Pharmacy Residency

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

Program Description

Carle Foundation hospital (CFH) is a 498-bed teaching hospital located in Urbana, IL that offers a Level I Trauma Center with a 24-hour emergency department and certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.  

The Carle Foundation Hospital PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program is a 12-month postgraduate curriculum that offers a broad area of training opportunities in various clinical settings.  During the residency program, the residents will gain experience in direct patient care, teaching, research, and pharmacy operations.  The residents will work closely with an experienced group of pharmacy preceptors as part of a multidisciplinary medical team to support optimal medication therapy outcomes.  In addition, they will manage medication-use systems to provide safe and cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients.  The residency program will prepare residents to be highly qualified independent practitioners able to pursue a multitude of career paths upon completion of the PGY1 program.  

PGY-1 Curriculum

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 PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency builds on the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 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

Carle Foundation hospital (CFH) is a 498-bed teaching hospital located in Urbana, IL that offers a Level I Trauma Center with a 24-hour emergency department and certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.  

The PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program will provide an 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. The ICU unit is a 48-bed inpatient unit serving trauma, general surgery, medical, cardiovascular and neurosurgical critical care. 

This one-year residency program consists of 7-week core rotations in medical-surgical, cardiovascular, neurosurgical critical care and emergency medicine. Elective rotations include antimicrobial stewardship, neonatal and pediatric intensive critical care, trauma, emergency medicine II and psychiatry.  The range of elective rotation duration can vary between 2-6 weeks accommodating the resident’s preferences and interests.  The resident will have an opportunity to precept a PGY-1 pharmacy resident or pharmacy student during rotation and participates in emergency response through a longitudinal rotation. The resident is required to staff in the critical care unit every third weekend (8-hour shifts from 7:00 am-3:30 pm) and central pharmacy once every fourth week (8-hour shifts from 13:00 pm-21:30 pm).  In addition, the resident is required to cover one major holiday (Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day) and one minor holiday (Memorial Day, Labor Day, or New Years Day).

PGY-2 Curriculum

Alumni

Salary and Benefits

• PGY1: 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.

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 PGY1 ASHP-accredited or pending accreditation program