Residency Requirements:
Pharmacists completing the GBMC PGY1 pharmacy residency will be able to interact effectively with health care teams in various inpatient and outpatient clinical settings to manage patients’ medication therapy.
Required learning experiences will include 9 required block rotations, 2 elective block rotations, and 5 required longitudinal rotations. Residents will also be precepting students, staffing, and completing research projects/presentations during the residency year.
Required Block Rotations
| Required Block Rotations | Duration of Learning Experience |
| Clinical and Operational Orientation |
6 weeks |
| Internal Medicine I |
5 weeks |
| Internal Medicine II (Will not be scheduled until Internal Medicine I is successfully completed) |
4 weeks |
| Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship |
4 weeks |
| Critical Care (Will not be scheduled until Internal Medicine I is successfully completed) |
4 weeks |
| Pharmacy Practice Management - Admin |
4 weeks |
| Ambulatory Care |
4 weeks |
| Transitions of Care |
4 weeks |
| Medication Safety |
4 weeks |
| Required Longitudinal Rotations | |
|
Clinical and Operational
|
10 months |
| Leadership |
10 months |
|
Research
|
12 months |
|
Teaching
|
12 months |
|
Specialty and Ambulatory Pharmacy Services
|
10 months |
| Elective Rotations: each PGY-1 resident may complete a maximum of two elective rotations during the residency year and one can be an off-site rotation – subjective to availability | |
| Advanced Medication Safety* (Will not be scheduled until Medication Safety is taken) |
4 weeks |
| Advanced Internal Medicine* (Will not be scheduled until Internal Medicine II is successfully completed) |
4 weeks |
| Advanced Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship* (Will not be scheduled until Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship is successfully completed) |
4 weeks |
| Advanced Critical Care* (Will not be scheduled until Critical Care is successfully completed) |
4 weeks |
| Clinical Specialty and Outpatient Services Pharmacy |
4 weeks |
| Emergency Medicine |
4 weeks |
| Pharmacy Informatics - Diversion Analytics |
4 weeks |
Elective Block Rotations
- Advanced Medication Safety
- Advanced Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Advanced Critical Care
- Advanced Ambulatory Care
- Clinical Specialty and Outpatient Services Pharmacy
- Emergency Medicine
- Pharmacy Infomatics
Required Longitudinal Rotations
- Clinical and Operational
- Research
- Teaching
- Leadership
- Specialty and Ambulatory Pharmacy Services
Number of Residency Positions: 2
Qualifications:
- Resident candidate must be a graduate of an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (or one in the process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the NABP.
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 on the standardized GPA scale or a “Pass” grade on each class and rotation if from a “Pass/Fail” program
- Active Maryland Pharmacy licensure OR license should be obtained no later than 90 days from the start date of the position.
- Enrolled with the National Matching Services’ Resident Matching Program and adhere to the rules of the matching process.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Application Process
Applications for this program will only be accepted through PhORCAS via ASHP.
Other requirements:
- Official transcripts
- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of intent
- Three PhORCAS reference forms