Asante Health System

Located in Southern Oregon, Asante Health System includes Rogue Regional Medical Center (ARRMC), Three Rivers Medical Center (ATRMC), and Ashland Community Hospital. For the eight consecutive year, Asante has been named one of Watson Health’s 15 Top Health Systems in the Nation. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced its 2019 Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, and both ARRMC and ATRMC hospitals earned five stars — the highest rating awarded.

Asante offers two pharmacy residency programs, Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center PGY-1 program and Asante Three Rivers Medical Center PGY-1 program.

Both PGY-1 pharmacy residency programs builds on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.

Residents are involved in many aspects of the pharmacy profession including the following:

• Providing medication therapy management to a diverse population
• Assessing, monitoring, and delivering pharmacotherapy
• Participating in Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities
• Providing education to health care professionals, patients, and the community
• Presenting a major project locally, regionally and nationally
• Attending national, state, and local pharmacy meetings
• Providing departmental, organizational, and community service
• Serving as authors for the Asante Pharmacy and Therapeutics Bulletin

For more information, please visit: https://www.asante.org/pharmacy-residency  

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (ARRMC) PGY-1

PROGRAM CODE 94900

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (ARRMC) in Medford, Oregon features the latest technology and has been honored with being named one of IBM Watson Health’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in the nation for 2020. For the four years in a row 2014-207, ARRMC has been named a 100 Top Hospital® by Truven Health Analytics™, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the quality and cost of health care.  In 2018, CareChex® -- an information service of Quantros, Inc., has named ARRMC the No. 1 hospital in the country for medical excellence in interventional coronary care.  ARRMC received the Gold Plus award for Mission: Lifeline STEMI in 2016.  This 378-bed hospital offers a Joint Replacement Center, Cancer Services, including IMRT and Stereotactic Radio Surgery (SRS), neurology and neurosurgery, the region’s only referral neonatal intensive care unit, a nationally recognized diabetes care center, as well as medical, surgical, and other services. 

ARRMC has 378 licensed beds and ~2,000 full-time employees. There are four resident positions available.

Learning experiences at ARRMC include:

• Practice Management
• Critical Care
• Cardiology
• General Medicine
• NICU/Pediatrics
• Oncology
• Infectious Disease
• Infusion Services
• Ambulatory Care (APP)
• Informatics (Asante)
• Medication Safety and Formulary (Asante)
• Stewardship (Asante)
• Teaching Certificate

Asante Three Rivers Medical Center (ATRMC) PGY-1

PROGRAM CODE 94040

Asante Three Rivers Medical Center (ATRMC) in Grants Pass, Oregon is a fast-paced 125-bed community-focused center built in 2001. ATRMC combines careful attention to patient needs and a healing environment in the service of a rural, medically underserved population of over 100,000 people across essentially all extreme SW Oregon.  ATRMC is DNV Stroke Certified and operates as the second busiest and most acute Level Three trauma center in Oregon.  ATRMC became the first hospital in the nation to receive the designation of “Mother Friendly” by the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services.

ATRMC has 125 licensed beds and 788 full-time employees. There is one resident position available. 

Learning experiences at ATRMC include:

• Clinical Skills
• Internal Medicine/Surgery
• Critical Care and Step Down
• Infectious Disease
• Transitions of Care
• Infectious Disease
• Practice Management
• Clinic Ambulatory Care
• Infusion Services
• Medication Safety and Formulary (Asante)
• Oncology (at ARRMC)
• Cardiology (at ARRMC)
• NICU/Pediatrics (at ARRMC)
• Informatics (Asante)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship (Asante)
• Teaching Certificate