Riverside Pharmacy Program Riverside Pharmacy Practice Residency Program Riverside Pharmacy Administration Residency/M.S. Program Riverside Pharmacy Residents

24 months / ASHP Accredited

Admission requirements

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy
• Eligibility for licensure to practice pharmacy in the State of Ohio

  The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy
  77 S. High St., 17th Floor
  Columbus, OH 43266
  (614) 466-4143

• Acceptance in the Masters Program at The Ohio State University Graduate Program
• A 3.0 cumulative grade point average (on a 4 point scale)
• Letter of Intent, Curriculum Vitae, Supplemental Application, OhioHealth Application, Official Transcript and three letters of recommendation due by January 2, 2009.

Salary/benefits

• $37,000 resident stipend yearly
• Waiver of university tuition and fees
• Gratis meals and on-site covered parking
• Drug information subscriptions 
• Extensive time away pay equivalent to a full-time employee
• Travel allowance including registration fees to the ASHP Midyear meeting and Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference
• OhioHealth corporate discounts

Health insurance

• Optional full medical insurance packages through OhioHealth medical plans

Resident responsibilities

• Work commitment every third weekend
• Work one of three summer holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, or Labor Day)
• Work one of three winter holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's)
• Rotate through an administrative on-call system
• Work seven night shifts (overnight) throughout both years of residency

Academic responsibilities

• Majority of didactic work finished in the first year
• Second year is essentially a PGY1 with an emphasis on pharmacy administration
• Completion of Master's project
• Experiential Training site for The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy and Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy

Residency phases

• First year
  • Orientation to the medical center, 4-6 weeks of training in central pharmacy operations, training with decentralized pharmacists, computer order entry, chemotherapy order entry, checking chemotherapy medications, TPN order entry, kinetics etc.
  • Project management: administrative responsibilities  
• Second year
  • Twelve months of administrative and clinical rotations

Residency rotations available (2nd year)

• Clinical Pharmacy Rotations: Intensive Care Unit, General Medicine/Medical Intermediate Care Unit, Cardiac Critical Care, Neuroscience, and various administrative rotations
• Longitudinal Rotations: Ambulatory Patient Care including Family Practice, Anticoagulation, or Heart Disease Management; Leadership, Drug Information/Drug Policy Development and Monitoring, and Committee Involvement (i.e. P&T)

Additional information

• American Society of Health-System Phamacists

To request an application please contact:

David W. Benner, PharmD
Masters of Health-Systems Pharmacy Administration Resident
Riverside Methodist Hospital
3535 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, Ohio 43214
Office phone: (614) 566-5454
Fax: (614) 566-5850
Email: dbenner2@ohiohealth.com