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Program Overview

Our PGY1 residency program serves as a crucial bridge between academic education and professional practice. Residents are immersed in direct patient care and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to optimize medication therapy. The program emphasizes evidence-based practice, critical thinking, and effective communication in order to refine clinical judgment and enhance problem-solving skills. Residents are exposed to drug safety, practice management, and quality improvement initiatives. By the end of the year, residents are equipped with the competence and confidence to purse a PGY2 residency, board certification, or step into clinical practice. 

Required Rotations

• Orientation
• Critical Care I
• Emergency Medicine
• Internal Medicine I
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacy Administration
• Transitions of Care

Longitudinal Learning Experiences

• Research and Quality Improvement
• Operational Pharmacy (Staffing)

Elective Learning Experiences

• Inpatient Psychiatry
• Palliative Care 
• Critical Care II
• Internal Medicine II

Additional Activities

• Teaching Certificate Program
• Committee participation
• Precepting pharmacy students

Benefits

• Salary: $48,0000
• Program duration: 12 months
• Start Date: July 1
• Eligible for health benefits as full-time employees of Grand Strand Medical Center
• 20 days Paid Time Off (PTO): vacation, holiday, sick, and personal days
• Professional Leave: up to 10 days for approved conferences/meetings
• 401K Matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications
• Lab coat, dedicated laptop, office space, and resources
• Free onsite parking
• Consumer discounts: Residents are eligible to receive a wide variety of entertainment and other amenities via HCA Rewards

Application Requirements

• Graduate or candidate for graduation from an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited Doctor of Pharmacy program
• License or eligible to apply for license to practice pharmacy in the state of South Carolina. Residents must be licensed in the state of South Carolina within 120 days from the start of the residency program.
• Participant in the the ASHP Residency Match Program: NMS Code: 313913
• Completed application submitted to PhORCAS by January 5th and include:
  • Letter of Intent
  • Copy of pharmacy school transcript
  • Three professional references submitted via PhORCAS
  • Curriculum vitae
• ASHP Program Code: 37318
• Other information: Grand Strand Medical Center does not sponsor H1B or other visas.

About Grand Strand Medical Center PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

Grand Strand Health is comprised of one acute care, 403-bed hospital (Grand Strand Medical Center), three freestanding ER facilities and outpatient medical services including behavioral health, advanced wound care, imaging, and lab services. Affiliated with Grand Strand Health are six CareNow Urgent Care facilities along with a number of physician practices that provide heart and vascular care, spine and neuro care, surgical care, orthopedic care, plastic surgery, facial and jaw surgery, bariatric surgery and primary care. In addition, Grand Strand Medical Center specializes in emergency and trauma medicine, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, neurology, and robotic surgery. The hospital offers the only cardiac surgery program, neurosurgery program and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Horry and Georgetown counties. The hospital is the home to the busiest trauma center in South Carolina, as a designated Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons; and the only Comprehensive Stroke Center in the service area, certified by DNV-GL. Grand Strand Medical Center is recognized by The Joint Commission, for the... following programs: chest pain center, knee and hip replacement, sepsis and stroke rehabilitation. For three years in a row, the hospital has been names one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades (2022 – 2024). Additionally, GSMC was recognized by Healthgrades with the 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award.

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