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Pharmacy Residency

The Carle Foundation Hospital Pharmacy Residency programs are ASHP accredited, 12-month postgraduate curricula that offer broad training opportunities in various clinical settings. Residents gain experience in direct patient care, teaching, research, and pharmacy operations while working closely with an experienced group of pharmacy preceptors as part of a multidisciplinary medical team to support optimal medication therapy outcomes. In addition, residents manage medication-use systems to provide safe and cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients. The programs prepare residents to be highly qualified independent practitioners able to pursue a multitude of career paths upon completion of the PGY-1 or PGY-2 program.

How to Apply
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Andrew Kesler, PharmD, BCPS

PGY-1 Program Director
Clinical Coordinator

PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program

  • ASHP Program Code: 41065
  • National Matching Service Code: 243113
  • Duration: 12 month
  • Number of positions: 2
  • Application deadline: January 3
  • Interview required: Yes
  • Start Date: Last week of June

The 489-bed Carle Foundation Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center and offers Level III perinatal services. It's certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and includes Carle Cancer Center and Carle Heart and Vascular Institute.

The residency program starts with a month-long orientation where residents learn departmental policies and procedures are introduced to their longitudinal responsibilities. During this month, residents, along with the program director/coordinator, develop their rotation schedule to provide an individualized learning experience based on each resident’s entering interests. In addition to the orientation month, there are four core rotations along with four elective rotations. All rotations are approximately five weeks long, with additional longitudinal experiences extending through the residency year. Residents receive and provide formal evaluations at the conclusion of each learning experience and receive informal feedback throughout the rotation. Residents also meet with the RPD and RPC approximately monthly to discuss progress and provide feedback about the program. 

PGY-1 Curriculum

Core LEs

  • Orientation (four weeks)
  • Critical Care
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Medication Therapy Management

Elective LEs

  • Ambulatory Family Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Home Infusion
  • Oncology
  • Specialty Pharmacy
  • Surgery
  • Cardiovascular Critical Care
  • Inpatient Pediatrics/Pediatric Intensive Care/Neonatal Intensive Care

Longitudinal LEs

  • Ambulatory Transitional Care/Heart Failure
  • Quality/Research Project
  • Pharmacy Administration
  • Staffing
  • Drug Shortage and Formulary Management
  • Medication Safety and Pharmacy Outcomes
Committee Involvement

Residents are required to be a participating member of one department level committee and may have opportunities to be involved with other interdepartmental committees depending on availability and need. Committee involvement may include taking meeting minutes and other committee work when necessary.

Research

Residents are responsible for formulating and executing one major quality improvement or clinical research project. The chosen project topic must be approved by the longitudinal project rotation advisor, followed by the Residency Advisory Committee, prior to commencement. Results are expected to be presented at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and the Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference.

Teaching Certificate

Residents have the opportunity to obtain a teaching certificate from SIUE School of Pharmacy. Requirements for the certificate begin during orientation.

Staffing

Consistent with ASHP Guidelines, each resident is required to complete a pharmacy practice component (often referred to as “staffing”) of the residency program. The practice component is crucial to the development of professional practice skills and of pharmacy practice distribution skills. The staffing component of the program begins after residents have successfully completed their month of orientation. Residents are required to staff the Inpatient Pharmacy one weekend every other week (8-hour shifts on both Saturday and Sunday). In addition, residents are required to cover one major holiday (Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day) and one minor holiday (Memorial Day, Labor Day, or New Year’s Day).

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Elise Kim, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

PGY-2 Program Director

Email: elise.kim@carle.com

Main Office: (217) 904-7035

PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program

  • ASHP Program Code: 41095
  • National Matching Service Code: 626552
  • Duration: 12 month
  • Number of positions: 1
  • Application deadline: January 3
  • Interview required: Yes
  • Start Date: First week of July


Purpose Statement
The PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency builds on the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY-1 pharmacy residency to develop clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. Residents have opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge in the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents are prepared for advanced patient care, academic or other specialized positions, and board certifications, if available. The residency program is designed to comply with the published accreditation standards of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP).

Program Description
The Carle Foundation Hospital Critical Care Unit is a 48-bed inpatient unit serving trauma, general surgery, medical, cardiovascular and neurosurgical critical care. 
Residents have the opportunity to gain critical care training in a fast-paced environment and develop the capability to deal with the range of diseases and disorders that occur in critically ill patients. Upon completion of the program, residents are expected to demonstrate competency in the area of critical care pharmacy practice, written and oral communication, and critical care research.

This one-year residency program consists of 8-week core rotations in medical-surgical, cardiovascular and neurosurgical critical care, as well as 5-6 week elective rotations including antimicrobial stewardship, emergency medicine, neonatal and pediatric intensive critical care. In addition, residents gain experience in formulary management, research, teaching and emergency response. Residents provide staffing in the inpatient pharmacy and the intensive care unit. 

