The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is a flexible program designed to accommodate the needs of the resident within a dynamic health system pharmacy of experienced practitioners.
Core rotations include:
Adult Inpatient Medicine (choose internal medicine or family & community medicine)
Adult Critical care (MICU, SICU or cardiac ICU)
Infectious diseases
Acute Pediatrics (or pediatric subspecialty such as pediatric ICU, neonatal ICU, or pediatric hematology/oncology if already completed a pediatric APPE)
Advanced Internal Medicine (Adult or Pediatrics)
Ambulatory care clinic longitudinal (2/3 in anticoagulation clinic, 1/3 in elective primary care, oncology specialty pharmacy, rheumatology specialty - pharmacy, pulmonology specialty pharmacy, or solid organ transplantation clinic)
Pharmacy Administration and Leadership
Research / Project Month
Longitudinal experiences in Medication Safety; Teaching, Education, and Dissemination of Knowledge; and Drug Use Policy (P&T committee)
In addition, residents will select at least 3 electives from a variety of care settings including emergency medicine, family medicine, solid organ transplant, cardiology, pediatric or adult oncology or bone marrow transplant, critical care (including 4 adult and 2 pediatric ICU settings), antimicrobial stewardship, immunocompromised infectious diseases, and more. Project management, presentation skills, and precepting in our layered learning model are emphasized throughout the program. Clinical on-call (24 hours) including in-house adult code response from 7A-9P also required. Major research project of publishable quality included in addition to presentations, continuing education, and high-quality medication use evaluations. Teaching certificate available.
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Applicants must submit all of the following through PhORCAS:
A letter of interest, including a statement on diversity, equity and inclusion
Copy of curriculum vitae
Official copy of college transcript
Three (3) letters of recommendation using the standard PhORCAS reference form
An online application will be required from candidates offered a formal interview. One may be accessed via Penn State Health Careers by searching the job category of “Pharmacy Resident” and the location “Hershey.”
Founded in 1963 through a gift from The Milton S. Hershey Foundation, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is a leading academic medical center located in Hershey, PA. The 611-bed Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is a provider of high-level, patient-focused medical care. Annually, the Medical Center admits 29,000 patients, accepts over 1 million outpatient visits, receives 73,000 emergency room patients and performs 33,000 surgical procedures. As a Magnet-designated hospital since 2007, Hershey Medical Center employs caregivers who are dedicated to excellence and achieving superior patient and community outcomes. The Hershey Medical Center campus includes Penn State College of Medicine (Penn State’s medical school), Penn State Cancer Institute and Penn State Health Children’s Hospital—the region’s most comprehensive children’s hospital.
Pharmacy residents in the programs at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (6 PGY1 pharmacy residents, 2 PGY2 critical care residents, 1 PGY2 resident each in pediatrics and oncology) are immersed in patient care pharmacotherapy opportunities consisting of several different practice areas in one location.