensive Care
- Surgical Intensive Care
- Infectious Disease and Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Services
- Clinical Pharmacy Staffing (Required)
We want to promote your wellbeing as well. Residents will staff every third weekend, three of the six major holidays (the other three major holidays are given as paid time off), and one five-week rotation. Residents will staff day shifts.
No evening shifts, overnight shifts, or on-call required!
The weeks of ASHP’s Midyear and the Eastern States Conference are designated for the residents to attend and focus on those events; residents will not be staffing or on rotations during those two weeks.