Our Residency Programs

St. Vincent’s Pharmacy Residency Programs are accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Our programs are designed to facilitate the development of new pharmacists into competent practitioners able to provide patient-centered pharmaceutical care. 

Our programs are designed to foster the residents’ ability to work in multidisciplinary teams, develop leadership skills, and become lifelong, self-directed learners. The foundation of these programs is built upon Hartford HealthCare’s core values of Caring, Safety, Equity, Excellence, and Integrity.

Inpatient Learning Experiences

SVMC Required Learning Experiences:

  • Orientation (6 weeks) 
  • Infectious Diseases I (4 weeks) 
  • Critical Care I (4 weeks) 
  • Emergency Medicine I (4 weeks)
  • General Medicine I (4 weeks) 
  • Leadership I (4 weeks)
  • Oncology I (4 weeks)
  • Psychiatry I (4 weeks) 
  • Transitions of Care (4 weeks)

SVMC Elective Learning Experiences:

  • Critical Care II ( 4 Weeks)
  • Emergency Medicine II (4 weeks)
  • General Medicine II (4 weeks) 
  • Leadership II (4 weeks)
  • Oncology II (4 weeks)
  • Outpatient Pharmacy (4 weeks) 
  • Psychiatry II (4 weeks) 

HHC Elective Learning Experiences:

  • Ambulatory Care (4 weeks)
  • Neonatal ICU (4 weeks)
  • Pain Management (4 weeks)
  • Solid Organ Transplant (4 weeks)
  • Toxicology (2 weeks)

Longitudinal Learning Experiences:

  • Continuing Education Presentation (4-8 weeks)
    • Residents prepare and present an hour ACPE accredited program; this is a requirement to complete the Teaching and Learning Certificate.
  • Drug Monograph Review and Presentation (4-8 weeks)
  • Hope Charitable Pharmacy (half a day monthly x 12 months)
  • Medical Mission (12 weeks)
  • Medication Use Evaluation (10 months)
  • Project (12 months)
  • Staffing (12 months/44 shifts minimum)
    • Every other weekend
      • Compensation day will be the Monday after the weekend
      • Holidays (1 Major, 1 Minor)
  • Teaching & Learning (12 months)
    • Residents participate in learning modules designed by the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy. One day each quarter PGY1 residents from across HHC meet together to review, teach, and discuss these sessions using active learning principles.

Community-Based PGY-1 Residency Program

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Learning Experiences

Block Learning Experiences, required:

  • Orientation (5 weeks)
  • Population Health (2-4 weeks)

Longitudinal Learning Experiences, required: 

  • Community Pharmacy Practice/Staffing (11 months)
    • Every third Saturday for a 4-hour shift
    • PTO shifts for staff pharmacists
  • Transitions of Care I (Fall, 4 months)
  • Transitions of Care II (Spring, 4 months)
  • Hope Charitable Pharmacy (Spring, 4 months)
  • Practice Management & Leadership (11 months)
  • Research Project (11 months)
  • Teaching and Learning (11 months)
  • Anticoagulation Clinic (Fall or Spring, 4 months)
  • Ambulatory Care (Fall or Spring, 4 Months)
  • Medical Mission (Fall, 4 months)

*Residents may be required to travel to affiliated sites within the Hartford Healthcare System for certain learning experiences

Elective Opportunities:

  • Electives may be devised at the discretion of the RPD to fit the individual needs of the resident, as appropriate to the services and activities available.