Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Address:
WRHA Pharmacy Program
Deer Lodge Centre, N246 North Pavilion
2109 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB, R3J 0L3

Director:
Ashley Walus, BScPharm, ACPR, MBA (she/her)
Regional Pharmacy Manager, Educational Services
Phone: 204-837-0189
Email: awalus@wrha.mb.ca 


Coordinator/Contact:
Dr. Alfred Gin, BScPharm, PharmD, FCSHP
Phone: 204-787-2982
Email: agin@hsc.mb.ca

Website: http://www.wrha.mb.ca/

Residency web page: https://wrha.mb.ca/pharmacy/residency-program/ 

Program

Type: General 

Focus: Advanced Pharmaceutical Care Practice

Established In: 1981

Number of Positions: 3 positions per year

Application Deadline: As per PRAMS

Starting Date: Generally Monday of first full week of June (negotiable, 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): 

  • Written statement of intent, as outlined in PRAMS.

Estimated Stipend: $38,900

Benefits: medical, dental, disability, relocation allowance, funding to attend a regional or national conference; work tools provided: Lexi-Comp subscription, secured messaging app, laptop, free access to WRHA Virtual Library and associated online content.

Vacation/Holiday Leave: 10 residency days

Education/Conference Leave: at least 5 residency days

Program Highlights:

Experience rapid professional and personal growth in one year! One year (full-time) program with easy access to multiple practice locations in a large city with affordable housing and exceptional arts/sports/social scene. Develops self-directed practitioners with advanced pharmaceutical care skills. Emphasizes "learning through experiencing" in pharmaceutical care, drug distribution, and personal practice management skills. Structured, but allows flexibility to meet resident's learning needs. Receive financial support to attend pharmacy professional education at the regional or national level. Excellent communications technology, drug info & office facilities available. Unique opportunity to participate in two research projects in a split project rotation design with ample support from preceptors and project support committee.

Core Rotations: 

  • Drug Information (2-4 weeks; regional DI centre)
  • Medication Use Systems Orientation (1-2 weeks; multi-sited)
  • Internal Medicine (7-8 weeks; tertiary site)
  • one of Ambulatory Care or Critical Care (4 weeks; community and tertiary sites available)
  • Clinical Practice Capstone (3-4 weeks; multiple sites available)
  • Project (8 weeks split into 2 rotations; site options vary by project)
  • Preceptorship (2-3 weeks)
  • Pharmacy Administration (1-2 weeks; multi-sited) 

Elective Rotations:

Available weeks ~15 (3-4 rotations).

Rotations (number of sites available):

  • Ambulatory Care (e.g. renal health, renal transplant, dialysis, HIV) (5)
  • Critical Care (Adult Medical/Surgical) (3)
  • Critical Care (Pediatric/Neonatal) (2)
  • Emergency Medicine / Urgent Care (6)
  • Family Medicine (1)Geriatrics (1)
  • Hematologic Malignancy and Cell Transplantation (1)
  • Infectious Diseases (1)
  • Infectious Diseases, Community IV Program (1)
  • Mental Health (1)
  • Patient Safety (1)
  • Pediatrics (1)
  • Primary Care (5)
  • Surgery (2)

Any required rotation can be repeated as an elective (# sites as above). There are opportunities to build new rotations to meet learning needs.

Minimum required credentials: Canadian citizens/landed immigrants with pharmacy degree from a recognized College; eligible for licensure in Manitoba. Must meet immunization requirements, obtain a criminal records check, child abuse registry check, adult abuse registry check with vulnerable sector consent and be a member of CSHP. Must obtain Manitoba pharmacist license within 6 months of commencing program.

 

Organization

Type: Region; 1 tertiary care hospital (home site) with rotations available at 1 acute and 3 lower acuity hospitals, 3 complex/chronic care facilities, multiple community sector locations

Number of beds: 2000

Sites: Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg (home base); other sites each offer rotations totaling less than 60 days per academic year per resident: Concordia, Victoria General, Seven Oaks General & Grace Hospital, Deer Lodge Centre, Misericordia & Riverview Health Centre, plus WRHA-affiliated sites at primary care Access Centres, & Nine Circles Health Centre. 

Affiliation: None

 

Graduates
2023-2024 Christy (Hiu Lam) Choi
Jason Samuel

2022-2023

Jalisa Datoo
Danielle d'Entremont

2021-2022

 

Cole Janke
Helen Liu
Sydney McEachern

2020-2021

Deanna Flaten

2019-2020

Liam Berrigan

2018-2019

Michael Szelemej
Katarina Popovic

2017-2018

Stephanie Bryant
Katlyn Taylor

2016-2017

Darren Bogle
Alanna Doell
2015-2016 Jaclyn Deonarine
Bradley Hernden