Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board

Program

Type: General Hospital Residency
Focus: General Hospital Practice-based
Established in: 2010
# Position(s): 2
App. deadline: October 8, 2020 - 5:00 p.m. EST.
Start Date: Flexible
Est. stipend: $30,000
PRAMS: Additional PRAMS requirements to complete the Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) application should be sent through PRAMS when applying to Windsor Regional Hospital program by the application deadline: A program specific cover letter (maximum word count 250) outlining the factors that led you to decide to apply to Windsor Regional hospital residency program.
Benefits: No
Vacation/holiday leave: 2 weeks
Education/conference leave: 1 conference (CSHP or other as determined by program)

Program highlights: The pharmacy residency program will be based on the application of current knowledge and the search of new knowledge in actual patient care by providing evidence-based, patient-centered pharmaceutical care to hospitalized patients. The program will be designed to provide the resident with professional, clinical and administration experience and training through exposure to a broad range of activities in various areas of hospital pharmacy. Following the required rotations, the resident will choose elective rotations based on interest. Our pharmacists are a diverse group represented by B.Sc or Pharm D. graduates and/or residency-trained pharmacists who practice as Clinical Pharmacists and as Clinical Pharmacy Specialists (ICU, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, HIV and nephrology).

Required rotations:

• Medication Use Systems - 4 weeks
• Pharmacy administration - longitudinal
• Medicine - 4 weeks
• Internal Medicine - 4 weeks
• Teaching - 2 weeks
• Major Project - 6 weeks
• Infectious Diseases - 4 weeks
• Critical Care - 4 weeks
• Consolidation Rotation - 4 weeks

Elective rotations:

• General surgery - 4 weeks
• Cardiology - 4 weeks
• Pediatrics/Neonatal ICU - 4 weeks
• Nephrology - 4 weeks
• Oncology inpatient - 4 weeks
• Safe Medication practices - 4 weeks
• Ambulatory (HIV / Cancer Centre / Diabetes)

Minimum required credentials: BScPhm, registered as a pharmacy intern or Part A pharmacist with the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Organization

Windsor Regional Hospital is a two site campus comprised of the Ouellette site and Metropolitan site. Ouellette site is a 305 bed acute care community setting. Medical services include: general medicine and surgery, cardiology, internal medicine (medical student teaching unit), neurology, nephrology, critical care and mental health.

Metropolitan campus operates 290 beds. Medical services include: family birthing centre, pediatrics (medical student teaching unit), oncology, critical care, surgery, and medicine

Affiliation: University of Waterloo

Residents

2018-2019
Alexandra Andrei
Elsa Purivatra

2017-2018
Anish Krishnan
Trishu Vather

2016-2017
Afshin Azami
Stephanie Di Vecchia

2015-2016
Anna Chan
Linda Ou

2014-2015
Jessica Karam
Michelle Joseph

2013-2014
Julia Cahill
Rita Shek

2012-2013
Marta Malkinska
Danting (Anna) Guo

2011-2012
Heather Foley
Melanie Sharon

2010-2011
Stephanie Armata
Bronwyn Tolmie