PGY1 Pharmacy - Aurora Medical Center Grafton
The PGY1 Pharmacy – Aurora Medical Center Grafton residency program allows you to be a confident clinical pharmacist providing care to a diverse patient population in a community hospital setting. Your program is customized, and direct patient care, professional development, and leadership are emphasized.
Candidates interested in pursuing PGY2 training and/or careers as clinical pharmacists in the acute care setting are encouraged to apply.
Rotation site
Aurora Medical Center Grafton is a community hospital located approximately 20 miles north of Milwaukee. Aurora Grafton provides a wide range of care to patients in the surrounding communities, including internal medicine, general and orthopedic surgery, and comprehensive heart care.
Program highlights
Residents gain experience in adult medicine, critical care, drug policy and administration among others, and customize their residency based on individual needs and interests.
- Orientation: Computer systems, drug distribution, personnel, policies, patient care, work flow and department structures
- Drug-use policy: Medication use evaluation, formulary evaluation and management, drug information, development of clinical policies and procedures, drug policy and medication safety
- Practice management/administration: Budgeting, personnel management, financial management, development and implementation of new services
- Patient care: Adult medicine, cardiology, critical care, infectious diseases and surgical medicine
- Professional development: Year-long residency project, learning experience projects, in-services, staffing, professional organizations, student precepting, ACPE continuing education presentations, interviewing/recruiting, medication safety experiences, preparations for accreditation and more
For a list of learning experiences, see program structure & completion requirements [PDF].
Residency projects
Each pharmacy resident also completes a residency project. Pharmacy residency projects are practice-based and align with the department’s strategic plan. Residents formally present their projects at a statewide conference and receive the opportunity to publish their work.
View the year-long residency projects
Meet the Residents [PDF]
Program requirements
You must complete general and program-specific requirements, including core and elective learning experiences, to graduate from your residency program.
Program structure & completion requirements [PDF]
Program interview
All pharmacy residency candidates must complete a virtual interview. Interview dates cannot be rescheduled.
Preceptors
Our program’s most important assets are our people. Becoming a pharmacist requires two key ingredients: a motivated learner and a motivated teacher. Our preceptors, with diverse backgrounds in pharmacy, are excellent role models and teachers to our learners.
Meet the Preceptors [PDF]
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