Pharmacy Residencies

At Mount Carmel, our intense residency programs are focused on developing confident pharmacy professionals who can provide excellent pharmaceutical care to patients in acute and ambulatory settings. Our programs combine a flexible structure that accommodates individual needs and interests with a schedule of rotations that offers residents the widest possible range of practice and clinical opportunities.

12-Month PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency

Available at Mount Carmel West and Mount Carmel St. Ann’s, our 12-month ASHP accredited program provides in-depth training and experience in hospital pharmacy management that emphasizes directing, organizing, planning, staffing and management, budgeting and reporting; strengthens problem-solving and decision-making skills; and helps transform accumulated knowledge and experience into new and improved services. You’ll learn to evaluate drug literature and prepare monographs; gain experience in formulary development, medication usage evaluations, medication safety programs and conference presentations; and develop solid teaching and communication skills through professional education programs, conferences, committees and collaboration with physicians.

Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Pharmacy Practice Residency Rotations

The 12-month program at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s allows you to choose:

  • Four 4-8 week inpatient core rotations (General Medicine, Palliative Care, Critical Care, and Family Practice)
  • One longitudinal or 4 week ambulatory rotation (Anticoagulation Clinic, Family Practice, Infectious Diseases or Oncology)
  • One 4-week pharmacy practice-management rotation
  • One 4-week elective rotation (Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Neonatal Intensive Care, Pulmonary Diseases, Nutritional Support)
  • One Longitudinal Drug Information rotation (includes handing information requests, journal clubs, drug usage evaluations, and participating on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee)

Mount Carmel West Pharmacy Practice Residency Rotations

The 12-month program at Mount Carmel West allows you to choose:

  • Three 8-week inpatient rotations (choose from cardiology, critical care, general med/surgery and oncology)
  • One 4-week ambulatory rotation with a monthly longitudinal component (choose either anticoagulation clinic or internal medicine)
  • One 4-week drug information rotation (includes handling information requests, writing/editing articles and gaining valuable experience in database management)
  • One 4-week pharmacy practice-management rotation
  • One 4-week elective rotation (emergency medicine, infectious disease, nutritional support, informatics, surgery, medication assistance, or other rotations may be developed based upon the resident’s interests)

Pharmacy Administrative Residency/ M.S. Program

The 24-month administrative residency at Mount Carmel West combines rigorous academics at The Ohio State University with management-focused projects and practice rotations that will not only teach you valuable management skills, but will develop your leadership abilities as well. You’ll work with the pharmacy director, pharmacy managers and hospital administrators, and attend leadership retreats and meetings.

You’ll learn to direct, organize, plan, staff and manage, budget and report; strengthen your problem-solving and decision-making skills; and transform your accumulated knowledge and experience into new and improved services. You’ll also learn to evaluate drug literature and prepare monographs; gain experience in formulary development, medication usage evaluations, medication safety programs and conference presentations; and develop solid teaching and communication skills through professional education programs, conferences, committees and collaboration with physicians.

Mount Carmel West Pharmacy Administrative Residency/ M.S.Program

During the first year of your residency you’ll participate in:

  • Orientation (7 weeks)
  • Academic coursework at The Ohio State University
  • Management-focused projects
  • One-two 4-8 week inpatient rotations (choose from cardiology, critical care, general med/surgery and oncology

Year two will consist of several intense rotations, including:

  • Three 8-week inpatient rotations (choose from cardiology, critical care, general med/surgery and oncology)
  • One 4-week ambulatory rotation with a monthly longitudinal component (choose either anticoagulation clinic or internal medicine)
  • One 4-week drug information rotation (includes handling information requests, writing/editing articles and gaining valuable experience in database management and informatics)
  • One 8-week pharmacy practice-management rotation
  • One 4-week elective rotation (emergency medicine, infectious disease, nutritional support, informatics, operations, surgery , medication assistance, or other rotations may be developed based upon the resident’s interests )

Throughout the second year of your residency, you’ll gain extensive clinical and pharmacy-management experience.

Mount Carmel participates in the match program of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and agrees that no person at this site will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant. To learn more about this program, visit www.ashp.org.