Visit our Midyear booth to meet our residents, preceptors, and learn about the pharmacy residency program in Sothern California with exposure to >100 ICU beds, Trauma Level 1 and one of the largest Emergency rooms in the State of California!

Riverside Community Hospital (RCH) is a 517-bed teaching institution serving the Southern California community for over 110 years. Riverside Community Hospital houses >100 ICU beds, Trauma Level 1 and one of the largest Emergency rooms in the State of California. Additionally, RCH serves as a Comprehensive and Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center and is one of the largest STEMI receiving centers. Pharmacy residents will train alongside more than 200 resident physicians in 11 specialties from RCH’s Graduate Medical Education Program affiliate with the University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine.

Residents will participate in rounds and drug therapy management, precept and teach PharmD students, and provide drug information to the health care team, patient, and the patient’s family members. Residents will also participate in teaching, staff development, medication utilization evaluation (MUE) projects, protocol/pathway development, and other departmental/institutional projects. Residents will complete at least one research project. Further scholarly activity is encouraged and supported.

Resident positions: 3

NMS CODE: 285613

The residency program is designed and conducted in a manner that supports residents in achieving the PGY1 program purpose and the required educational competency areas, goals, and objectives described in the remainder of the ASHP accreditation standards for PGY1 pharmacy residency programs. 

The Riverside Community Hospital post graduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency program is a 52-week postgraduate curriculum where residents are mentored by preceptors in a decentralized practice model. Residents will participate in rounds and drug therapy management, precept and teach PharmD students, and provide drug information to the health care team, patient, and the patient’s family members. Residents will also participate in teaching, staff development, medication utilization evaluation (MUE) projects, protocol/pathway development, and other departmental/institutional projects. Residents will complete at least one research project. Further scholarly activity is encouraged and supported.

Required Learning Experiences

• Administration/Management
• Central Services
• Critical Care, Medical
• Critical Care, Surgical
• Emergency Medicine
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Orientation

Longitudinal Learning Experiences

• Quality Improvement, Project Management and Professional Development
• Staffing
• Research

Elective Learning Experiences -any two

• Trauma
• Medication Safety
• Repeat one of the below core rotations
  • Internal medicine
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Infectious disease

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Riverside Community Hospital (RCH) is a 517-bed teaching institution serving the Southern California community for over 110 years. Riverside Community Hospital houses one of the largest emergency departments and has recently been designated as a Level 1 Trauma Center. Additionally, RCH serves as a Comprehensive and Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center and is one of the largest STEMI receiving centers. Specialty services include invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures, the accredited Chest Pain Center, the Center of Excellence for Surgical Weight Loss, the Cancer Center, and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Riverside Community Hospital is a regional medical affiliate with the University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine and a referral center for higher levels of care for many different service lines. Pharmacy residents will train alongside more than 200 resident physicians in 11 specialties from RCH’s Graduate Medical Education Program. Riverside Community Hospital is part of the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) network of hospitals. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, HCA is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services which include more than 180 hospitals and 2000+ sites of care located in 21 states and the United Kingdom.

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