Residency Showcase Program Listings

The Iowa City VAHCS PGY1 residency program builds upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the ASHP educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete our PGY1 residency program will be skilled in patient care, practice management, leadership, and education. Residents will be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies. The ICVAHCS is a teaching hospital providing the unique opportunity for our residents to engage in direct patient care, practice management, and medication related education.

The ICVAHCS PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy residency will provide a challenging and comprehensive program designed to prepare the resident to become a skillful, competent clinician in psychiatric pharmacy practice, to help develop their skills in psychiatric pharmacy clinical outcomes research, and to foster their growth as an educator of psychiatric pharmacotherapy.  The ICVAHCS PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy residency program builds upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and Board Certification in Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP).

The ICVAHCS PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) residency program builds upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the ASHP education competency areas, goals, and objectives. Areas of competence emphasized throughout the program include safe and effective medication-use systems, quality assurance and improvement, management of human and financial resources, use of technology, and advanced leadership. Upon successful completion of this PGY2 residency program, the pharmacist will be prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions requiring high-level managerial, supervisory, and leadership roles. 

-Graduate of ACPE accredited program

-Pharmacy GPA >3.0 or pass/fail equivalent (*No repeated pharmacy course; pass all pharmacy courses and in top 50% of pharmacy class)

-U.S. citizen by the application deadline