Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board

Address:
c/o South Health Campus
4448 Front Street SE
Calgary, AB, T3M 1M4

Director:
Mary Gunther, BSc Pharm, ACPR
Clinical Practice Manager
Phone:  780-407-6023

Coordinator/Contact:
Dr. Rhonda Roedler, BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD, CDE
Clinical Practice Leader
Phone: 403-956-1570
Fax: 403-956-1574
 

Program

Type: General

Established In: 1978

Number of Positions: 4

Application Deadline: As per PRAMS

Starting Date: July 2, 2025 (not flexible) 

PRAMS (Additional PRAMS requirements to complete the Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) application should be sent through PRAMS when applying by the application deadline): None

Estimated Stipend: $49,577 

Benefits: Yes

Vacation/Holiday Leave: 10 paid days

Education/Conference Leave: Budget and time may be provided to support residents to attend conferences

Program highlights: Residents complete various rotations in the 5 urban hospitals within the City of Calgary. This multi-site program creates the opportunity to learn from a number of practitioners in a variety of settings. Rotation schedules can be adjusted to accommodate preceptor availability and resident choices. Rotations outside of Calgary may be arranged to accommodate the resident's interests

Required Rotations: 

• Medication Use Systems (1 week)
• Management and Leadership (3 weeks)
• Drug Information (1 week)
• Undergraduate Clinical Precepting (4 weeks)
• Medicine (6 weeks)
• Cardiology (4-5 weeks)
• Infectious Disease (4-5 weeks)
• Ambulatory Care (4-5 weeks) 
• Critical Care (4-5 weeks)
• Residency research project (9 weeks)
   

Elective Rotations: 

Chosen based on the interests of the resident and the availability of the rotations.  There is enough time allotted to allow for one to two elective rotations of 4-5 weeks in duration.  The rotations listed below are a summary of commonly available electives at the present time. There is a possibility that additional rotations may become available with addition of new practice areas.  Some of the electives listed below are also available as ambulatory rotations.

• Nephrology
• Renal Transplant
• Diabetes/Chronic Disease Management 
• Academic Family Medicine
• HIV Clinic
• Mental Health
• Emergency
• Pediatrics
• Geriatrics 
• Chronic Pain
• Oncology

Minimum required credentials: Entry to practice Pharmacy Professional Degree (eg BSc, BSP, PharmD), and eligible for the Clinical register of the Alberta College of Pharmacists

Organization

Type: Tertiary teaching hospitals

Number of beds: 2300

Sites: Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Children's Hospital, South Health Campus

Graduates

2023-2024	Nathan Brandwein John Choi Carolina Ghio Ivy Nhan
2022-2023	Lena Makortoff Cody Thompson Megan Hopkins Zac Kronbauer
2021-2022	Kristen Blundell Japheth Bool Elizer Erpilla Heather Tieu
2020-2021	Jessica Buhler Carolyn Kasprzak Jordan Kelly Calli Safnuk
2019-2020	Raafi Ali Oleksandr (Alex) Baran) Cassandra Cooper Peter Van Herk
2018-2019	Thomas Brownlee Jaksa Novovic Aliaksandr Savin Amanda Sha
2017-2018	Batam Duong Chris Evernden Amanda Leong Sydney Saunders
2016-2017	Jayesh Changela Sandeep Dhillon Jonathan Hung Faizath Yallou
2015-2016	Uzma Alim Heidi Banasch Luiza Radu Josee Rioux