Pharmacy Residencies

Pharmacy Residency Overview

Residencies “provide the knowledge and experience that pharmacy practitioners need to face challenges in today’s complex healthcare environment while also providing essential skills to meet the practice demands of the future,” according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

There are two residency types: Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) and Post-Graduate Year 2 (PGY2).

PGY1 residencies are broad, enhancing a student’s Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) with additional training across various pharmacy practice areas.

Some students may complete PGY1 residencies before workforce entry. For those seeking specialized expertise, PGY2 residencies concentrate on fields like ambulatory care, cardiology, emergency medicine, endocrinology, infectious diseases and oncology.

How to Secure a Residency

Residencies are highly competitive, and to give yourself the best opportunity to “match” with your residency of choice, you will want to start planning early in your professional years.

The ACPHS Residency and Fellowship Committee is an excellent resource if you are interested in a residency or considering the possibility.

The committee works closely with other groups at the College to educate students about postgraduate opportunities and prepare them for successful placement into postdoctoral residencies or fellowships. Programming and events overseen by the committee include:

• An annual residency symposium
• CV review opportunities
• Residency panel discussions
• One-credit professional elective on residency preparation

PGY2 Residencies with ACPHS

ACPHS offers PGY2 residency training programs in ambulatory care, cardiology, endocrinology and primary care. Graduates of our PGY2 residencies currently hold clinical pharmacist and pharmacy-practice faculty positions at institutions around the country.

Residents in these PGY2 programs are also eligible to complete the ACPHS Teaching and Learning Certificate program, developed for residents seeking additional skills and experiences to help launch careers in academia.

Ambulatory-Care Residency

The PGY2 Ambulatory-Care Residency includes delivery of clinical services in public health at the ACPHS Collaboratory, rheumatology at the Center for Rheumatology, and nephrology at Dialysis Clinic Inc. Core learning experiences include outpatient primary care, rheumatology, nephrology and hypertension, public-health pharmacy, academia/teaching and research/scholarship.

Cardiology Residency

The PGY2 Cardiology Residency offers distinctive clinical experiences delivering clinical cardiovascular care to patients at Capital Cardiology Associates and Albany Medical Center. Core learning experiences include structural heart clinic, cardiac rapid-care unit, pharmacotherapy consult clinic, lipid-management clinic, diagnostic test/imaging, cardiac care unit, cardiopulmonary services, academia/teaching and research/scholarship.

Geriatric Pharmacy Residency

The PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Residency is a one-year postgraduate program designed to develop leadership skills and provide training and experience in various areas of geriatric practice, research, teaching and service. The resident will care for older adults across multiple practice settings and at various levels of care.