PGY1 Pharmacy - Aurora West Allis Residency
Contact usThe PGY1 Pharmacy – Aurora West Allis Medical Center residency program allows you to be a confident clinical pharmacist providing care to a diverse patient population in a community hospital setting. Your program is customized, and direct patient care, professional development, and leadership are emphasized.
Candidates interested in pursuing PGY2 training and/or careers as clinical pharmacists in the acute care setting are encouraged to apply.
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Aurora West Allis Medical Center
Aurora West Allis Medical Center is a community hospital providing a full range of inpatient and outpatient services to patients in the Milwaukee area and surrounding communities. In addition to critical care, geriatrics, and other specialty services, Aurora West Allis is home to the Aurora Women’s Pavilion, which provides comprehensive women’s health services including maternal and fetal medicine and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.
Program highlights
Residents gain experience in adult medicine, critical care, antimicrobial stewardship, drug policy and administration among others, and customize their residency based on individual needs and interests.
- Orientation: Computer systems, drug distribution, personnel, policies, patient care, work flow and department structures
- Drug-use policy: Medication use evaluation, formulary evaluation and management, drug information, development of clinical policies and procedures, drug policy and medication safety
- Practice management/administration: Budgeting, personnel management, financial management, development and implementation of new services
- Patient care: Adult medicine, cardiology, geriatrics, women’s health, critical care, infectious diseases and neonatal intensive care
- Professional development: Year-long residency project, learning experience projects, in-services, staffing, professional organizations, student precepting, ACPE continuing education presentations, interviewing/recruiting, medication safety experiences, preparations for accreditation and more
For a list of learning experiences, see program structure & completion requirements. [PDF]
Residency projects
Each pharmacy resident also completes a residency project. Pharmacy residency projects are practice-based and align with the department’s strategic plan. Residents formally present their projects at a statewide conference and receive the opportunity to publish their work.
View the year-long residency projects [PDF]
Program requirements
You must complete general and program-specific requirements, including core and elective learning experiences, to graduate from your residency program.
Program structure & completion requirements [PDF]
Program interview
All pharmacy residency candidates must complete a interview. Interview dates cannot be rescheduled.
Preceptors & residents
Our program’s most important assets are our people. Becoming a pharmacist requires two key ingredients: a motivated learner and a motivated teacher. Our preceptors, with diverse backgrounds in pharmacy, are excellent role models and teachers to our exceptional learners.
Meet the preceptors [PDF]
Meet the residents [PDF]
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