Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board

Director:
Dr. Allan Mills, BSc (Pharm), Pharm D, FCSHP
Director of Pharmacy

For Residency Program inquires, please contact Lead Residency Coordinator first.

Lead Residency Coordinator/Resource Pharmacist:
Katie Palmer, BSc Phm, ACPR, CRE
Pharmacy Department, Credit Valley Hospital
Phone: 905-813-1100 ext. 6130
Fax: 905-813-4091

Residency Co-Coordinator/Resource Pharmacist:
Rabiah Siddiqui, BScPhm, ACPR, MHM
Pharmacy Department, Mississauga Hospital
Email: rabiah.siddiqui@thp.ca

Program

Type: 52 week General Hospital Residency

Established In: 2006 (Accredited)

Number of Positions: 5

Application Deadline: As per PRAMS

Starting Date: July or September (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 include your most up-to-date resume/curriculum vitae. 

Estimated Stipend: approximately $47,400/year + 10% in lieu  (4% for benefits, statutory holidays, HOOPP, and 6% vacation pay)

Vacation/Holiday Leave: 2 weeks 

Education/Conference Leave: 2 conferences (PPC/Residents Clinical Conference)

Program Highlights:

TRILLIUM HEALTH PARTNERS HIGHLIGHTS:

We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.

As one of Canada’s leading community hospitals, the organization is comprised of four main sites: Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital, Queensway Health Centre, and Reactivation Care Centre. The Mississauga Hospital hosts highly-specialized regional programs in; advanced cardiac surgery, geriatric mental health services, neurosurgery, palliative care, primary percutaneous coronary intervention, specialized geriatric services, stroke, and vascular services. The Credit Valley Hospital features the Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre which serves a catchment area of 1.6 million people. CVH is also a regional leader in specialized programs for maternal-child care, clinical genetics, and nephrology.  Its regional women’s and children’s health center features an advanced level 2 neonatal ICU and the largest paediatric oncology satellite program in Ontario outside of the Hospital for Sick Children. Queensway Health Centre features a 14-hour Urgent Care Centre, the largest day surgery centre in North America, a widely-recognized Cardiac Wellness & Rehabilitation Centre, the first comprehensive spine centre of its kind in Canada, and The Betty Wallace Women's Health Centre with a focus on early intervention and screening of osteoporosis and breast disease. Reactivation Care Centre focuses on reintegrating individuals who no longer need acute medical care back into the community. The specialized team can support patients’ care plan goals while providing more social engagement and recreational therapies.

THE COMMUNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE

• The program provides the resident with a direct, positive interaction with health care practitioners and an opportunity to be the primary link between nursing, attending physicians and patients.
• Through creative and innovative projects, the resident can directly impact patient care and has the opportunity to be a trendsetter.
• The resident will learn from well-trained pharmacists who understand the requirements in providing the complete residency experience and take pride in teaching.  Our staff includes numerous residency trained and PharmD graduate pharmacists who participate actively in teaching in the PharmD programs at the Faculty of Pharmacies in Ontario and the Faculty of Medicine at UTM.

Features of the Residency Program

• Patient Case Presentations
• Participating in Pharmacy Education Rounds
• Option to attend presentation in cardiac rounds, pediatric rounds, neurosurgery rounds, surgery rounds, orthopedic surgery rounds and many others 
• Attend the Residents Clinical Conference and CSHP Professional Practice Conference (additional opportunities to attend conference cost permitting) 
• Longitudinal Teaching Rotation - Opportunity to develop teaching skills through involvement in nursing clinical skills day, teaching sessions during PharmD and EPE rotations, interprofessional education (IPE) sessions, participating in formal teaching modules and group discussions -Mentorship available

Core Rotations

Mandatory Non-clinical Rotations (14 weeks):

• Leadership and Administration (1 week)
• Drug Information (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Pharmacy Operations (2 weeks)
• Project Management (6 weeks)

•  Conferences (1 week)

• Longitudinal Teaching Rotation

Mandatory Clinical Rotations (16 weeks):

• Patient Care Process Bootcamp (1 week)
• General Internal Medicine ( 6 weeks)
• Infectious Diseases (4 weeks)
• Independent Clinical Practice (5 weeks)

Mandatory Selective Rotations (12 weeks)

• Acute Care Selective: Emergency Medicine or Intensive Care Unit (4 weeks)
• Cardiology Selective: General Cardiology, Coronary Care Unit (CCU) or Cardiovascular Surgery Unit (CVU) (4 weeks)
• Regional Program Selective: Neurosurgery, Neurology/Stroke, Oncology or Nephrology (4 weeks)

Elective Clinical Rotations (8 weeks):

• Any Regional Program Selective (4 weeks)
• Any Cardiology Selective (4 weeks)
• Any Acute Care Selective (4 weeks)
• Pediatrics (4 weeks)
• Post-Acute Care/Rehabilitation (4 weeks)
• Mental Health (4 weeks)
• Primary Care/Family Health Team (4 weeks)
• Orthopedic Surgery (4 weeks)
• General Surgery (4 weeks)
• Surgical Pre-Op Clinic (4 weeks)
• Heart Function Clinic (4 weeks)

Minimum Required Credentials: Graduates or prospective graduates of a Faculty of Pharmacy in which the curriculum meets the standards established by the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada are eligible.  Candidates must be registered as a pharmacist by the Ontario College of Pharmacists; if not registered as a pharmacist at the time of application, the resident shall become registered as a pharmacist at the earliest opportunity upon being admitted into the program.  Residents must be members of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) 

Organization

Type: Multi-site acute care community teaching hospital

Number of Beds: 1457

Sites: Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital, Queensway Health Centre, Reactivation Care Centre

Affiliation: University of Toronto

Graduates

2022-2023	Ariane Fung Bobby (Karanpal) Gill Gabriela Limpi
2021-2022	Nicole Chang Jeffrey Lai Stephanie Naccarato Aliya Syed
2020-2021	Julia Liu Peter Carducci
2019-2020	Sama El Rfaei Fulbert Fu Emily Hammond Hatf Sohail
2018-2019	Sonja Li Meiko Peng Mark Pryjma Vincent Vuong
2017-2018	Amanda Dhawan Elaine Martin Bingjie (Amy) Wang
2016-2017	Laila Rkieh Melody Truong Daniel Zangari
2015-2016	Sarah Kolshuk Rebekah Lee Deval Patel