Residency Showcase Program Listings

Background:

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Pharmacy Department has been training pharmacy residents since 2002 and has the largest pharmacy residency program in the state of New Hampshire. In addition to our clinical growth in inpatient pharmacy practice, we have substantial growth in our outpatient pharmacy practice setting. We have developed clinical pharmacist services within a variety of specialty and ambulatory primary care clinics. Additionally, pharmacists in outpatient pharmacies work in tandem with clinic pharmacists. We are excited to offer a vast array of experiences within these departments to our residency classes in this PGY-1 residency program in the ambulatory care-specialty pharmacy setting.

Program Description:

For our 2025-2026 residency year we will be offering two PGY-1 residency positions focused in ambulatory and specialty pharmacy along with 4 PGY-1s in acute care, 1 PGY-2 in critical care, 2 PGY-2 in hematology/oncology, and 2 PGY-1/2 resident positions in HSPAL. We hope to recruit candidates interested in the wide range of experiences within our ambulatory and specialty pharmacy space. Residents will be a part of our ambulatory-specialty clinic teams at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. The specialty pharmacy team provides a high touch service for high cost/complex medications that has helped lower costs, improve patient care, experience, and outcomes.  In addition to better patient care, the specialty pharmacy team has created a new revenue stream for Dartmouth-Hitchcock since its inception in 2016. Residents will be impacting patient care throughout the year within D-H outpatient clinics, the community pharmacy, and the centralized specialty department by:

• Providing direct patient care telephonically, electronically, and through in-person, pharmacist-lead office visits to address concerns including, but not limited to:
  • Disease state management 
  • Directed medication education
  • Medication utilization/adherence reviews
  • Polypharmacy reviews
• Performing a medication use evaluation
• Order Entry, Verification, and Dispensing
• Completing a year-long, clinical research project
• And many more experiences individualized to the resident’s personal interest areas

Residents will be given unique learning experiences to provide direct patient care within specialty clinics such as anticoagulation, cystic fibrosis, gastroenterology, and dermatology, integrated with the foundational elements of ambulatory primary care and community pharmacy practice.

Our training program is designed to develop knowledge and encourage clinical leadership. Residents will refine their clinical problem-solving skills, build confidence, and work with other members of the healthcare team including the patient to deliver the highest standard of patient care. Our residency program aims to provide a variety of learning experiences to develop pharmacists who can confidently:

• Pursue and obtain jobs in specialty and ambulatory care
• Pursue and obtain a PGY-2 in the specialty of the resident’s choice
• Achieve Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) certification
• Achieve Certified Specialty Pharmacist (CSP) certification

We are excited to offer these opportunities and contribute to the number of available residency programs for pharmacy students interested in pursuing advanced professional experiences through residency. With the completion of this residency program, the residents will have gained insight and knowledge of the ambulatory, outpatient, and specialty pharmacy teams, which makes them ideal candidates as part of any outpatient pharmacy team.

PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program (14008) in the Ambulatory Care/Specialty Setting | Pharmacy Residency Programs | DHMC and Clinics (dartmouth-hitchcock.org)

How to apply

Please submit all application materials via PhORCAS.

Application deadline: January 2nd.

Must have a valid pharmacy license to practice in the state of New Hampshire within 90 days of the start date.

Application submission:

• Letter of intent
• Curriculum vitae
• College transcripts
• Three letters of recommendation
• PhORCAS Residency Program application
• ASHP Residency Matching Program registration

About Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital PGY1 Ambulatory Care-Specialty Pharmacy (14008)

Dartmouth Health (DH) is an academic health system that serves a population of 1.9 million in New England. The D-H system trains nearly 400 residents and fellows annually, and performs world-class research, in partnership with the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) was named New Hampshire’s Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report and recognized for high performance in many clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health also includes the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, one of only 51 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation; the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the state’s only children’s hospital; affiliated member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, and New London, NH and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and 24 Dartmouth-Hitchcock clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermont. The mission of DHMC is to advance health through research, education, clinical practice and community partnerships, providing each person the best care, in the right place, at the right time, every time.

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