BWH Pharmacy Residency

Overview

Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), located in Boston's Longwood Medical Area, is an 800-bed nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Mass General Brigham. BWH has consistently been recognized as a top hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The Department of Pharmacy provides services to inpatient, outpatient, and satellite clinic locations. The department is regarded as an innovator and leader in medication safety technology, clinical information systems, and clinical pharmacy services at the local and national level.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital's residency training program provides organized and directed pharmacy training in tertiary academic medical center. The program centers on creating a caring and compassionate environment that promotes respect and dignity for every person. The program develops the knowledge and skills of the resident in various areas including: medication therapy management, leadership, communication, practice management, critical thinking, time management, clinical research, and teaching. The program offers the resident the opportunity and stimulus to develop, to the highest degree obtainable, their professional expertise as a practitioner.

All programs listed below are currently ASHP-accredited.

A Brigham resident is a pharmacist, first and foremost, and is expected to contribute to the achievement of the Department of Pharmacy’s mission and vision statement, as well as the annual strategic plan. This will be achieved through participation in designated residency projects, activities, and successful completion of the program objectives.

Efforts to provide optimal training and guidance for the resident will be extended whenever possible to the mutual satisfaction of the resident and the preceptor teams. A demonstrable desire to learn, a sincere career interest in pharmacy practice, and a dedication to fully meeting all objectives and requirements of the residency program are expected of the resident.

Requirements

• The resident must have graduated from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy and be eligible for licensure in the state of Massachusetts.
• International residents must have a valid work VISA to complete the full residency year.
• An occupational health appointment is required prior to the start date, which requires immunization records and placement of a PPD test.
• All residents are required to attend Human Resources orientation or an Office of Sponsored Staff orientation prior to the scheduled start date.
• As a minimum requirement for employment, the resident must obtain licensure as a pharmacist with the state of Massachusetts within the first 120 days of residency.

Curriculum

The BWH residency programs are all a minimum of 52-week programs that provide diverse rotations in many areas of specialization to offer experience in the provision of adult patient-centered care. The scheduling of resident rotations includes a combination of required and elective rotations to ensure that the resident is exposed to a variety of patient populations, medications, disease states, range of complexity, and interdisciplinary team members.

For PGY1 residents, no more than three months of the program can be with a specific patient population or practice area. Residents will be allowed time in the various areas as the schedule permits.

All PGY1 and PGY2 residents will complete a required program-specific orientation learning experience outlining expectations, program structure and responsibilities.

External residents will complete additional departmental training. This introductory training experience will prepare the resident to perform the job functions as required as a pharmacist in the department. This will also serve to provide administrative insights into the provision of pharmacy services within the hospital and to contribute to perspectives for subsequent participation in clinical and/or administrative project activities

How to Apply

Requirements for Acceptance

• Candidate must be a graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)-accredited Doctor of Pharmacy degree program
• Eligible for licensure in the state of Massachusetts
• A US citizen or visa
• See Program Information for additional requirements

Please complete the following through PhORCAS (Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized application):

Please see program-specific requirements in the individual program links.