Frequently Asked Questions

Required Rotations

• Anticoagulation
• Cardiology
• Critical Care Unit
• Internal Medicine
• Management
• Orientation
• Primary Care
• Progressive Care
• Renal Transplant (acute and ambulatory)

Longitudinal Rotations

Project management: Each resident is expected to complete at least two major projects in conjunction with department and/or medical center priorities. Projects will be presented at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, regional residency conference, and local meetings.

Leadership: The program provides ample opportunity for professional development, leadership and management training.

Medication Safety: Residents will be engaged in various activities (longitudinal, concentrated or rotation) that support the organization's commitment to putting the patient first and to delivering the best possible care.

Teaching Experience: Residents serve as preceptors for pharmacy students, provide monthly education sessions for staff, and have the opportunity to provide in-services.

Staffing: Residents are required to staff every other weekend. Residents are required to staff some holidays.

We accept three PGY1 residents each year.

Our residents have their own shared office space next to the central pharmacy and clinical office area. Each resident has his or her own personal workspace computer with dual screens.

Each PGY1 resident will staff every other weekend and one major and minor holiday.

Our PGY1 residency program starts on June 16, 2023.

As a teaching facility, residents will have the opportunity to serve as a preceptor for APPE, IPPE, and University of Washington P1 and P2 pharmacy students throughout the year.

Residents have the option of enrolling in the ASHP Teaching Certificate.

No, for certain ambulatory care rotations, residents will travel to other Virginia Mason regional medical centers.