Details
Posted: 01-Dec-21
Location: Orange, California
Required Education: PharmD
PGY1:
Pharmacy
PGY2:
Infectious Diseases Pharmacy
Session:
Tuesday PM
Please join our Zoom Showcase on Tuesday PM 12/7:
PGY1 Room: https://uci.zoom.us/j/93415064964
PGY2 Room: https://uci.zoom.us/j/97630986880
Established in 1967, the mission of the UC Irvine Pharmacy PGY1 Residency Program is to develop capable, confident, and independent pharmacists equipped with a foundation of knowledge and skills to meet the current and future challenges of pharmacy practice. The vision of the UC Irvine Pharmacy PGY1 Residency Program is to be a recognized residency training site of excellence that produces exemplary pharmacists who make a difference in patient care and in the pharmacy profession.
Learning experiences are offered in a wide variety of practice areas and are customized to the resident's individual interests. Our preceptors provide expert training to our residents, and many are board-certified pharmacotherapy specialists.
Learning experiences include:
- Required block learning experiences include orientation, critical care, internal medicine, ambulatory care, leadership and practice management, clinical leadership, and medication safety.
- Elective block learning experiences include anticoagulation clinic, ambulatory care, emergency medicine, critical care (medical, surgical, neuroscience, or neonatal), informatics and automation, oncology inpatient, oncology infusion center, transplant, pain/palliative care, and investigational drugs
- Required longitudinal learning experiences include: staffing, teaching, and research project
For more information about our residency program, go to our website: Click to Proceed to Website
Candidates for the UCI Health Pharmacy Residency Program should have completed clinical clerkships and have general knowledge of institutional pharmacy practice.
Candidates must apply through the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Residency Matching Program. The PGY1 program code for UC Irvine Medical Center is 180013. Applicants should submit letter of intent, curriculum vitae and three reference letters.
Selection is based on professional competence, scholastic achievement, motivation, extracurricular activities, communication skills, letters of recommendation and overall understanding of the pharmacy profession.To be considered for admission to the pharmacy residency program, all applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Be a PharmD graduate from an ACPE-accredited pharmacy school or college.
- Complete a personal interview with the residency program director, select preceptors and residents.
- Have a valid, current California pharmacy intern license before employment start date.
- Be licensed to practice pharmacy in California by the end of the first third of the residency year.
- Successfully complete a background check.
- Successfully complete the pre-employment process, which includes, but is not limited to, verification of all required licenses and certifications, including meeting the U.S. Office of Inspector General requirements and proof of a legal right to work in the United States.
- Successful complete a post-offer physical exam, which includes a drug and alcohol screen, a physical and a TB test.
