AdventHealth Ocala PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

Our program details include:

• Positions available: three full-time, 12-month commitment
• Estimated annual stipend: $50,000 and meeting travel support
• 12 months immediate health insurance
• 10 days paid vacation
• Weekend service commitment required
• Committee involvement
• Application deadline: December 31

Required qualifications:

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited U.S. college of pharmacy
• Possession or eligibility for Florida licensure
• Participant in the National Matching Service and PhORCAS

Program benefits:

• Teaching certificate opportunities
• Travel reimbursement to professional conferences
• AdventHealth lab coat and scrubs
• Free employee parking
• Resident office space and dedicated laptop
• Immediate medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employee discounts on meals

With the exception of the longitudinal experiences and the Orientation/Hospital Practice rotational learning experience, learning experiences are five (5) weeks in duration, unless otherwise noted or part of a customized resident plan.

Core (Required) Learning Experiences:

Rotational:

• Administration
• Cardiology
• Critical care
• Emergency medicine
• Infectious disease I
• Internal medicine I
• Orientation/hospital practice
• Women’s health

Longitudinal:

• Continuing education (CE) presentation
• Formulary review
• Medication-use evaluation (MUE)
• Pharmacy service commitment (weekend staffing)
• Quality improvement project
• Research project
• Teaching certificate
• Elective learning experiences:
• Infectious disease II
• Internal medicine II
• Medication safety

The following activities will be completed throughout the course of the residency year and are required for satisfactory completion of the pharmacy residency program.

• Four (4) journal club presentations
  • One on each of the following topics:
    • Ambulatory care
    • Critical care
    • Infectious disease
    • Internal medicine
• Four (4) patient case presentations
  • One on each of the following topics:
    • Ambulatory care
    • Critical care
    • Infectious disease
    • Internal medicine
• One (1) medication-use evaluation (MUE)
• One (1) formulary review
• One (1) quality improvement project
• One (1) research project (to be presented at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Florida Residency Conference and ultimately presented in a manuscript format)
• One (1) one-hour continuing education presentation
• Staffing every third weekend, as well as on either Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or New Year’s Day
• Participating in all efforts to recruit new residents, including, but not limited to, attending residency showcases at the following events:
  • Florida Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (FSHP) Annual Meeting
  • American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting
  • University of Florida (UF) College of Pharmacy Residency Showcase
  • University of South Florida (USF) Post-Graduate Training Showcase
• Attending all Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) meetings

Required application materials:

• Completed PhORCAS application
• Letter of intent
• Curriculum vitae
• Three (3) letters of recommendation
• Official transcripts from all colleges of pharmacy attended

All application materials must be submitted via PhORCAS by December 31.

For questions regarding the application process, please contact the residency program director (above).

National Matching Service Code: 289513

AdventHealth Ocala, formerly Florida Hospital Ocala, is a 385-bed, full-service community hospital that opened in 1898. In August 2018, AdventHealth Ocala became a part of the AdventHealth network. The facility is 640,000 square feet and sits on 15 acres. The hospital offers many inpatient services, including labor and delivery through The Baby Place®, a level II NICU, pediatric inpatient unit, orthopedic unit, comprehensive cardiovascular surgery unit, neuro unit and a wound care center.

AdventHealth Ocala is accredited by The Joint Commission and has received recognition from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. Our facility is accredited by the American College of Cardiology in Chest Pain, Heart Failure, Cardiac Cath Lab, Electrophysiology, Transcatheter Valve Certified and was awarded the HeartCARE™ Center designation. We are also a Certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center and a Center of Excellence in Robotic and Hernia Surgery.

Within the AdventHealth Ocala hospital network are three 24-hour ER facilities — one on-site and two off-site — to better meet the needs of Marion County. The on-site ER has both an adult and children’s emergency department with over 50 combined beds and the ability to treat many conditions and injuries. The two off-site ERs, AdventHealth TimberRidge ER and AdventHealth Belleview ER, are both 24-hour, full-service emergency departments with all private rooms. AdventHealth TimberRidge ER was the first off-site ER in the state of Florida.