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Join South Jersey’s leading hospital Cooper University Hospital and receive a comprehensive one year Emergency Medicine training experience.  

Why Cooper Hospital?

• We are the only urban academic level one trauma center for southern New Jersey and the busiest trauma center in the Philadelphia region
• Only level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware valley
• CUHC offers an Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program and is a comprehensive stroke center.
• Residents are provided a built in Residency Wellness Program aimed to support you and build healthy habits in wellness

Program Specific Information:

The PGY2 Emergency Medicine (EM) Pharmacy Residency (fully accredited by ASHP) is designed to build upon a resident’s past learning experiences to become a highly knowledgeable, evidence based, and functional clinical pharmacist in the emergency department (ED). The one-year specialty residency program is designed to provide residents with advanced training in emergency medicine, with a focus on adult & pediatric critical care and urgent care, toxicology, pre-hospital care, emergency medicine practice management, research, teaching, and emergency preparedness. 

Our resident is fully integrated in the emergency medicine model, working side by side with physicians, nurses and technicians. During the year the resident will expand upon their clinical knowledge through a wide variety of clinical rotations including emergency medicine, critical care, pediatrics, infectious disease and trauma. Cooper residents will also have the opportunity to work collaboratively with the addiction medicine team and toxicology consult service. Uniquely, they will also contribute to free open access medical education (FOAMed), through several web-based platforms.

Please see the residency website for additional information and check out our Instagram account @Cooperem_pharmresidency for updates!

Applicants must be eligible for licensure in New Jersey, possess a PharmD degree, completed or in the process of completing an accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program or in the process of accreditation (i.e. candidate or pre- candidate status).

Applicants must register for The Match – ASHP Resident Matching Program

National Matching Service: NMS Number 648369

Candidates must apply through ASHP PhORCAS. A completed application shall include the following:

• Residency Application
• Personal Statement/Letter of Intent
• Curriculum Vitae
• Three letters of recommendations of which at least two references should be from an inpatient clinical pharmacy specialist or similar role

About PGY2 Emergency Medicine

The Cooper University Health Care PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency program is a one year specialty residency that expands upon knowledge obtained from a Doctor of Pharmacy education and PGY1 pharmacy practice experience to provide specialized training in emergency medicine. This program offers residents opportunities to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to develop and optimize patient care plans as well as develop skill sets to handle acute management of critically ill patients. Residents will learn to think critically, develop important time management skills and possess competencies that will allow them to function successfully as clinical pharmacists.Residents at Cooper will rotate through several core experiences including emergency medicine, critical care, pediatrics, infectious disease and trauma. Cooper residents will also have the opportunity to work collaboratively with the addiction medicine team and toxicology consult service. Uniquely, they will also contribute to free open access medical education (FOAMed), through several web based platforms.

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