Alberta Health Services (Calgary Zone)
Address:
c/o South Health Campus
4448 Front Street SE
Calgary, AB, T3M 1M4
Director:
Dr. Tania Mysak, BSP, PharmD
Director, Practice, AHS Pharmacy Services
Phone: 780-735-0770
Coordinator/Contact:
Dr. Rhonda Roedler, BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD, CDE
Clinical Practice Leader
Phone: 403-956-1570
Fax: 403-956-1574
- Program
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Type: General
Focus:
Established in: 1978
# Positions: 4
App. deadline: October 13, 2023
Starting date: July 2, 2024
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
Est. stipend: Approximately $46,600 per annum
Benefits: yes
Vacation/Holiday Leave: 10 paid days
Education/Conference Leave: Budget and time may be provided to support residents to attend conferencesProgram 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
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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
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2022-2023 Megan Hopkins
Zachary Kronbauer
Lena Makortoff
Cody Thompson2021-2022 Kristen Blundell
Japheth Bool
Elizer Erpilla
Heather Tieu2020-2021
Jessica Buhler
Carolyn Kasprzak
Jordan Kelly
Calli Safnuk2019-2020
Raafi Ali
Oleksandr (Alex) Baran
Cassandra Cooper
Peter Van Herk2018-2019
Thomas Brownlee
Jaksa Novovic
Aliaksandr Savin
Amanda Sha2017-2018
Batam Duong
Chris Evernden
Amanda Leong
Sydney Saunders2016-2017
Jayesh Changela
Sandeep Dhillon
Jonathan Hung
Faizath Yallou2015-2016
Uzma Alim
Heidi Banasch
Luiza Radu
Josee Rioux