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UW Medicine Pharmacy Residency

Learning Experiences

Required Rotations

Residents must complete the following required rotations (MHA: 9 rotations; MHIHIM: 8 rotations).

  • Orientation/Training (August; 1 week)
  • Inpatient Operations (6 weeks)
  • Community Hospital Leadership (6 weeks)
  • Purchasing, Contracting, and Revenue Cycle Mangaement (5 weeks)
  • Ambulatory Pharmacy Operations (4 weeks)
  • Pharmacy Director (4 weeks)
  • UW Medicine Informatics and Technology (4 weeks)
  • Longitudinal Project Month (3 weeks)

MHA Resident:

  • Clinical Pharmacy Leadership (4 weeks)
  • Inpatient Operations (6 weeks)

MHIHIM Resident:

  • Automation and Analytics (4 weeks)

Elective Rotations

Residents may select from the following elective rotations, 4-6 weeks (MHA: 3 rotations; MHIHIM: 4 rotations).

  • Affiliated Community Executive Leadership
  • Clinical Pharmacy Leadership I or II
  • Faculty and Academic Leadership
  • Health System Executive Leadership
  • Infusion Pharmacy Operations
  • Medication Safety
  • Project Management
  • Quality Assurance in Sterile Compounding
  • Specialty Pharmacy
  • Rotations with external organizations
  • Extension of any required rotations

MHIHIM resident only:

  • Pharmacy IT Level 2
  • Affiliated Community Informatics Leadership

Longitudinal Experiences

  •  Intern Program Supervision
    • Recruit and onboard new intern class
    • Lead intern meetings
    • Coach and facilitate learnings of interns, including active participation in corrective action (if applicable)
  • Integrated service (24 hours per 4-week schedule period)
  • Participate in the Medication Stewardship Team on-call program
  • Complete residency project, platform presentation at a conference and submit a final project manuscript in publication format.
  • Prepare and present one pharmacist continuing education presentation.
  • Complete at least one controlled substance user audit as an active participant in the Drug Diversion Activation Response Team (DDART).
  • Lead at least one UW Medicine Pharmacy Joint Administration Meeting.
  • Submit a Flip project proposal for the next residency class.

MHIHIM Resident:

  • Lead at least one IT system downtime debrief

Other Requirements:

  • Successful Completion of MHA or MHIHIM with an overall GPA of 3.0 or greater.

  • Achieve for the residency (ACHR) 90% of the objectives for the residency program.