Residency Award

Description

The Year 1 Pharmacy Practice Residency Award, sponsored by Pfizer, recognizes hospital pharmacy residents whose major projects are judged to  be most deserving in terms of significant innovation, practical application, and/or development in an institutional pharmacy practice setting. To apply for this award, each resident must provide an electronic copy of their residency project manuscript which has been made anonymous (i.e. all identifying names and locations should be removed). The manuscript format must follow the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy criteria.
Submissions of Nominations
Procedure

All CSHP Branches will advertise and administer the Year 1 Pharmacy Practice Residency Award program annually within their respective Branches.

Presentation of the Year 1 Pharmacy Practice Residency Award to the winner will be conducted at the SK Branch Annual General Meeting in October. Local Pfizer Canada representatives are to be invited to participate in the Branch presentation of the Award.
Deadline The deadline for applications for this award will be communicated in Spring 2025
Nomination forms Nomination forms will be linked here in Spring 2025
Selection of Candidates

Adjudication of submissions for the Award will be conducted by 3 selected CSHP-SK Branch members (preferable, the reviewers would include 2 college faculty and one rural pharmacist to prevent bias in the judging process) blinded to the author and location of the project. Adjudicators will be chosen by each Branch administering the Award. An evaluation form will be provided to adjudicators by the respective Branch.
Judging Rubric
Merit

Consider:

  • Represents significant innovation 
  • Has scientific value 
  • Can impact patient care
 /10

Methods

Consider:

  • Clear purpose 
  • Appropriate experimental design or approach 
  • Methods clearly described 
  • Data interpretation valid 
  • Conclusions supported by the data

/10
Poster presentation

Consider:

  • Well written 
  • Organized 
  • Tables or figures enhance presentation 
  • Title is informative
 /10

Total

/30
Past Recipients

1999 - Melanie Ulrich
2000 - Dawn McDonald
2001 - Angela MacBride
2002 - Jenelle Heroux
2003 - Allison Marcil
2004 - Jennifer Carvell           
2005 - Tara Markowski
2006 - Allana Reaume
2007 - Jolene Polack
2008 - James Lacey
2009 - Zack Dumont
2010 - Kathleen Markland
2011 - Larissa Fedor
2012 - Barrett Blue
2013 - Katelyn Halpape
2014 - Kyle Wray
2015 - Marc Legge / Alyssa MacDougall
2016 - Shelby Dougall
2017 - Laura Almas
2018 - Meagan Rieger
2019 - Janelle Kraft
2020 - Hishaam Bhimji & Avery Deichert
2021 - Caitlin Dempsey
2022 - Hersh Shukla & Jenna Fan
2023 - Habiba Elshorbagy and Calvin Yee
2024 - Rocky Lam