The purpose of the residency are to prepare the post Pharm D. graduate to provide pharmaceutical care to diverse populations, communicate effectively with patients and providers, to perform ongoing self assessment and development, and to possess management and leadership skills to function effectively. The residency training meets the standards established by ASHP and provides a broad scope of in-depth experiences leading to an advanced level of knowledge. The 12 month residency offers an excellent opportunity for the Pharm. D. graduate who is seeking to explore many areas of interest in a dynamic organization striving to achieve clinical and administrative practice excellence. The residency, an individualized program based on mutually agreed upon goals, offers required rotations in critical care, drug information, general medicine, nutrition support, ambulatory care, medication use management and drug use evaluation, administration and infectious diseases.
Elective rotations are available in many areas.
University of Colorado Hospital is a 373 bed tertiary care center and serves as the principal teaching facility for the Schools of Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing and Dentistry at the University of Colorado. The Department of Pharmacy Services has approximately 40 pharmacists and 40 technicians on staff. Faculty members from the School of Pharmacy have active practice sites at University Hospital. The Pharmacy staff members and the faculty work collaboratively to provide high quality service in all areas. Inpatient and outpatient drug dispensing functions are fully automated, allowing pharmacists ample opportunity to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care.