The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at St. Luke's Magic Valley is a 12-month program that develops expertise and competency in providing clinical care to a wide variety of patients. The residency accommodates three PGY1 residents and has 6-week learning experiences that provide the residents the opportunity to precept APPE students in adult medicine.
Our pharmacy department utilizes a centralized/decentralized clinical staffing model, a centralized sterile IV preparation area compliant with USP 797, extensive pharmacy automation, an anticoagulation clinic, an outpatient infusion center, and ambulatory pharmacy services.
Residents are required to staff every third weekend (Friday–Sunday) and one major holiday during the year. This includes six observational weekend shifts during orientation and 36 weekend shifts at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center. There are some additional responsibilities during the Rural Health learning experience at that site. This provides the opportunity to incorporate what they are learning into daily practice and to be fully competent in all areas of the pharmacy. They are also eligible to staff additional shifts at full pharmacist wages (moonlighting) once they are trained and able to work independently.
ASHP requires that residents complete one major project and at least one minor project during the year. The major project will be presented as a poster at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and as an oral presentation at the Mountain States Pharmacy Residency Conference at the end of the year. A final written manuscript of the major project is also required. Our residents also complete a minor project during the leadership learning experience and will provide a one-hour CE presentation to nursing, pharmacy or to providers.
Staff from the Idaho State University College of Pharmacy facilitate the completion of a formal teaching certificate program. Residents attend monthly meetings with the other PGY1 pharmacy residents in the Boise area where they teach and discuss topics necessary to complete the teaching certificate.
Historically, about half of our PGY1 residents accept a full-time clinical pharmacist position with St. Luke's at the completion of their PGY1 program year. The others have taken positions in PGY2 programs. ambulatory settings, academic medical centers, and other acute care health system positions. St. Luke's strives to keep each of our PGY1 residents as permanent clinical staff pharmacists at the completion of their PGY1 year, however, this is always dependent on the availability of open positions.
Dallin D. Poulsen, PharmD, MBA/HSA
Cell: (507) 206-8087
Email: [email protected]
The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency conducted by St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls is accredited by ASHP.