The ICVAHCS PGY 1-Pharmacy residency program prepares graduates to assume general clinical pharmacist positions in the inpatient and ambulatory care setting, to serve as adjunct faculty for a college of pharmacy, to pursue board certification and to be eligible for PGY-2 residency training. The ICVAHCS is a teaching hospital providing the unique opportunity for our residents to engage in direct patient care, practice management and medication related education. We provide residents experience in anticoagulation clinic, drug information/formulary management, primary care (PACT), internal medicine, and pharmacy management.  Residents will also have the opportunity to gain experience in endocrine, ICU, surgery, transplant, oncology, pain and palliative care. Besides clinical activities, each PGY-1 resident will participate in patient and staff education, present formal lectures and case discussions, and precept University of Iowa pharmacy clerkship students.  In addition, residents will conduct a research project, present results, and produce a manuscript suitable for publication. For more information please review our website: https://www.iowacity.va.gov/Pharmacy_Residency_Program_Iowa_City.asp

The ICVAHCS also offers a PGY-2 residency program in Psychiatric Pharmacy. Residents gain valuable experiences in acute care and ambulatory care psychiatric settings.  Other sites include substance use, pain management, pharmacy administration, consult liaison, neurology, palliative care and home-based MH intensive case management. Participation also includes patient/staff education, presenting lectures and journal clubs, and responding to drug information questions. Residents are required to conduct a research project, present results, and summarize in a manuscript suitable for publication.