The PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at Penn State Hershey offers a flexible design to accommodate the needs of each resident in a dynamic academic medical center to develop exceptional clinical pharmacists prepared to accept employment in a variety of critical care settings. PSHMC consists of a level 1 trauma center in which the emergency department provides services for greater than 75,000 visits and 30,000 patients are admitted to the hospital each year.  Penn State Children’s Hospital features the region’s highest level neonatal and pediatric intensive care units.

Pharmacy residents in our program are immersed in patient care pharmacotherapy and teaching opportunities. Project management and presentation skills are emphasized throughout the program. Our program has an emphasis on surgical/anesthesia critical care but offers a wide variety of rotation opportunities.

Required learning experiences: Surgical/trauma Critical Care, Anesthesia Critical Care, Medical Intensive Care Unit. Emergency Department, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Required longitudinal experiences: Clinical On-Call including ACLS code response, Pharmacy Student and Resident Precepting, Hospital Pharmacy Practice (staff every 3rd weekend in the ED or as decentralized ICU pharmacist), ACPE Presentation, MUE, Research Project

Elective learning experiences: Heart and Vascular Intensive Care, Advanced Infectious Diseases, Neonatal Critical Care, Neuroscience Critical Care, Advanced Adult Oncology, Cardiology

All application materials are required to be submitted via PhORCAS by 1/10/25.

All applicants must be graduates of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy who have graduated from or anticipate graduating from an ASHP accredited PGY1 residency program prior to the initiation of this PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency

All candidates must be eligible for licensure to practice pharmacy in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Applications must include the following:

• Letter of intent
• Curriculum vitae
• Official copy of your college transcript
• Three professional references on the standard PhORCAS form 

Please address the following points within your letter of intent:

• Your interests and reason for pursuing Critical Care residency training
• Your strengths and areas for improvement
• Your leadership experience
• Extracurricular activities
• Your career goals for the next 5 years

About Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Pharmacy residents in our programs (6 PGY1 pharmacy residents, 2 PGY2 critical care residents, 1 PGY-2 resident each in pediatrics and oncology) are immersed in patient care pharmacotherapy opportunities consisting of several different practice areas in one location. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (PSHMC) is a large, tertiary care acute teaching hospital. PSHMC consists of a level 1 trauma center in which the emergency department provides services for greater than 75,000 visits and 30,000 patients are admitted to the hospital each year. Penn State Children’s Hospital features the region’s highest level neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. Additionally, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute promotes multidisciplinary approaches to cancer care.

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