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In Wisconsin, Ascension operates 17 hospital campuses, more than 100 related healthcare facilities and employs more than 1,100 primary and specialty care clinicians from Racine to Appleton. Serving Wisconsin since 1848, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension is the largest non-profit and Catholic health system in the U.S., operating more than 2,600 sites of care – including 139 hospitals and more than 40 senior living facilities – in 19 states and the District of Columbia

Ascension St. Francis Hospital is a full-service community hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which has been serving the community since 1956. We provide a full scope of services, including the latest in neurological disorders, cardiac care and orthopedics.
The pharmacy residency program at Ascension St. Francis is designed to develop independent, insightful practitioners who are effective members of healthcare teams and provide comprehensive pharmacy services as key members of the pharmacy department. 

Residency purpose
PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) 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.

Required rotations
Introduction to Pharmacy Practice. . . . . . . . . 6 weeks
Administration/Drug Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Cardiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Critical Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Central Pharmacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Internal Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Research Flex-Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks
Ambulatory Care Clinics – Oncology,
 Neurology and Chronic Disease
 Management (Virtual). . . . . . . . . . . . . longitudinal
Pharmacy Practice (Staffing). . . . . . . . . . longitudinal
Medication Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . longitudinal
Research Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . longitudinal
Optional opportunity
Academic rotation at the Medical College of Wisconsin with teaching certificate

Elective opportunities
Emergency Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Internal Medicine II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Neonatal Intensive Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Oncology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Orthopedic Surgery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks
Antimicrobial Stewardship/ID . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 weeks

Ascension St. Francis Residency Website

Submit to PhORCAS:
• Letter of intent
• Curriculum vitae, including APPE rotations
with preceptors
• Three letters of recommendation
• School/college of pharmacy transcripts
• Supplemental application form available on
program website (above) must be uploaded
into PhORCAS

About Ascension St. Francis PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program

In Wisconsin, Ascension operates 17 hospital campuses and more than 100 related healthcare facilities and employs more than 1100 primary and specialty care clinicians from Racine to Appleton. Across the state, Ascension provides millions of dollars in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty. Serving Wisconsin since 1848, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension is the largest non-profit and Catholic health system, operating more than 2,600 sites of care – including 139 hospitals and more than 40 senior living facilities – in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Ascension Wisconsin has five PGY1 Pharmacy residency programs (Ascension St. Elizabeth Ascension St. Joseph, Ascension Columbia St. Mary's, Ascension St. Francis, and Ascension All Saints) and one PGY1 Pharmacy & PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration residency. Please visit our residency website at https://wisconsinmeded.org/en/pharmacy.residency-programs

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