PGY-2 Curriculum

Core LEs

  • Orientation (2-4 weeks)
  • Medical-Surgical Critical Care
  • Neurosurgical Critical Care
  • Cardiovascular Critical Care

Elective LEs

  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatric/Neonatal Intensive Critical Care
  • Psychiatry

Longitudinal LEs

  • Research Project
  • Management/Med Policy/Safety>
  • Code 99
  • Staffing

Meet Our Team

Benjamin Bodznick, PharmD, MBA

Administration

Director - Pharmacy Services

Andrea Schweska, PharmD, MBA

Administration

Manager - Pharmacy Services
Practice Area: Pharmacy Administration

Andrew Kesler, PharmD, BCPS

Administration

PGY-1 Program Director, Clinical Coordinator
Practice Area: Quality/Research, Antimicrobial Stewardship

Elise Kim, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Administration

PGY-2 Program Director
Practice Area: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Critical Care

Cody Anderson, PharmD, BCACP

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Ambulatory Family Medicine

Brandon Billman, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Manager - Pharmacy Home Info/Spec/Mail Order
Practice Area: Specialty Pharmacy, Home Infusion

Hannah Bough, PharmD, BCCP

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Emergency Medicine

Hannah Bough, PharmD, BCCP

Resident, PGY-2

Alumni, PGY-1 Class of 2020
Practice Area: Emergency Medicine

Jasmine Brown, PharmD

Alumni

PGY-1 Class of 2020

Jimmy Gherna, PharmD, MBA

Faculty and Staff

Pharmacy Operations Supervisor - Inpatient
Practice Area: Pharmacy Administration

Lajla Garic, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Inpatient Pediatrics/PICU/NICU

Sara Gubala, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Emergency Medicine

Sara Gubala, PharmD

Alumni

PGY-1 Class of 2019

Tory Gunderson, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Surgery

Jocelyn Harseim, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Pharmacy Operations Supervisor - Chemo
Practice Area: Oncology

Blake Lutzow, PharmD, BCCCP

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Critical Care, Antimicrobial Stewardship

Jaymi Lyons, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: General Pharmacy Practice

Marq House, PharmD, BCPS

Faculty and Staff

Pharmacy Operations Supervisor - Purchasing and Prescription Assistance
Practice Area: Drug Shortage and Formulary Management

Christopher Howard, PharmD, BCPS

Faculty and Staff

Medication Safety and Quality Coordinator
Practice Area: Medication Safety and Pharmacy Outcomes

Renu Johnson, PharmD

Alumni

PGY-1 Class of 2018

Noelle Kwan, PharmD, BCPS

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Internal Medicine

Nan Li, PharmD

Alumni

PGY-1 Class of 2018

Blake Lutzow, PharmD

Resident, PGY-1

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Michelle Novak, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: General Pharmacy Practice

Matthew Pike, PharmD, BCPS

Faculty and Staff

Pharmacy Antimicrobial Stewardship System Lead
Practice Area: Quality/Research, Antimicrobial Stewardship

Muamer Ramic, PharmD, BCOP

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Oncology

Kari Righter, PharmD, BCPS

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Cardiovascular Critical Care

Monica Schmidt, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Internal Medicine, Family Medicine

Ashley Shar, PharmD

Alumni

PGY-1 Class of 2017

Erica Stevens, PharmD, BCPG

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: MTM, Ambulatory Transitional Care/Heart Failure

Jason Tipton, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Pharmacy Administration

Tian Wells, PharmD

Faculty and Staff

Pharmacy Operations Supervisor - Home Infusion/Specialty
Practice Area: Specialty Pharmacy

Jeremy Wilson, PharmD, BCCP

Faculty and Staff

Practice Area: Emergency Medicine

Jeremy Wilson, PharmD

Alumni

PGY-1 Class of 2019

Salary and Benefits


Estimated Stipend

  • PGY-1: Approximately $47,500, paid biweekly. Residents may work additional internal shifts at pharmacist pay rate outside of their residency requirements.
  • PGY-2: Approximately $51,300, paid biweekly. Residents may work additional internal shifts at pharmacist pay rate outside of their residency requirements.

Paid Leave 
Each resident will earn 17 days of annual paid vacation in addition to six paid holidays and one paid personal holiday each year for a day of their choosing per 12-month contract period. PTO will be used toward attending educational leave excluding the SIUE resident Boot Camp and Great Lakes Resident Conference. PTO can also be used for vacation, personal illness, interviews, illness of a family member or other personal business. Earned but unused PTO will be paid out upon completion of the residency program. 

Insurance 
Health, dental and vision insurance benefits as regular Carle employees. 

Certifications
Cost covered for BLS, ACLS, and PALS.

Professional Travel Reimbursement 
Registration and travel expenses for required meetings.

Memberships 
ASHP membership dues will be covered by the program for the residency year. 

Discounts 
Optical, child care, PerkSpot and meal discounts in the cafeteria.

How to Apply


Eligibility

  • Graduate of a Doctor of Pharmacy program from an ACPE-accredited school or college of pharmacy
  • Legal working status in the United States to cover the entire period of residency training
  • Eligibility for pharmacist licensure in the state of Illinois (residents are expected to obtain licensure by August 1)
  • Hold an Illinois pharmacy technician license if not registered as a pharmacist in the state of Illinois prior to residency program start date
  • PGY-2: All of the above, plus completion of a PGY-1 ASHP-accredited or pending accreditation program
Application Process 

The Carle Foundation Hospital PGY-1 and PGY-2 residency programs participate in the ASHP Resident Matching Program (the “Match”), and adheres to the rules of the Match. Applicants must adhere to the rules of the resident matching program. Applications must be submitted electronically in the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS) at http://www.ashp.org/phorcas . All applications must be submitted by the predetermined date selected in PhORCAS.

Applicants must provide a current curriculum vitae, letter of intent, three letters of recommendation and pharmacy school transcripts. If selected for an on-site interview, the applicant will be required to give a brief presentation and answer clinical questions as part of the interview process.

Application Deadline 
January 3


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If you have any questions regarding our program or the application process, please contact us at Elise.Kim@carle.com.