The ASHP-accredited Residency in Pharmacy Practice at Parkland Health & Hospital System is an organized, directed, postgraduate learning program designed to provide experience in all aspects of contemporary pharmacy practice.
The goals of our program are:
- To practice independently in various multi-disciplinary environments
- To advance education of patients, caregivers, and health care professionals
- To meet the challenges of current and future pharmacy practice
- To enhance communication skills
The Program is customized to meet the education and learning experience requirements of the resident. In addition to core rotations, elective rotations are available to the resident. The Pharmacy Department has more than 30 practitioners who have completed residencies at numerous institutions throughout the United States. These preceptors serve on the Resident Advisory Council to direct the residency to a successful outcome.
Pharmacy Practice Residency Application Process
Application Deadline: January 15
Application Process
To apply for the Pharmacy Practice Residency Program, submit:
- Completed Application
(click here for application)
- Three letters of reference
- Copy of all college transcripts
- One page, double-spaced statement of why you would like to pursue a residency at Parkland and how both you and Parkland will benefit from the residency.
Initial interviews will be conducted by telephone. From those interviews, candidates will be selected to come on-site. On-site interviews are held during January and February. The interview process begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 2:00 p.m. All on-site candidates will prepare a 15-minute presentation on a topic of their choice for members of our Residency Advisory Council. All application materials must be in our education office prior to the on-site visit. To receive a residency application packet and/or to arrange for a telephone or on-site interview email: scraig@parknet.pmh.org or call 214-590-8891.
Residency Rotations
When you join the Parkland pharmacy team as a resident, you become part of an ongoing commitment to quality health care. As an ACPE-accredited provider, our continuing education and staff development programs include pharmacokinetics certification, nutritional support training, ambulatory disease state certification, numerous in-house seminars, and participation in local, state, and national meetings to keep you at the forefront of the health care industry.
To meet the ASHP residency objectives, your residency rotations include the following:
- Acute Patient Care including critical care, internal medicine, general surgery, IV therapy, nutritional support, oncology and central pharmacy services
- Ambulatory Care including outpatient clinic pharmacy, internal medicine clinic, ambulatory care clinic, medical specialty and specialty clinics (Asthma/Allergy, Transplant, Anticoagulation, Neurology, Lipid and HIV/AIDS), emergency room, ophthalmology
- Drug Information including drug use policy, formulary management, drug use evaluation, drug monograph development and investigation drug services
- Pharmacy Administration including resource management, financial accountability, personnel requirements and systems operations
- Pharmaceutical Procurement including inventory control, contract negotiations, contract management
- Elective Rotations including infectious disease, critical care, emergency services, investigational drugs, nutritional support, administration, ambulatory primary care, and psychiatry
