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Abbott Northwestern Pharmacy Practice Residency

The residency program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital prepares residents to practice as pharmacists in health-system pharmacy settings.

Specifically the practice develops the resident’s confidence in providing patient care; develops confidence in practice management; and requires the resident to complete an approved project.

Number of residency positions: Four

Six core outcomes of Abbott Northwestern's PGYI residency:

• Medication use process
  
• Patient-centered care
  
• Leadership and management
  
• Project management
  
• Education/training
  
• Medical informatics
  

Rotations offered:

Acute Care Rotations:

• Cardiology
  
• Critical Care (60 ICU beds)
  
• Infectious Disease
  
• Internal Medicine
  
• Mental Health
  
• Nephrology
  
• Neurology
  
• Oncology
  
• Solid Organ Transplant

Ambulatory Rotations:

• Hospice
  
• Infectious Disease and International Travel Clinic

Management Rotations:

• Clinical Management
  
• Director Management
  
• Operational Management
  
• Systems Formulary
  

Benefits:

• financial support to attend the following meeting

  -MSHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
  -ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
  -MSHP Annual Meeting
  -Midwest Residency Conference
  

• local educational meetings
• single coverage medical, dental and vision insurance
• 25 days of paid-time-off for vacation, holiday or sick days
• office space
• access to on-line resources

Staffing:

• 52 shifts as a pharmacist (average of 4 shifts per 4 week schedule, 13 schedules)
• three holidays are included in the 52 shifts

Requirements:

• doctor of pharmacy degree
• eligibility for Minnesota licensure by September 1

Application Process:

• enrollment in national matching service
• three letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae, college transcript and a letter of intent
• on-site interviews to invited applicants in January and February
• interview/meetings with the program director, preceptors and staff pharmacist
• 20-minute presentation

Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Pharmacy Residency Program
800 E. 28th St.
Mail Route 11004
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-863-7545