Residency Programs

General

Name: Industrial Pharmacy Residency Program
Provider: Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Description: Core rotations in a number of pharmaceutical company departments to give broad exposure to industrial pharmacy; also includes major project to develop skills in research/investigation and report preparation/writing. Elective portion enables development of specialty areas of interest.

Venue/format: Participating sites: partnering pharmaceutical companies
Length/start date: Three to six months for core rotations and project completion, plus six months for elective activities, starting between Sept. 1 and Oct. 1

Remuneration: $39,900 (general residency)
Contact: Diana Becevello
Assistant to Industrial Pharmacy Residency Coordinator
Phone: 416-978-2880
Email: dean.phm@utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.phm.utoronto.ca/residency/iprp.html

Last updated October 2009

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National

Name: Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Residency Board
Provider: Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists
Description: Residency Matching Service: A matching service for all Canadian residency programs. All hospital pharmacy residency programs offer the following rotations, although emphasis and organization of the program varies among hospitals:

• direct patient care
• drug information and literature evaluation
• practice management and drug use control
• drug distribution and intravenous admixtures
• communication and research

Venue/format: Participating sites across Canada
Length/start date: Varies according to site
Remuneration: Varies
Contact: Gloria Day
CHPRB/Awards Administrator
Phone: 613-736-9733 ext. 231
Email: gday@cshp.ca
Website: http://www.cshp.ca/programs/residencyTraining/programsinfo_e.asp

Last updated October 2009

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Specialty

Name: Industrial Pharmacy Residency Program
Provider: Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Description: Program focuses on one or two areas of industrial pharmacy, for example: reimbursement; health economics; government relations; medical information. (Note: areas of specialization will change yearly, not all areas are available in any given year.)

Venue/format: Participating sites: partnering pharmaceutical company
Length/start date: 12 months on site with participating pharmaceutical company, starting between Sept. 1 and Oct. 1
Remuneration: $41,800 (specialty)
Contact: Diana Becevello
Assistant to Industrial Pharmacy Residency Coordinator
Phone: 416-978-2880
Email: dean.phm@utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.phm.utoronto.ca/residency/iprp.html

Last updated October 2009

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Alberta

Name: Alberta Hospital Pharmacy Residency Programs
Provider: Individual Hospital or Health Regions
Description: Series of mandatory core rotations, plus elective clinical rotations, plus a major project
Venue/format: Participating sites: Alberta Cancer Board; Calgary Regional Health Authority; Capital Health; David Thompson Regional Health Authority

Length/start date: 52 Weeks
Remuneration: Stipend provided (varies)
Contact:
Email: ccox@pharmacy.ualberta.ca
Website: http://www.pharmacy.ualberta.ca/residency/ or http://cshp.ca/programs/residencytraining/index_e.asp

Last updated October 2009

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Manitoba

Name: : Pharmacy Practice Residency Program
Provider: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Description: : Emphasizes “learning through experiencing” in drug distribution, pharmaceutical care, professional practice/personal management; core rotations plus elective rotations.

Venue/format: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Length/start date: 12 months full-time, or 24 months part-time
Remuneration: Stipend of approximately $30,000
Contact: Dr. Donna Woloschuk
Regional Pharmacy Manager-Education
Email: dwoloschuk@hsc.mb.ca
Website: http://www.wrha.mb.ca/prog/pharmacy/residency.php

Last updated October 2009

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Nova Scotia

Name: Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program
Provider: Dalhousie University, College of Pharmacy, Halifax, N.S.
Description: Includes clinical rotations in patient care areas and drug information centre; also includes pharmacy administration and research project. Students receive a residency certificate from the University, and the program is noted on their academic transcript.

Venue/format: Participating sites 2010-2011: Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, N.S.; The Moncton Hospital – New Brunswick Regional Health Authority B; Saint John Regional Hospital – New Brunswick Regional Health Authority B

Length/start date: 12 months, starts in June
Remuneration: Stipend provided (varies)
Tuition: Fee of approx. $1,600 to Dalhousie University
Contact: Harriet Davies
Regional Residency Coordinator
Phone: 902-494-3464
Email: Harriet.Davies@dal.ca
Website: http://pharmacy.dal.ca/residency/

Last updated October 2009

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Ontario

Name: Ontario Hospital Pharmacy Residencies
Provider: Hospital Pharmacy Residency Forum of Ontario and Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Toronto
Description: See individual hospitals for program details
Venue/format: Contact school for 2009 participating sites
Length/start date: 12 months, starting July
Remuneration: Stipend provided (varies)
Website: See individual hospital listings at http://www.cshp.ca

Last updated October 2009

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Quebec

Name: Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program
Provider: Université de Montréal, Faculté de Pharmacie
Description: In-class teaching, clinical clerkships in specialties and research project
Venue/format: Participating sites 2009: CHUM; Sacré-Coeur de Montréal; Ste-Justine; Maisonneuve-Rosemont; Cité de la Santé Laval; Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke; McGill University Health Center; Jewish General Hospital

Length/start date: 16 months, starting May
Remuneration: $30,000 with an obligation to work two years in a hospital in Quebec
Contact: Gilles Leclerc
Coordinator, Pharmacy Residency Program
Email: gilles.leclerc@umontreal.ca
Website: http://www.cshp.ca/programs/residencyTraining/accreditedPrograms/umontreal_e.asp

Last updated October 2009

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Name: Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program
Provider: Université Laval, Faculté de Pharmacie, Quebec City
Description: Emphasis on clinical, drug information and practice foundation skills. Academic courses in first trimester, mandatory plus optional rotations, plus residency project.

Venue/format: Participating sites 2009: L'Hôtel Dieu de Québec; Hôpital St-François d’Assise; CHUL; Hôpital l’Enfant Jésus; Hôpital St-Sacrement; Institut universitaire de cardiologie et pneumologie de Québec; et l'Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis

Length/start date: 16 months, starting in May
Remuneration: Stipend of approximately $30,000
Contact: Céline Brunelle
Residency Coordinator
Phone: 418-656-2131 ext. 4213
Email: celine.brunelle@pha.ulaval.ca
Website: http://www.cshp.ca/programs/residencyTraining/accreditedPrograms/ulaval_e.asp

Last updated October 2009

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Saskatchewan

Name: Saskatchewan Hospital Residency Program
Provider: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Description: Series of mandatory core rotations, plus elective clinical rotations, plus a major project.
Venue/format: Participating sites 2009: Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region; Saskatoon Health Region
Length/start date: 12 months
Remuneration: Stipend provided (varies)
Contact: David Blackburn
Saskatchewan Hospital Pharmacy Residency Coordinator
Phone: 306-966-2081
Email: d.blackburn@usask.ca
Website: http://www.cshp-sk.org/residency.html

Last updated October 2009

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