Residency Showcase Program Listings

Sharp Memorial Hospital is part of the Sharp HealthCare System, a large, not-for-profit integrated regional health care delivery system based in San Diego, California. Sharp Memorial Hospital is a 656-bed, acute-care hospital.  It has been recognized as a Magnet® hospital for nursing and patient care excellence and is known for its outstanding programs in heart and vascular care, cancer care, orthopedic and neurological services, physical rehabilitation, robotic surgery and organ transplantation.

This ASHP accredited Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency will help you develop skills in providing effective pharmaceutical care in a wide variety of settings.  This PGY1 residency program primarily trains pharmacy graduates in general acute-care practice. The hiring and primary training site is located at Sharp Memorial. 

As a resident, you will work under the mentorship of pharmacy resident advisors and preceptors. This program will enable you to improve communication and leadership skills with health care professionals, pharmacy students and patients.

You will participate in the development of your own residency plan, which will reflect your interests and build upon your previous experiences. Upon successful completion of our program, you will be equipped with the knowledge to become an asset to the pharmacy community.

Required core learning experiences:

• Administration/Safe Medication Practice (12 months)
• Chief resident/leadership (2 quarters)
• Critical care (6 weeks)
• Emergency medicine (6 weeks)
• Infectious diseases (6 weeks)
• Inpatient Practice (12 months)
• Internal medicine (6 weeks)
• Orientation/Intro to Inpatient Practice (6 weeks)
• Research/Advancing Practice (12 months)
• Teaching certification (12 months)

Elective learning experiences:

• Advanced Critical Care/Trauma
• Cardiology
• Investigational Drug Services
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Nutritional & Metabolic Support
• Oncology
• Outpatient Infusion Center
• Psychiatry
• Solid Organ Transplant
• Others may be developed by the resident as approved by the RPD and preceptors.

Elective learning experiences are commonly 5 weeks but concentrated electives may be considered.

Applicants must possess a doctor of pharmacy degree (PharmD) and must be self-motivated with good interpersonal and communication skills. A California Internship License is required before the start of the residency. Completion of the CPJE and NAPLEX licensure exams is recommended before residency begins, if possible. Pharmacist licensure must be obtained 90 days after start of the residency.  

To be considered for an interview, you must complete and submit all application material in PhORCAS by December 30, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Mills, PharmD, BCPS Residency Director.

Complete applications should include the following as well as meet any additional requirements by PhORCAS (National Matching Service Code 282313):

• School of pharmacy transcript
• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of interest
• 3 reference writers