Alberta Health Services (Edmonton Zone)

Address:
Inpatient Pharmacy Department
University of Alberta Hospital
8440 - 112 St.
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2B7

Director:
Dr. Tania Mysak, BSP, PharmD
Director, Practice, AHS Pharmacy Services
Phone: 780-735-0770

Coordinator/Contact:
Dr. Jenny Shiu, BSc.Pharm, PharmD, ACPR
Clinical Practice Leader
Phone: 780-863-3326
 

Program

Type: General

Focus:

Established in: 1996

# Positions: 4

App. deadline: October 13, 2023

Starting date: TBD

PRAMS: No additional requirements to complete the Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Zone Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) application: None

Est. stipend: $46,600 per year

Benefits: Yes

Vacation/holiday leave: 10 paid days

Education/conference leave: Budget and time provided to support residents to attend conferences will be reviewed each year

Minimum required credentials: Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy & licensure in Alberta

Program highlights: General residency program involving rotations in drug information, distribution, administration, and clinical rotations such as internal medicine, critical care, infectious disease, pediatrics, ambulatory care, HIV, psychiatry, cardiology. As this is a regional program, rotations may be offered at any of the 8 hospital sites. Residents must also complete a research project during the year.

Required Rotations: Rotations offer the residents experience at several of the hospitals within the city of Edmonton.

  • Distribution (1 week)
  • Administration (3 weeks)
  • Drug Information (2 weeks)
  • Undergraduate Clinical Precepting (4 weeks)
  • Internal 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 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 duration. The rotations listed below are a summary of commonly available electives at the present time. There is a possibility that additional rotation sites may open up with the addition of new practice areas.

  • Cardiology Clinics
  • HIV Clinic
  • Homecare
  • Nephrology
  • Psychiatry
  • Pediatric Oncology
  • Pediatric or Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Hematology
  • Virtual Hospital

 

 

Organization

Type: Alberta Pharmacy Practice Residency Program-Edmonton Zone

Number of beds: 2022 (excludes long term care)

Sites: Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH), Misericordia Community Hospital (MCH), Grey Nuns Community Hospital (GNH)

 

Graduates
2022-2023 Akshita Chandok
Anthony Kapelke
2021-2022 Reem Almawed
Kaitlyn Krahn
Teagan Zeggil

2020-2021

Eric Duong
Lynnea Schultz
Stephanie Metzger
Sydney Evans

2019-2020

Teresa Eberhardt
Jasmine Gill
Hannah Kaliel
Sarah Landry

2018-2019

Pawandeep Gill
Sahiba Khurana
Jackson Stewart

2017-2018

Ashwin Bhat
Bing Nguyen
Alyssa Schmode
Jenna Smith

2016-2017

Daina Al-Ani
Jay Mutch
Lydia Cheung

2015-2016

June Chen
Allison Mejilla
Caitlin Thomson
Daniel Zhou