Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board

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

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

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

Program

Type: General

Established In: 1996

Number of Positions: 3

Application Deadline: As per PRAMS

Starting Date: July 2, 2026 (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): 

• Please submit a cover letter (500 words maximum) in PDF format that outlines the following:
   
  1. What is your motivation for applying to the Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and/or Cancer Care Year 1 program(s) and how do the opportunities within these programs align with your professional goals?
  2. In what ways have you demonstrated excellence during previous clinical rotations and how has this shaped your growth as a pharmacist?
• Please include your name in the document naming of your cover letter.
• Applications without the cover letter will be considered INCOMPLETE and will NOT be considered.

Estimated Stipend: $51,074 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

Program Highlights:

General residency program involving rotations in distribution, leadership, 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)
• Leadership (3 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
• Psychiatry
• Pediatric Oncology
• Pediatric or Neonatal Intensive Care
• Hematology

Minimum Required Credentials: Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy & licensure in Alberta

Organization

Type: Alberta Pharmacy Practice Residency Program-Edmonton Zone

Number of Beds: 2022 (excludes long term care)

Sites:

• University of Alberta Hospital
• Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Misericordia Community Hospital
• Grey Nuns Community Hospital

Graduates

2024-2025	Kayla Byers Samantha Gottschalk Simroop Ladhar
2023-2024	Alyssa Hellman Alexandra Predy Anne Truong Nhat Khang (Will) Truong
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