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Thank you for your interest in the PGY 2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program offered by Mercy Health St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. We are pleased you have taken time to learn more about our residency program.

Mercy Health St. Rita’s is a Level II trauma facility. St. Rita’s provides a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient care. St. Rita’s offers a maternity center, acute inpatient rehabilitation, congestive heart failure clinic, cardiac rehab, diabetes clinic, women’s wellness center and an oncology center. Pharmacy services include decentralized clinical pharmacists, specialized critical care and emergency medicine pharmacists, retail pharmacy and outpatient anticoagulation management services. With a modern facility, St. Rita’s takes a leadership role in providing quality care and community development. 

Residents obtain experience in a wide variety of practice settings under the guidance of experienced and caring preceptors. Monthly rotations include core rotations along with a wide variety of elective options allowing the resident to explore individual interests. Residents gain valuable experience through the design and execution of their residency research project, longitudinal committee and leadership activities, anticoagulation dosing, drug information activities and involvement with the family medical residency program. Residents can participate in a teaching certificate program through the University of Findlay, as well as teach and mentor pharmacy students, pharmacy and medical residents and other healthcare professionals during the residency.  

Our educational philosophy is residents learn more from doing than from seeing or hearing. This program is designed to facilitate growth in clinical practice and will focus on communication, critical assessment, teaching and leadership in team-based care and quality improvement projects. Upon completion, the resident will have the necessary skills to function as an independent, competent pharmacy practitioner with the ability to work with multidisciplinary teams and diverse patient populations. 

Special Requirements for Acceptance:   Pharm.D., eligible for licensure in Ohio, completion of PGY-1 pharmacy residency, letter of intent, C.V., 3 letters of recommendation, completion of online application, interview with presentation

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In 2018, Bon Secours and Mercy Health merged to become Bon Secours Mercy Health -- one of the five largest Catholic health care systems in the U.S. At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we're focused on bringing our core values to life every day through compassionate care. We're a health care network driven by the strength of our people. Our teams innovate and our faith-based heritage fuels our focus to provide efficient health care. Help us live our mission: to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities. Become a Part of Our Success -48 hospitals -60,000 employees - and growing! -3,000 providers in the U.S. ~2M Community benefit provided daily -Top 5 largest Catholic health system in the U.S. $11B in pro forma operating revenue

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