Program Overview
Our Mission
The Pharmacy Practice Residency at Mary Washington Hospital is a one-year training program designed to strengthen the residents’ clinical, communication, and management skills in preparation for a continued career in hospital pharmacy, clinical pharmacy, or pharmacy management. Our focus is on transitioning residents from students of pharmacy to experienced pharmacists who provide exceptional patient care in an ever-changing profession. The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency conducted by Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, VA has an accreditation pre-candidate status with ASHP.
Learning Activities
- Provide patient care in a variety of settings
- Attend interdisciplinary rounds and patient codes
- Teach patients and other healthcare professionals
- Attend and present at state and national professional conferences
5-Week Learning Experiences
- Orientation (Required)
- Internal Medicine I (Required)
- Infectious Disease and Antimicrobial Stewardship (Required)
- Pharmacy and Healthcare Administration (Required)
- Emergency Medicine (Elective)
- Medical Intensive Care (Selective Required)
- Surgical Intensive Care (Selective Required)
- Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Services (Elective)
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Health (Elective)
- Internal Medicine II (Elective)
- Teaching Rotation (Elective, part of the Teaching and Learning Certificate Program)
- Repeat any one of the above learning experiences (Elective)
Residents must choose at least one selective required learning experience. Residents complete a total of ten of the above learning experiences, including orientation.
Longitudinal Learning Experiences
- Pharmacy Clinical Staffing (Required)
- Medication Use Evaluation (Required)
- Research Project (Required)
- Continuing Education Presentation (Required)
- Journal Club Presentations (Three Required)
- Patient Case Presentations (Three Required)
- Teaching and Learning Certificate Program (Elective)
We want to promote your wellbeing as well. Residents will staff every third weekend, three of the six major holidays (the other three major holidays are given as paid time off), and one three-week rotation. Residents will staff day shifts.
No evening shifts, overnight shifts, or on-call required!
The weeks of state and national professional conferences are designated for the residents to attend and focus on those events; residents will not be staffing or on rotations during those weeks.