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The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at St. Luke's Magic Valley is a 12-month program that develops expertise and competency in providing clinical care to a wide variety of patients. The residency accommodates three PGY1 residents and has 6-week learning experiences that provide the residents the opportunity to precept APPE students in adult medicine.
Our pharmacy department utilizes a centralized/decentralized clinical staffing model, a centralized sterile IV preparation area compliant with USP 797, extensive pharmacy automation, an anticoagulation clinic, an outpatient infusion center, and ambulatory pharmacy services.
Required Learning Experiences
- Orientation
- Adult Medicine (including co-precepting an APPE student)
- Critical Care
- Infectious Disease
- Rural Medicine (travel compensated for offsite)
Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences
- Leadership
- Learning and Teaching (some travel required, compensated)
- Medication Safety
- Project
- Staffing (every third weekend and one major holiday)
Elective Learning Experiences
- Adult Ambulatory Care
- Adult Diabetes Care (ambulatory)
- Behavioral Health
- Critical Care II
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine II
- Medication Safety (focused)
- Oncology
- Pediatrics/NICU
- Pharmacy Clinical Informatics
Program Details
- Number of positions available each year: 3
- Start date: late June or early July
- Estimated stipend: $56,000
Staffing Requirements
Residents are required to staff every third weekend (Friday–Sunday) and one major holiday during the year. This includes six observational weekend shifts during orientation and 36 weekend shifts at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center. There are some additional responsibilities during the Rural Health learning experience at that site. This provides the opportunity to incorporate what they are learning into daily practice and to be fully competent in all areas of the pharmacy. They are also eligible to staff additional shifts at full pharmacist wages (moonlighting) once they are trained and able to work independently.
Projects & Presentations
ASHP requires that residents complete one major project and at least one minor project during the year. The major project will be presented as a poster at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and as an oral presentation at the Mountain States Pharmacy Residency Conference at the end of the year. A final written manuscript of the major project is also required. Our residents also complete a minor project during the leadership learning experience and will provide a one-hour CE presentation to nursing, pharmacy or to providers.
Teaching Certificate & Residency Forum
Staff from the Idaho State University College of Pharmacy facilitate the completion of a formal teaching certificate program (longitudinal Learning and Teaching learning experience). Residents attend monthly meetings with the other PGY1 pharmacy residents in the Boise area where they teach and discuss topics necessary to complete the teaching certificate.
Post Residency Directions
Historically, about half of our PGY1 residents accept a full-time clinical pharmacist position with St. Luke's at the completion of their PGY1 program year. The others have taken positions in PGY2 programs. ambulatory settings, academic medical centers, and other acute care health system positions. St. Luke's strives to keep each of our PGY1 residents as permanent clinical staff pharmacists at the completion of their PGY1 year, however, this is always dependent on the availability of open positions.
Application Instructions and Process
- Submit an application via PhORCAS by first Friday in January; application to include:
- Letter of intent
- Three letters of reference
- Current CV
- Pharmacy transcripts
- On-site interview
- 12 applicants are invited for an on-site interview during February in a block-style rotating format, meeting with the residency program director, local pharmacy leadership, program preceptors and staff. Applicants also meet with current residents and give a 10-minute presentation on a topic of their choice.
Contact Information
Dallin D. Poulsen, PharmD, MBA/HSA
Cell: (507) 206-8087
Email: [email protected]
Accreditation
The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency conducted by St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls is accredited by ASHP.
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