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
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Type: General
Focus:
Established in: 1996
# Positions: 3-4
App. deadline: October 14, 2022
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: approximately $50, 000 per annum
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 AlbertaProgram highlights: General residency program involving rotations in drug information, distribution, administration, and clinical rotations such as internal medicine, critical care, infectious disease, neurology, pediatrics, ambulatory care, geriatrics, HIV, psychiatry, cardiology, and women’s health. As this is a regional program, rotations may be offered at any of the 8 hospital sites. Residents must also complete a 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 (UAH) HIV ClinicOther external rotations can be set up based on interest of the resident.
- Homecare
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Psychiatry
- Palliative Care
- Pediatric Oncology
- Pediatric or Neonatal Intensive Care
- Geriatrics
- Hematology
- Organization
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Type: Alberta Pharmacy Practice Residency Program-Edmonton Zone
Number of beds: 2022 (excludes long term care)
Sites: Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH), University of Alberta Hospital (UAH), Misericordia Community Hospital (MCH), Grey Nuns Community Hospital (GNH)
- Graduates
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2020-2021
Eric Duong
Lynnea Schultz
Stephanie Metzger
Sydney Evans2019-2020
Teresa Eberhardt
Jasmine Gill
Hannah Kaliel
Sarah Landry2018-2019
Pawandeep Gill
Sahiba Khurana
Jackson Stewart2017-2018
Ashwin Bhat
Bing Nguyen
Alyssa Schmode
Jenna Smith2016-2017
Daina Al-Ani
Jay Mutch
Lydia Cheung2015-2016
June Chen
Allison Mejilla
Caitlin Thomson
Daniel Zhou