MESSAGE FROM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

The ASHP-accredited Residency in Pharmacy Practice is directed toward developing expert knowledge and skills in contemporary pharmacy practice. The residency is extremely flexible, permitting us to individualize the emphasis of the program to meet your specific goals. Required rotations are scheduled in adult medicine, drug information, infectious diseases, ambulatory care, critical care, and practice management. Required longitudinal experiences include teaching, research, service to underserved populations and medication management responsibilities. Numerous other experiences are offered on an elective basis. The objectives for all experiences, both required and elective, are developed with consideration to your previous experiences and your short- and long-term career goals.

All clinical practitioners at Jefferson have advanced degrees and faculty appointments at the Jefferson School of Pharmacy (JSP), the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP), and/or Temple University. This environment assures you of an exceptional breadth of clinical preceptors and role models from which to select.

The department maintains specialists in the following areas of practice:

• Surgery/Critical Care
• Neonatology/Pediatrics
• Cardiology/Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplantation
• Pulmonary/Critical Care
• Drug Information
• Drug Policy Development
• Neurology/Neurosurgery
• Oncology
• Infectious Diseases
• Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Solid Organ Transplantation
• Pain Management
• Nutritional Support
• Information Systems/Clinical Informatics
• Medication Safety
• Investigational Drugs
• Emergency Medicine

• Develop, monitor, and assess drug regimens and therapeutic plans
• Serve as a clinical preceptor for students from JSP, USP, and Temple University
• Present didactic lectures to a variety of health care practitioners
• Serve as adjunct faculty of JSP, USP, and Temple University
• Develop, conduct, and present a Medication Use Evaluation
• Provide an ACPE-accredited continuing education seminar
• Serve as secretary of a Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee
• Assume the educational and service responsibilities of the preceptor in the latter's absence
• Develop, conduct, and present a research project
• Attend educational conferences
• Develop more advanced computer skills
• Enhance your time and stress management skills
• Develop drug information retrieval and communication skills

The available positions are registered with the Residency Matching Program of ASHP. In accordance with our agreement with ASHP, we will give consideration only to those applicants who have registered with the Matching Program.

An interview is an essential component of the selection process for both the applicant and the department. After reviewing all completed applications, we will schedule interviews with selected applicants in late January and throughout February. To meet the deadline established by ASHP, we request your completed application to our program by January 15.

Thank you for your interest. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have. We look forward to your application and will be happy to supply you with any additional information you may need.