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July 2025 PGY2 position will again be FILLED by Early Commitment!  We'd love to talk to incoming PGY1 candidates about our PGY2 opportunities for 2026-2027

This PGY-2 residency provides the resident with advanced clinical training in ambulatory care pharmacy practice, as well as numerous opportunities for research, teaching, and scholarship.  Upon completion of the residency, the pharmacist will be a competent clinical pharmacy practitioner in ambulatory care that engages in multidisciplinary collaboration, demonstrates advanced critical thinking skills, and is able to design and implement complex medication recommendations in this fast-paced environment.  Graduates of this program will be adequately prepared to practice as an ambulatory care specialist or in academia.

The residency program is unique in that the resident will play an integral role in the promotion of population health services at Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center. Learning experiences will begin with short blocks for introduction to primary practice sites, with the majority of the 12 month residency year being longitudinal in nature. Residents will provide care for adult, pediatric, and geriatric populations via multidisciplinary patient-centered, team-based approaches and using collaborative drug therapy management protocols. Residents will develop skills in patient care, leadership, teaching, and research. Residents will be able to take advantage of the strengths of the UGA College of Pharmacy, Wellstar MCG Health and Medical College of Georgia programs and gain experience in a variety of inter-professional teaching activities. Activities may include didactic, small group/laboratory, medical resident/physician faculty lectures, and experiential teaching with both pharmacy and medical students. UGA residents are classified as graduate students and will receive a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy in addition to the Residency Certificate upon successful completion of the program.

Program highlights:

• Variety of core and elective rotation experiences offered, including Primary Care (Internal Medicine and Family Medicine), Cystic fibrosis, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infectious Diseases/HIV, Digestive Health, Transplant, Oncology, Anticoagulation, Population Health (transitions of care and closing gaps in care), Patient Assistance, Administration, and Academia.
• UGA Graduate Certificate Program (includes Teaching in Pharmacy Practice and Teaching Portfolio)
• High-quality research and scholarship opportunities
• Variety of teaching and inter-professional experiences

Link to ASHP Online Residency Directory Listing

 PGY2 Residency Web Page ; see also:

 http://www.augustahealth.org/pharmacy-residencies

https://rx.uga.edu/academic-programs/residency-program/

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Applicants for the Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center-University of Georgia College of Pharmacy PGY2 residencies must be licensed as a pharmacist in Georgia at the start of the residency.

About Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center -UGA College of Pharmacy, Augusta

Based in Augusta, Georgia, Wellstar MCG Health, formerly known as AU Medical Center, is an academic medical center affiliated with the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and now part of the unified Wellstar Health System. Wellstar MCG Health provides skilled, compassionate care to its patients, conducts leading-edge clinical research and fosters the medical education and training of tomorrow’s health care practitioners. Wellstar is one of the largest health-systems in Georgia and a not-for-profit committed to deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center serves as the largest clinical training site for the University of Georgia (UGA) Pharm.D. program, and medical/allied health students from Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University. The health system provides a full range of services including a Children's hospital, Level IV regional neonatal intensive care, a renal transplantation program, a level I regional trauma center and pediatric trauma center, Georgia Cancer Center (with Phase 1 clinical trials unit), medical office building with over 80 outpatient clinics, several infusion centers and extens...ive specialty pharmacy services. The pharmacy has ambulatory care pharmacists practicing under collaborative practice (primary care clinics, digestive health, oncology), a pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinic, clinical research pharmacy, and consultant pharmacist services to a long-term care facility. Wellstar MCG pharmacists have teaching appointments as clinical faculty and pharmacy preceptors for the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and institution also serves as the clinical practice site for six full-time UGA pharmacy faculty.

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