Utah Valley Hospital is a 400-bed referral hospital located in Provo, Utah. The facility is a Level II trauma center and a certified stroke center which serves Utah County, central Utah and southern Utah.
Comprehensive pharmacy services are offered throughout the hospital and in affiliated ambulatory care clinics. In addition to nursing students, medical students and medical residents, pharmacy students from several colleges of pharmacy participate in rotations throughout the hospital.
Residency Program
Utah Valley Hospital's PGY1 pharmacy residency is a 12-month ASHP-accredited program focused on training residents to become competent, confident practitioners of direct patient care. The program also helps 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.
Unique learning opportunities for residents include rotations in multiple critical care units, behavioral medicine, and outpatient IV therapy clinics.
Residency Completion Requirements
See the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency homepage and Residency Manual for details.
Rotations
Click here for a listing of PGY1 Pharmacy rotations; note that additional rotations are available upon request. Residents are allowed to complete rotations anywhere throughout the Intermountain enterprise and any site of service (hospitals, clinics, homecare, central office, etc.).
Staffing
Our residents complete their pharmacy practice component in an inpatient pharmacy setting. They gain a broad experience in clinical and operational practice by staffing central and decentralized pharmacist shifts throughout the year. Residents develop proficiency in distribution practices, operational policies and procedures, and multiple clinical services through activities such as order verification, product verification, and therapeutic consults (vancomycin, insulin, warfarin). Their service commitment involves staffing 32 hours per month, typically 8-hour shifts (afternoons/evenings) every other weekend.
After Completing This Program
Pharmacists completing this residency program will be competent and confident practitioners of direct patient care in multiple practice and patient care environments. They will be able to identify and resolve patient-specific, drug-related problems and will be accountable for achieving optimal drug therapy outcomes as members of a healthcare team.
These pharmacists will become skilled educators, both verbally and in writing, of health care professionals, students, patients and the community. They will demonstrate professional maturity by independently following a personal philosophy of practice, monitoring their own performance, exhibiting commitment to the profession and exercising leadership in improving the safety of the medication-use system.
As highly trained professionals, these pharmacists will be well prepared to compete in today's job market.
Application Process
To apply to the program, submit your application through PhORCAS. Candidate applications must be received prior to 10 pm MST on January 2nd, 2025. Refer to the application information webpage for details.
Benefits
Refer to our benefits webpage for details.