About Our PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program

To be considered for a PGY1 residency position at Memorial Hospital of South Bend, the following criteria must be met:

• Attending or graduated from an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy at time of application
• Eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in Indiana
• Memorial Hospital participates in the national match and uses PhORCAS (Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service) for all applicants. Required materials to be submitted by January 1 include:
  • A letter of intent
  • Curriculum vitae
  • College of pharmacy transcripts
  • Three professional letters of recommendation

Memorial Hospital of South Bend currently offers two positions in our pharmacy residency program.

Memorial Hospital’s residency learning experiences are designed to help residents develop the necessary skills for providing optimal pharmaceutical care to patients in a variety of care settings. The resident’s first rotation will be spent orienting and training with the drug distribution components of the Department of Pharmacy Services.

Required Concentrated Learning Experiences

1. Ambulatory Care
2. Critical Care
3. Internal Medicine
4. Medication Safety

Required Longitudinal Rotations

1. Drug Information/Education
2. Inpatient Staffing/Drug Distribution
3. Pharmacy Practice Management/Policy
4. Residency Research Project

Elective Concentrated Learning Experiences
(may select five to complete the year)

1. Decentralized Clinical Pharmacy with Specialized Focus
2. Emergency Medicine
3. Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
4. Informatics
5. Oncology
6. Outpatient Anticoagulation
7. Pediatrics
8. Surgery
9. Trauma
10. Population health
11. Critical Care II
12. Emergency Medicine II
13. Informatics II
14. Oncology II

Resident staffing commitments are approximately every fourth weekend with four hours one weekday per week and may involve centralized or decentralized order entry/verification and/or clinical services. Residents may be expected to respond to hospital emergencies, such as codes, etc.  ACLS training is provided.

Residents will serve as preceptors for pharmacy students on clinical clerkships. Optional participation in a pharmacy residency teaching certificate program is also available.

Presentations to pharmacy staff will occur frequently, as will presentations at Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and subcommittee meetings. Residents are required to present the results of his/her residency research project at the Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference.

Each resident is expected to attend the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference.  Financial allocation is provided by Memorial Hospital for the associated educational expenses as well as for the optional teaching certificate program above.

Applicants must hold or be in the process of obtaining a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy. Applicants must be licensed to practice pharmacy in Indiana by August 31st.

The hospital provides residents with one white lab coat for use within the hospital.

Salary compensation is $50,000.00. Each resident receives 10 days of vacation/personal leave for the year; six paid holidays will also be provided.

The hospital recognizes six (6) holidays annually. These include: New Year’s Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving and Christmas. Residents who work a holiday may choose another day to take off with approval.

Residents are provided a wireless laptop computer.

The hospital will provide each resident with a discounted Adult Physical Fitness Membership at Beacon Health & Fitness. Membership includes use of a weight room, lap pool, stationary bicycles, rowing machines, racquetball courts and aerobics classes. Family members age 14 and older qualify to be part of family memberships at a discounted rate.

The hospital will provide each resident and his/her spouse and dependent children up to age 26 with a group medical, dental and vision insurance plan.

The hospital’s general liability insurance policy provides coverage for each resident while he/she is acting within the scope of his/her hospital duties. The resident is also insured for medical practice activities performed outside the scope of the residency program (i.e., “moonlighting”) only if the activity is within Beacon Health System.

The hospital will provide life insurance to each resident. Coverage will be 1x his/her annual salary.

Residents have the opportunity to purchase low-cost term life insurance up to $500,000 in increments of $10,000. Amounts over $250,000 require a health statement. The resident has the opportunity to purchase life insurance for the family. Spousal coverage can be purchased in $5,000 increments up to one half of the amount purchased for the resident. Coverage for dependent children is in the amount of $10,000.

The resident is eligible to contribute on a before-tax basis to a 403(b) account from his/her pay.