Alberta Health Services Cancer Care
Address 1:
Cross Cancer Institute, 11560 University Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1Z2
Address 2:
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 St NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N2
Director:
Dr. Tania Mysak, BSP, PharmD
Director, Practice, AHS Pharmacy Services
Phone: 780-735-0770
Coordinator/Contact:
Tom Baker Cancer Centre: Frances Folkman, BScPharm, ACPR
Clinical Practice Leader
Phone: 403-521-3365
Fax: 403-521-3326
- Program
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Type: General
Focus: Oncology
Established in: 2005
# Positions: 2
App. Deadline: Friday, October 13, 2023
Starting date: Tuesday, July 2, 2023
PRAMS Additional Requirements: (No additional requirements to complete the Alberta Health Services (Cancer Control) Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) application)
Est. stipend: $46,600 per year for year 1
Benefits: Yes
Vacation/holiday leave: 10 paid days
Education/conference leave: Time provided to support residents to attend conferences
Minimum required credentials: Entry to Practice PharmD or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degreeProgram highlights: General residency program involving rotations in drug information, medication use systems, leadership and administration and clinical rotations. Core and elective clinical rotations include internal medicine, acute care oncology/hematology, blood and marrow transplant, pain and palliative care, gyne oncology, lung cancer, pediatric oncology, breast cancer and regional cancer centre ambulatory oncology. As this is a provincial program, rotations may be offered at either the Cross Cancer Institute, the Tom Baker Cancer Centre or other AHS hospital sites. Residents must also complete a research project during the year.
Core Rotations: (duration; site choices): Rotations offer the residents experience in the cancer centres and hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary:
- Drug Information: 1 week virtual experience
- Medication Use Systems: 1 week; CCI
- Leadership and Management: 3 weeks; CCI
- Acute Care Adult Oncology: 4-5 weeks; CCI, FMC, UAH
- Pain and Palliative Care: 4-5 weeks; CCI, TBCC/New Cancer Centre
- Ambulatory Hematology: 4-5 weeks; TBCC/New Cancer Centre, CCI
- Internal Medicine: 6 weeks; FMC, RAH
- Undergraduate Clinical Precepting: 4 weeks; FMC, RAH
- Residency Research Project: 8-9 weeks
Elective Rotations (2): Chosen based on interests of the resident and the availability of the rotations. There is time allotted to allow for two elective rotations of 4-5 weeks’ duration. The rotations listed below are a summary of available rotation sites at the present time. There is a possibility that additional rotation sites may open up with the addition of new practice areas.
- Lung cancer ambulatory rotation (TBCC + Holy Cross site/New Cancer Centre)
- Breast cancer ambulatory rotation (CCI)
- Gyne oncology ambulatory rotation (TBCC/New Cancer Centre, CCI)
- Pediatric oncology acute care rotation: (Stollery, ACH)
- Blood and marrow transplant ambulatory rotation (TBCC/New Cancer Centre)
- Regional cancer centre solid tumour ambulatory oncology (Central Alberta Cancer Centre, Jack Ady Cancer Centre)
- Organization
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Type: Alberta Pharmacy Practice Residency Program (Cancer Care)
Number of beds: 56 (Cross Cancer Institute) with most clinics operating in an ambulatory setting. New Cancer Centre in Calgary opening in the summer of 2024, number of acute care beds to be determined.
: Cross Cancer Institute (CCI), Tom Baker Cancer Centre (TBCC) / new Calgary Cancer Centre, as well as other hospitals within Alberta Health Services.
Sites
- Graduates
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2022-2023 Christina Watts
Julian Hopwood-Raja2021-2022 Melissa Chan
Lisa Zhang2020-2021
Kosha Kantharia
Alex Kwan2019-2020
Tina Chen-En Ma
Alisha Shivji2018-2019
Kyia Hynes
Kevin Thai2017-2018
Helen Marin
Phoebe Hsu2016-2017
Humirah Sultani
Grace Wong2015-2016
Bianca Au
Katherine Fung