The PGY1 Pharmacy – Aurora Health Care Metro, Inc. residency program allows you to become a confident clinical pharmacist providing care to a diverse patient population in a large, tertiary care and referral hospital that emphasizes teaching. You also have opportunities to spend time in ambulatory clinics and at a smaller hospital. Your program is customized, and direct patient care, professional development, and leadership are emphasized.
Candidates interested in pursuing PGY2 training and/or careers as clinical pharmacists in the acute and/or ambulatory care setting are encouraged to apply.

Primary site

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Wisconsin’s largest private hospital, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center is a premier destination for world-class patient care, treating patients from all 50 states and worldwide. It’s internationally known for expertise in heart care and oncology. Aurora St. Luke’s also offers exceptional specialty care in areas such as critical care, abdominal/cardiothoracic transplant and neurosciences, and houses the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic.

Additional sites

Aurora Sinai Medical Center
A teaching hospital located in downtown Milwaukee, Aurora Sinai Medical Center offers unique experiences including neonatal/perinatal care, internal medicine and intensive care.

Aurora St. Luke’s South Shore
A community hospital located on the shore of Lake Michigan in Cudahy and a short drive from Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Aurora St. Luke’s South Shore offers unique opportunities for residents.

Aurora Psychiatric Hospital
Child, adolescent, adult and older-adult services are provided on an outpatient, partial-hospital, residential and inpatient basis at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital, located in Wauwatosa, WI.

About Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Aurora Health Care, Metro, Inc.

Wisconsin’s largest private hospital, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center is a premier destination for world-class patient care, treating patients from all 50 states and worldwide. It’s internationally known for expertise in heart care and oncology. Aurora St. Luke’s also offers exceptional specialty care in areas such as critical care, abdominal/cardiothoracic transplant and neurosciences, and houses the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic. Additional sites: Aurora Sinai Medical Center A teaching hospital located in downtown Milwaukee, Aurora Sinai Medical Center offers unique experiences including neonatal/perinatal care, internal medicine and intensive care. Aurora St. Luke’s South Shore A community hospital located on the shore of Lake Michigan in Cudahy and a short drive from Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Aurora St. Luke’s South Shore offers unique opportunities for residents. Aurora Psychiatric Hospital Child, adolescent, adult and older-adult services are provided on an outpatient, partial-hospital, residential and inpatient basis at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital, located in Wauwatosa, WI. The PGY1 Pharmacy – Aurora Health Care Metro, Inc. residency program allows yo...u to become a confident clinical pharmacist providing care to a diverse patient population in a large, tertiary care and referral hospital that emphasizes teaching. You also have opportunities to spend time in ambulatory clinics and at a smaller hospital. Your program is customized, and direct patient care, professional development, and leadership are emphasized. Program highlights Residents gain experience in drug policy, administration and direct patient care (including medicine, surgery, critical care and cardiology), and customize their residency by choosing elective experiences based on individual needs and interests. Ambulatory care: Clinics including family medicine, anticoagulation, transplant, oncology, heart failure, population health and more Critical care: Cardiovascular ICU, cardiac ICU, solid organ transplant, cardiothoracic transplant, surgical ICU, medical ICU, neuro/neurosurgical ICU, neonatal ICU, operating room services and emergency medicine Drug-use policy: Medication use evaluation, formulary evaluation and management, drug information, development of clinical policies and procedures, drug policy, medication safety and investigational drug service Medicine: Infectious diseases, internal medicine, cardiac medicine, surgical medicine and psychiatry services Oncology: Extensive inpatient and outpatient oncology services, including stem cell transplant and numerous clinics Pharmacy informatics: Evaluation and development of technology applications; understand how P&T, formulary changes, policy and safety/operational initiatives impact pharmacy IS team; learn the basic roles, skills and functions of the Willow, automation and affiliated IT teams Practice management/administration: Budgeting, personnel management, financial management, development and implementation of services Orientation: Computer systems, drug distribution, personnel, policies, patient care, work flow and department structures Clinical teaching: Precepting pharmacy students, teaching certificate option Professional development: Year-long residency project, learning experience projects, in-services, staffing, visits to other institutions, professional organizations, teaching and precepting, accredited continuing education presentations, interviewing/recruiting, medication safety experiences, preparations for accreditation and more

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