PGY 1 Pharmacy Residency Program

Program Description

Four PGY1 residents will progress through a series of customized rotational and longitudinal learning experiences during the 12-month period. We offer a mix of required and elective 5-week learning experiences in multiple areas, including:

  • Required
    • General Medicine (2 blocks, 10 weeks total)
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Critical Care (Medical ICU, Surgical ICU, Cardiac ICU)
    • Pharmaceutical Care
    • Administration
  • Elective
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine/Family Medicine
  • General Pediatrics
  • Information Technology
  • Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Drug Information/Medication Safety focused rotation
  • Additional Critical Care (Medical ICU, Surgical ICU, Cardiac ICU)
  • Ambulatory Care-Family Medicine
  • Hospital Pharmacy Practice
  • Medication Use
  • Professional Presentations
  • Research
  • Required Longitudinal Rotations

Other specific elective rotations may be available - depending on the resident(s) interests. Residents will have a service commitment (Hospital Pharmacy Practice) of one evening per week and every 3rd weekend.

PGY1 Resident Benefits

  • Yearly stipend of $43,500
  • Insurance (Health, Dental, Life, Disability)
    • Effective on the residency start date
  • Paid leave
  • Travel allowance
  • Opportunity to participate in 403B retirement plan
  • Relocation assistance (as available)

Application Requirements

We are participating in the PhORCAS residency application process. (PhORCAS: Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service). This is a new service which is being launched during October/November 2012. PhORCAS is the result of a partnership between the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and Liason International. It will also incorporate registration with the National Matching Service (NMS). Our PGY1 NMS Program Code is 145013.

Our application for the PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency program requires submission of the following information through PhORCAS:

  1. Letter of Intent
    1. This letter must be personalized to Carilion and include answers to the following two questions.
      1. Why do you want to complete a PGY1 Residency?
      2. Why do you want to complete your residency training at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital?
  2. Curriculum vitae
  3. A minimum of three (3) letters of recommendation
  4. Academic transcripts

Completed applications will be due by January 4th, 2013. Resident applicants will be notified by January 23rd, 2013, regarding an offer for an on-site interview.

Link to PhORCAS: https://portal.phorcas.org/

Program Director

Please feel free to contact Megan L. Goodwin, PGY-1 Residency Program Director, with any questions related to our program and/or the application process.

Megan L. Goodwin, PharmD, BCPS
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
(540) 853-0135
mlgoodwin@carilionclinic.org

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
P.O. Box 13367
Department of Pharmacy
Roanoke, VA 24033-3367

Carilion is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

NMS Code: 145013