Curriculum & Rotations
PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
Residents will have demonstrated competency as evidenced by their ability to:
- Manage and improve the medication-use-process.
- Provide evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy management with interdisciplinary teams.
- Exercise leadership and practice management skills.
- Demonstrate project management skills.
- Provide medication and practice-related education/training.
- Utilize medical informatics.
Required Core Learning Experiences (6-8 weeks)
- Orientation (8 weeks)
- Anticoagulation/Cardiology
- Critical Care
- General Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Oncology
- Ambulatory Care
Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences
- Administration and Leadership
- Pharmacy Informatics
- Pharmacy Practice (staffing component)
- Research Project
- Teaching Certificate program (Rutgers University)
Elective Learning Experiences (5-6 weeks; need to complete one elective)
- Emergency Medicine
- Pharmacy Informatics
- Advanced Experiences: Infectious Disease, Critical Care, Ambulatory Care, Administration and Leadership,
- Oncology
- Create your own
Conferences
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
- Eastern States Residency Conference
- New Jersey Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Meeting & Exhibition