Abbott Northwestern Pharmacy Practice Residency

The purpose of the Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s Pharmacy Residency Program is to provide experience and knowledge while developing the skills needed to fulfill the challenges of evolving roles in pharmacy practice. The focus of the Residency is to prepare Residents to practice as pharmacists in health system pharmacy settings in a variety of roles. Specifically, the program is designed to develop residents’ confidence in providing patient care and practice management. Residents are also required to complete an appropriate project and medication use evaluation.

Number of residency positions

Five

Core outcomes of Abbott Northwestern's PGYI residency

• Medication use process
  
• Patient-centered care
  
• Leadership and management
  
• Project management
  
• Education/training
  
• Medical informatics
  

Rotations offered

Initial Pharmacy Practice Experience - Centralized operations

Initial Pharmacy Practice Experience - Decentralized operations

Patient-focused care practice experience:

• Cardiology*
  
• Cardiology Heart Failure
  
• Critical Care*
  
• Critical Care Elective
  
• Emergency Department*
  
• Infectious Disease*
  
• Internal Medicine*
  
• Oncology-Medical/Surgical
  
• Nephrology/Solid Organ Transplant
  
• Neurology/Orthopaedics/Spine Surgery
  
• Psychiatry
  
• Renal-Medical/Surgical
  
• Warfarin Ambulatory Clinic

Practice management experiences:

• Allina System Formulary*
  
• Pharmacy Director advanced management experience*
  
• Pharmacy Informatics
  
• Practice Management - Clinical and Operational
  

*All residents complete this learning experience

Off-site elective practice experience

Residents are allowed one off-site practice experience as an elective, based on interest and availability. Examples include small hospital practice or hospice/palliative care.

Prerequisites

• Pharm.D degree
• Licensure as pharmacist in Minnesota no later than August 1st
• Enrollment in ASHP National Matching Service

Application process

Submit the following by mid-January:

• Three letters of recommendation
• Curriculum vitae**
• College transcript
• Letter of intent**

Submit to:

Allina Recruitment Center
Pharmacy Residency Program
Internal Zip #10703
2925 Chicago Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55407

pharmacyresidency@allina.com

** Electronic submission in PDF or Word document is encouraged.

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