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CAMC Pharmacy Residency Program
Graduate Year 1 Pharmay Residency

Charleston Area Medical Center ’s PGY1 pharmacy residency is an ASHP accredited program. The focus of this program is to provide residents with an extensive range of pharmacy practice experiences tailored to meet individual needs and interests. This is accomplished through clinical and non-clinical rotations of four to six weeks in length.

Mission Statement

Pharmacists completing the PGY1 residency program at CAMC will be confident, independent practitioners with the ability to function as competent members of multidisciplinary teams. They will be capable of providing direct patient care to a diverse group of patients, as well as educating healthcare professionals and students on pharmaceutical care issues.

Required rotations

  • Practice management
  • Critical care
    (trauma, surgical, medical, open heart)
  • Drug information
  • Infectious disease
  • Internal medicine

Elective rotations

  • Family medicine
  • Geriatrics
  • Oncology
  • Toxicology
  • Trauma step-down unit
  • Emergency medicine
  • Additional opportunities may be arranged

Longitudinal experiences

  • Residency research project
  • Medication use evaluation
  • Journal club and case conference
  • Formal ACPE CE presentation
  • Inpatient pharmacy staffing (Sunday through Thursday 4 to 9 during on-call week)
  • Clinical on-call services
  • HIV Clinic
  • Geriatrics Clinic
  • Health Right Clinic
    (www.wvhealthright.org)

Incentives

  • Stipend $35,000 to $40,000 annually
  • Financial support to attend ASHP Midyear and Eastern States Residency Conference
  • Education stipend
  • Meal allowance
  • Medical and dental insurance
  • Paid time off (PTO)
    • 14 vacation days
    • 10 sick days
    • 7 professional days
    • 5 flex days*
    *Flex days – resident may take these days off service to work on projects and presentations
 


 
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