Pharmacy Residency Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
The purpose of the PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency program is to prepare new pharmacists for patient care positions in a healthcare system environment, academic faculty positions, or PGY-2 training in their area of choice.
Program Description
- Number of positions: two
- Application deadline: submitted by December 29 (Due to National Matching Services website limitations, the application deadline on PhORCAS will show incorrectly as January 3, 2024. Please note that our program’s application deadline is December 29, 2023.)
- Residency period: July 1 through June 30
- Estimated stipend: $48,000
- Interview required: Yes
Benefits
- Full reimbursement for major pharmacy conferences: [American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and Eastern States Conference for Pharmacy Residents and Preceptors]
Why train here
Tailored toward residents’ interests
Our program is tailored toward the residents’ interests. Incoming residents have complete autonomy over their required and elective rotation choices. In addition, they have a strong required core rotation schedule.
Small class size
One of the main benefits of our program is that the small size of the residency class enables preceptors to focus solely on residents’ learning and growth throughout each rotation block.
Distinctive elective rotation blocks
The program offers many unique elective rotation opportunities not commonly seen across the nation, such as:
- Pharmacogenomics
- Informatics
- Investigational drug service
- Medication safety
- Transplant
- Antimicrobial Management
- Palliative Care
Tailored toward growth
Every learning experience is tailored towards residents’ professional growth. The MedStar Georgetown PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency program will prepare all resident candidates to be successful at inpatient care and also will sharpen a candidate's skills in research and pharmacy innovation.
Academic excellence
MedStar Georgetown is a 650-bed hospital nationally recognized for exceptional patient care in solid organ transplant, liquid/solid tumors, critical care, orthopedics, and internal medicine. The department of pharmacy is well-integrated into each interdisciplinary medical team, and the overall pharmacy culture is highly progressive.
As a result, residents’ learning experiences become more enriched, because pharmacists are constantly relied upon by each medical team to ensure appropriate medication use and patient safety.
Also, our pharmacy residency program has been accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists since 2006.
Curriculum
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First month
During the first month of the program (July), residents go through orientation to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Department of Pharmacy Services.
Residents learn about the institution, its mission and philosophy, as well as become familiar with the scope of our pharmacy services—distribution process, satellite pharmacy services (critical care, pediatric, oncology and research), and in the operating room.
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Next 11 months
The following eleven months will be comprised of clinical and practice management related rotations. The schedule will be developed by the resident and the residency program administrative director during the orientation period but can always be subject to change.
There are seven required learning experiences with three longitudinal aspects: staffing & drug distribution, management of medical emergency (code response), and antiretroviral inpatient monitoring. There are several elective rotations allow for a diverse or specialized residency experience.
Rotations
Systems Informatics, Medication Safety, & Operational Impacts
Antimicrobial Management
Ambulatory Care: Anticoagulation & Adult Primary Care
Critical Care
Ambulatory Care: Anticoagulation
Internal Medicine
Clinical Informatics
Orientation to Pharmacy
Critical Care: Neuroscience (NSICU)
Pediatric & Neonatal
Drug Information/Drug Policy
Solid Organ Transplant
Emergency Medicine (ED)
Antiretroviral Inpatient Monitoring (longitudinal)
Hematology/Oncology
Management of Medical Emergency – Code Response (longitudinal
Infectious Diseases (consult service)
Operating Room/Anesthesia
Palliative Care (consult service)
Pediatric Ambulatory Hematology/Oncology
Pediatric Intensive Care & Transplant
Pharmacogenomics (consult service)
Research/Investigational Drug Services
*Any required rotation can be repeated.
Additional requirements and activities
To complement their learning, residents must also participate in the following aspects of our program:
- Drug distribution/staffing
- One weeknight per week
- One weekend per three weeks
- One major holiday and two minor holidays
- Preceptorship of PharmD students from affiliated schools of pharmacy
- Preparation of Drug Monograph for presentation at corporate Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
- Collaboration with corporate MedStar Health Administrators for special projects and committee meetings
- Organizing monthly journal club
- Present two journal club articles during the course of the residency
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) training and certification
- Participation in the Washington Metropolitan Society of Health-System Pharmacists (WMHSP) Pharmacy or University of Maryland Teaching Certificate Program
- Drug Utilization Evaluation (DUE)
- Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) continuing education presentation
- Conferences/meeting attendance:
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting (December)
- Annual Eastern States Residency Conference (April/May)
- WMHSP Pharmacists Residency Seminars
Training locations
MedStar Georgetown is a world-renowned, not-for-profit, acute-care teaching and research hospital located in Northwest Washington, D.C.,
3800 Reservoir Rd. NW
Washington, D.C., 20007
Contact us
We welcome your questions about our program. For additional information, please contact:
Residency Program Director
Varintorn (Bank) Aramvareekul, CPEL, DPLA, MHSA, MBA, RPh, CPHQ, CSSGB, CPHIMS, PMP, SHIMSS, FACHE
Administrator, Pharmacy Informatics, Medication Safety & Performance Improvement
Director, PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
3800 Reservoir Rd, NW,
Bles Building, Office #BG 010,
Washington, D.C. 20007
varintorn.aramvareekul@gunet.georgetown.edu