ChristianaCare has been a top-rated academic medical center for more than a century. Our residents experience a rigorous and rewarding combination of academic training and hands-on experience.
ChristianaCare’s Pharmacy Residency Program offers residents the flexibility to pursue career goals in a patient-centered environment that values mentorship and encourages academic research.
- The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency conducted by ChristianaCare Health System, Newark, Delaware is accredited by ASHP
Residents have the opportunity to:
- Develop drug treatment plans and monitor drug therapy through team rounds and direct patient contact.
- Participate in either clinical or administrative research by developing protocols, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing results for publication.
- Receive orientation to investigational drug studies in progress within the institution.
- Develop teaching skills by presenting at in-services and giving formal lectures to health care professionals, by conducting patient consultations, and by assisting in the precepting of pharmacy students.
- Pursue expanded roles as pharmacy practitioners in ambulatory care (PGY-1 only), internal medicine (PGY-1 only), critical care, emergency medicine, hematology/oncology, geriatrics, cardiology, infectious diseases, etc.
- Gain experience in the administrative aspects of a teaching hospital with a large, decentralized pharmacy department, including contracting, personnel management and development of policy and procedures.
- Participate in continuous quality improvement programs and medication improvement initiatives.
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency
ChristianaCare’s PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program prepares residents to be effective pharmacists and pursue subspecialty or fellowship opportunities.
Some highlights of the program:
- Residents gain an advanced level of practical training and experience
- Core curriculum that focuses on developing competency in acute and ambulatory patient care, drug information, drug use policymaking, and practice management
- A flexible schedule of required and elective rotations enhances proficiency to provide expert pharmaceutical care
- A strong academic approach combined with “hands on” learning builds skill and fosters confidence
Schedule of Rotations PGY-1 (all block rotations 5 weeks)
Core Block Rotations (5 weeks)
- Administration
- Ambulatory Care (one of the following)
- Adult Medicine (Newark Campus)
- Adult Medicine (Wilmington Campus)
- Anticoagulation Clinic (Office Practice)
- HIV Clinic (Wilmington Campus)
- Kidney Transplant (Newark Campus)
- Specialty Pharmacy (Office Practice)
- Critical Care (one of the following)
- Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiology
- Medicine
- Neonatology
- Neurology
- Surgery/Trauma
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine/Family Medicine
- Orientation
Elective Rotations (5 weeks)
Residents may select 3 electives below. Note: No more than one-third of direct patient care learning experiences (core plus elective) can be devoted to a specific disease state or population.
- Ambulatory Care- Kidney Transplant (Newark Campus)
- Ambulatory Care- HIV Clinic (Wilmington Campus)
- Ambulatory Care- Adult Medicine (Newark Campus)
- Ambulatory Care- Adult Medicine (Wilmington Campus)
- Ambulatory Care- Anticoagulation Clinic (Office Practice)
- Ambulatory Care- Specialty Pharmacy (Office Practice)
- Critical Care- Cardiology
- Critical Care- Medicine
- Critical Care- Neonatology
- Critical Care- Surgery/Trauma
- Emergency Medicine
- Geriatrics
- Hematology/Oncology- Inpatient (Newark Campus)
- Pediatrics (Internal Medicine, Nemours Children’s Hospital)
Required Core Longitudinal Rotations
- Longitudinal Clinical Staffing (12 months, quarterly evaluation)
- Longitudinal Satellite Staffing (12 months, quarterly, evaluation)
- Longitudinal Drug Use Policy (12 months, quarterly, evaluation)
On-Call Service
- Residents will participate in a daytime drug information on-call service for ChristianaCare pharmacists
- Residents will rotate on a weekly basis, Monday to Friday, 0800 to 2100, through the on-call drug information service
Staffing
- Residents are required to staff in the pharmacy satellite (Newark Campus) one evening per week (Mon, Tue, Thu, or Fri), rotated quarterly, from 1645 to 2100
- Residents are required to staff every 4th weekend (Newark Campus) from 0800 to 2000. The weekend staffing will be a combination of clinical staffing and satellite staffing
Holiday Staffing
- Residents will work one of the following holiday groups:
- Group 1: Labor Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Group 2: New Years Day and Memorial Day
- Group 3: Thanksgiving
- Group 4: Christmas