Postgraduate Year One (PGY-1) Pharmacy Residency
Overview
A Message from the Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Welcome to the Marshfield Clinic Postgraduate Year One (PGY-1) Pharmacy Residency Program. The residency program began in July of 2007. This 12-month program provides the necessary opportunities for highly motivated pharmacists to achieve their professional goals. Our ASHP Accreditation Site visit took place in January 2009 and our program in now accredited.
Pharmacy Practice Experiences:
During pharmacy practice rotations, the resident assumes the responsibility of all aspects of patient drug therapy, including:
- Medication-use assessment and monitoring
- Conducting patient interviews and patient medication counseling
- Advising physicians, nurses, and patients on appropriate drug use
- Actively participating in conferences and journal clubs
- Providing lectures on drug therapy to medical, pharmacy, and nursing staff
Potential rotations include:
- Drug Information
- Specialty Pharmacy
- Managed Care
- Outpatient Cardiology
- Informatics
- Community Pharmacy
- Dermatology
- Outpatient Oncology
- Internal Medicine
- Pharmacy Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
- Family Health Center Pharmacy/Community Health Care
- Additional outpatient clinical sub-specialties to be determined
Longitudinal Experiences:
During residency training, valuable experience is obtained in the many integrated facets of Pharmacy Service at Marshfield Clinic including:
- Investigational Drug Program and Research - Each resident is required to complete a research project. Working with the Program Director, Preceptors and the Resident Research Facilitator, the resident will identify a meaningful research project that is manageable in a one-year period of time. The residency research project is identified early in the year. The resident will present the research project as a poster at a national meeting (e.g., ASHP Midyear Clinical meeting) and also at the Spring Regional Residency Conference.
- Monthly participation in Marshfield Clinic Drug Evaluation Committee meetings
- Participation in the Pharmacy Patient Safety Committee
- Contribution to Marshfield Clinic Practice Guideline development
- Presentations and Participation in Quarterly Dermatology OTSee program
- Contribution to Marshfield Clinic’s monthly pharmacy publication (Pharmacy Capsule)
- Participation in Pharmacy Journal Club and Pharmacy Continuing Education presentations and Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS) Review Series
- Staffing Experience
- Management Activities
- Leadership Activities
- Community Involvement (e.g., Poison Prevention, Elderly Housing)
These experiences will help the resident develop the skills needed to communicate effectively and to organize, prioritize, and manage pharmacy services.
We are excited about the further development of this new program! Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like more information.
Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Sara A. Griesbach, PharmD, BCPS
Marshfield Clinic
1000 North Oak Avenue
Marshfield, WI 54449
griesbach.sara@marshfieldclinic.org
1-800-472-2363 or 715-221-9820
Fax: 715-221-7880
Program Coordinator
LaVonne Krasselt
Marshfield Clinic
1000 North Oak Avenue
Marshfield, WI 54449
Phone: 1-800-472-2363 or 715-221-9818
Fax: 715-221-7880
E-mail: krasselt.lavonne@marshfieldclinic.org
