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Pharmacy Residency Program
Become a well-rounded healthcare professional.
Amplify Your Skills with Post-Graduate Training
There are many benefits of residency programs, including enhanced patient care and leadership skills. If you're considering post-graduate training to amplify your degree, CPS proudly supports several pharmacy residency programs.
Residents enrolled in these ASHP-accredited residency programs learn to demonstrate professional leadership and develop lifelong learning and self-assessment skills that can then be applied in future practice settings and professional endeavors.
Pharmacy Residency Programs
PGY1 / PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership with Masters
This 24-month program combines a PGY1 Pharmacy/PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration from CPS with a Masters of Science degree in Health System Pharmacy Administration from The Ohio State University.
The resident will also have the opportunity to complete a teaching certificate through The Ohio State University. Program graduates will be prepared to assume director-level positions within the acute care health system environment.
Program Objectives
Our unique practice model will encourage the resident to extend beyond the acute care hospital environment, and serve as a leader within health systems, hospital corporations, specialty hospitals, and the profession. The resident will:
- Demonstrate effective leadership and practice management skills in the area of health system pharmacy administration.
- Understand safe and effective medication use systems, basic human resource management issues, management of financial resources, and the use of technology commonly encountered in health system pharmacy.
- Be aware of professional, legal, quality, and accreditation standards affecting health system pharmacy practice.
- Optimize patient outcomes through the provision of evidence-based, patient-centered therapy and fostering effective decision support as an integral part of interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
- Provide medication and practice-related information, education, and/or training.
Learning Experiences
During the first year, the resident will be exposed to several clinical, ambulatory, quality, leadership, and management opportunities and experiences:
- General/Internal Medicine
- Surgical
- Critical Care
- Ambulatory Care
- Drug Information
- Hospital Pharmacy Practice (Staffing: every other weekend)
- Professionalism and Leadership Seminar
- Performance Improvement Project
During the second year, the resident will complete required and elective management, administration and leadership opportunities:
- Operations
- Budget/Finance
- Informatics
- Inventory and Supply Chain
- Human Resources
- Strategy
- Regulatory Compliance
- Hospital Pharmacy Practice (every third weekend)
- Professional and Leadership Seminar
All elective opportunities may include, but are not limited to:
- 340B
- Behavioral Health
- Clinical Coordination
- Emergency Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Health Equity
- Medication Safety
- Oncology
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Remote Order Entry
- Specialty Pharmacy
- Teaching Certificate – The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy
- Transitions of Care
The Masters of Science in Health System Pharmacy Administration offered through The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy will be completed throughout the 24-month period.
Requirements
- Doctor of Pharmacy or equivalent experience
- Enrollment in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
- Eligibility for licensure in the State of Ohio
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of Interest
- Three recommendation letters
Applications will only be accepted through the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS). This service may be accessed by visiting www.ashp.org/phorcas.
Location
CPS Corporate Office in Dublin, Ohio and CPS Client Practice Sites
Additional Benefits and Information
For more information, view the ASHP Directory listing here.
- 18 Annually Accrued Paid Time Off Days / Legal Holidays
- Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
- Full Tuition Reimbursement for Masters of Science
- Reimbursement of State of Ohio Pharmacist Licensure
- ASHP Membership
- Experience and Professional Travel Reimbursement as determined by the RPD
PGY1 / PGY2 Specialty Pharmacy Administration and Leadership with Masters
Over the course of the initial 12 months, the resident will complete the same learning experiences noted in the PGY1 Specialty Pharmacy Residency program.
In this 24-month program, the resident will also complete the Master's Program for Pharmacy Administration and Leadership through The Ohio State University.
Program Objectives
The goal of the first year is to prepare the resident to become a independent clinical pharmacist in specialty pharmacy.
The second year of the program will be dedicated to the resident completing leadership and management learning experiences.
Learning Experiences
Specific areas may include, but are not limited to:
- Operations
- Finance
- Informatics
- Inventory
- Human resources
- Regulatory compliance
- Additional elective opportunities
The PGY2 may allow additional travel opportunities to foster collaboration with other leaders across the company and gain exposure to unique management experiences based on developments in other nationwide sites.
This program will prepare the resident to be qualified to serve in a clinical operations role within health-system specialty pharmacy.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited pharmacy program and licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Ohio within 90 days of program initiation.
- To apply: Complete the residency application process through PhORCAS and apply to The Ohio State University Graduate Program.
Location
Summa Health in Akron, Ohio
Additional Benefits and Information
PGY1 Specialty
Pharmacy Residency
You will have a unique opportunity to be part of an integrated care team focused on enhancing patient outcomes.
