About our program
The McKay-Dee Hospital PGY1 pharmacy residency program was created in 2003 and is an ASHP-accredited program focused on training residents to become competent, confident practitioners of direct patient care. The 12-month program will also help to prepare residents for a PGY2 specialty practice residency, an adjunctive pharmacy faculty position and/or employment as a clinical pharmacist within a health system.
Pharmacy Services
Our primary goal is to provide excellent customer service while ensuring patient safety. The pharmacy has experienced growth in services during the past few years and now has 36 full-time pharmacists and 24 full-time technicians. It is a decentralized model with direct clinical services with formal rounds occurring on the critical care units and in behavioral health.
Clinical Pharmacy Service Areas
- Ambulatory Care
- Behavioral Health
- Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- General Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Intermediate Care
- Neonatal ICU
- Oncology
- Hospital Pharmacy Practice Management
- Surgical Services
Pharmacy staff members serve on various hospital committees such as medication safety, infection control, patient care management and quality assurance.
Amongst our pharmacy staff, 22 are board certified, 20 have completed PGY1s, 2 have completed PGY2s, and 4 have advanced degrees beyond pharmacy. All but one of our residency preceptors are board certified pharmacists.