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For more than 100 years, St. Elizabeth Hospital has been a leader in providing quality health care to Fox Valley residents, especially the medically underserved. The hospital meets a broad variety of patient needs through general care, surgical services and numerous medical specialties including cardiology, oncology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, intensive care and obstetrics. With 332 licensed patient beds and more than 420 skilled medical staff, St. Elizabeth Hospital offers complete, compassionate, quality healthcare for the entire family.

The PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program at St. Elizabeth Hospital is a 12-month program that is carefully designed following the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Accreditation Standards to ensure that a resident develops into a well-rounded, clinical practitioner through exposure to a large variety of practice areas. Upon completion of this PGY-1 program, the resident will be a competent clinical pharmacist with the necessary professional knowledge and abilities to pursue a general clinical pharmacist position, board certification, and/or a postgraduate year two (PGY-2) pharmacy residency position.

The pharmacy department at St. Elizabeth Hospital provides 24-hour services to all patient care areas. Pharmacists work in a decentralized model on various units including the intensive care unit, cardiology, oncology, neonatal intensive care unit, orthopedics, neurology, psychiatry, and medical/surgical unit. Pharmacists participate in multidisciplinary rounds and readmission reduction efforts, provide clinical dosing and monitoring services, and precept introductory and advanced pharmacy practice students. Our pharmacists provide high quality patient care with assistance from pharmacy technicians and various forms of technology (Pyxis automated medication cabinets, barcode scanning)

Residency purpose
PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on pharmacy education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification,
and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.

 Core rotations
Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 weeks
Internal Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 weeks
Cardiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 weeks
Infectious Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-6 weeks
Critical Care/ICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 weeks
Introduction to NICU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 weeks
Introduction to Oncology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 weeks
Formulary Management
and Clinical Initiatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . longitudinal
Medication Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . longitudinal
Practice Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . longitudinal
Staffing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . longitudinal
Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . longitudinal

Elective rotations
NICU/Women and Families. . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 weeks
Outpatient Oncology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 weeks
Behavioral Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 weeks
Emergency Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 weeks
Advanced Critical Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 weeks
Ambulatory Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 months

Expectations during residency year
• Licensure in the State of Wisconsin within 90 days of starting the program
• BLS and ACLS certification within 90 days of starting the program
• Completion of six-week orientation period
• Completion of a yearlong residency project with presentation of findings and a manuscript
• Participation in precepting Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) students

Website: https://wisconsinmeded.org/en/pharmacy-residency-programs/ascension-ne-wisconsin-hospital-st-elizabeth-campus

Submit to PhORCAS:
• Letter of intent
• Curriculum vitae
• Three letters of recommendation
• School/college of pharmacy transcripts
• Supplemental application form available on

About Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

In Wisconsin, Ascension operates 17 hospital campuses and more than 100 related healthcare facilities and employs more than 1100 primary and specialty care clinicians from Racine to Appleton. Across the state, Ascension provides millions of dollars in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty. Serving Wisconsin since 1848, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension is the largest non-profit and Catholic health system, operating more than 2,600 sites of care – including 139 hospitals and more than 40 senior living facilities – in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Ascension Wisconsin has five PGY1 Pharmacy residency programs (Ascension St. Elizabeth Ascension St. Joseph, Ascension Columbia St. Mary's, Ascension St. Francis, and Ascension All Saints) and one PGY1 Pharmacy & PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration residency. Please visit our residency website at https://wisconsinmeded.org/en/pharmacy.residency-programs

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