Our rotations are designed to give you strong clinical management experience, caring for patients with chronic and complex diseases in the health system setting.
Learning Experiences
Throughout the PGY1 year, the resident will be exposed to the following core learning experiences:
- Autoimmune
- Cardiology
- Employee Health Plan
- Endocrine/Pulmonology/LGBTQ+ Medicine
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Disease
- Neurology
Additionally, there will be the opportunity for the resident to complete at least one elective learning experience. The current elective rotations include:
- Specialty Pharmacy Administration
- Repeat a core rotation with a concentrated disease state
- Other opportunities may be available based on resident interest
Throughout our residency program, you’ll have plenty of additional opportunities for professional development and growth:
- Earn a teaching certificate
- Conduct and present outcomes research
- Elevate career with professional development
- Community wellness
- Central Operations
- Specialty pharmacy medication dispensing
- Network through conference attendance (e.g., residents may attend ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, NASP, a local residency conference, etc.)
- Participate in CPS case presentations and journal clubs
- Be mentored by experienced specialty pharmacy leaders at CPS
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited pharmacy program and licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Ohio within 90 days of program initiation.
- Residents will be required to gain experience by serving as an on-call pharmacist per company-wide policy.
- Retail pharmacy staffing requirements are location dependent.
Location
Summa Health in Akron, Ohio
Additional Information
PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Previously known as the Western Missouri Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Program, the PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy program at the Center for Behavioral Medicine has been in existence since 1980 and has over 50 graduates.
The program is in affiliation with Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Pharmacy, and CPS. Residents also rotate through University Health and a variety of elective rotations, in order to gain proficiency in a variety of disease states and settings.
Learning Experiences
Residents are eligible for a 12-month adjunct faculty appointment with UMKC School of Pharmacy. Psychiatric rotation opportunities include:
- Inpatient (acute, extended care, and forensic)
- Outpatient
- Substance abuse
- PTSD
- Neurology
- Telepsychiatry
- Child/adolescent
- Forensics
- Consult-liaison
To provide experience in a variety of practice settings, off-site rotations are available at:
- Kansas City VA
- University Health
- Other area hospitals
Residents will conduct an administrative project and/or an IRB-approved research project. Residents are also eligible to participate in UMKC's teaching certificate program. Several teaching opportunities exist including the ability to teach:
- Medical students
- PGY-1 and PGY-2 psychiatry residents
- Psychology interns
- Precepting pharmacy students
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship
- Pharm.D. degree
- Completion of an ASHP accredited PGY1 program (or waiver from ASHP)
- Eligibility for licensure in Missouri
- Academic transcripts
- Curriculum vitae
- Three letters of recommendation (one from PGY1 residency program director, one from a PGY1 preceptor, one of the applicant's choosing)
Location
Center of Behavioral Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri, and multiple care sites
Additional Information
PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Program
Fulton State Hospital (FSH) sponsors an ASHP-accredited, multimodal, 1-year PGY2 Psychiatric Residency Program serving a diverse population with complex psychopathology.
The FSH PGY2 Psychiatric Residency Program offers a variety of clinical and didactic opportunities to supplement your current training, provide a solid foundation for work in a variety of settings, and develop specialized skills.
Learning Experiences
Enhance personal and professional growth through the following opportunities:
- Train at a state-of-the-art facility
- Participate in multidisciplinary treatment teams
- Provide patient medication education groups and academic teaching to a variety of residents, interns, students, and practitioners
- Serve on consultation teams, panels, and committees
- Conduct research as part of a multidisciplinary Research Committee
- Facilitate weekly pharmacist and nurse practitioner study groups
- Attend a weekly psychology seminar series
- Author case reports and review articles
The resident will also complete a longitudinal learning experience focusing on the clinical and operational aspects of managing a clozapine laboratory and clinic. Upon successful completion, the resident will have fulfilled the necessary requirements to serve as a Director of a moderate-complexity laboratory.
Requirements
- Applicants should have a Pharm.D. degree, or equivalent experience, with completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program and be eligible for licensure in Missouri.
- Interested individuals must send a completed application and curriculum vitae via PhORCAS.
Further information can be obtained by contacting the program director.
Location
Fulton State Hospital, Fulton, Missouri
Top Benefits of Our Residency Program
Provide
Provide direct patient care in inpatient, ambulatory, and specialty settings
Practice
Practice at the top of your license using innovative technologies
Collaborate
Collaborate with providers and other care team members
Impact
Impact the future of pharmacy care by participating in research initiatives
Gain
Gain access to CPS’s nationwide community of pharmacy experts
Grow
Work in a collaborative, supportive culture where your growth and learning are priority