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) (On Leave December 1, 2025 to January 2027) 
Regional Pharmacy Manager, Educational Services
Phone: 204-801-1077
Email: awalus@wrha.mb.ca 

Brendon Mitchell, BSc(Pharm)
Phone: 204-793-1674
Email: bmitchell2@wrha.mb.ca 


Coordinator/Contact:

Jennifer Gibson, BSP, ACPR (she/her)
Practice Development Pharmacist
Phone: 204-833-1733
Email: jgibson2@wrha.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: $41,400

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 (3-4 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)
  • Geriatrics (1)
  • Hematologic Malignancy and Cell Transplantation (1)
  • Infectious Diseases (1)
  • Infectious Diseases, Community IV Program (1)
  • Mental Health (2)
  • Patient Safety (1)
  • Pediatrics (1)
  • Primary Care (5)
  • Surgery (2)
  • Cardiology (1)
  • Rural Hospital (1)

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: Individuals must be legally entitled to work in Canada.  Individuals must have received or would reasonably be expected to be in receipt of a first or subsequent Professional Degree in Pharmacy from a Canadian Council for the Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP) recognized pharmacy education program or otherwise be eligible for licensure in Manitoba. Must obtain a Manitoba pharmacist license within 6 months of commencing the program.  Must meet Winnipeg Regional Health Authority employment requirements including a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment.  Must be a member of CSHP. 

 

Organization

Type: Region; 1 tertiary care hospital (home site) with rotations available at 2 acute and 3 lower acuity hospitals, 2 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 Hospital, Victoria General Hospital, Seven Oaks General Hospital, St Boniface Hospital, Grace Hospital, Deer Lodge Centre, Riverview Health Centre, plus WRHA-affiliated sites at primary care Access Centres, Nine Circles Health Centre, and the Community IV Program. 

Affiliation: None

 

Graduates
2025-2026Giyeon (Michelle) Jang
Priyanka Vyas
Amaris Wong
2024-2025Wyatt Baloun
Eunice Valencia
Madison Wong
2023-2024Christy (Hiu Lam) Choi
Jason Samuel
2022-2023Jalisa Datoo
Danielle d'Entremont
2021-2022Cole Janke
Helen Liu
Sydney McEachern
2020-2021Deanna Flaten
2019-2020Liam Berrigan
2018-2019Michael Szelemej
Katarina Popovic
2017-2018Stephanie Bryant
Katlyn Taylor
2016-2017Darren Bogle
Alanna Doell
2015-2016Jaclyn Deonarine
Bradley Hernden