Pharmacy Residency Program
RWJBarnabas Health offers an American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)-accredited PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacy practice residency programs. Residents are given the opportunity to work in interdisciplinary care teams to enhance their skills in evidence-based, patient-centered medication management, and to perform pharmacy practice research that is presented at ASHP’s Midyear Meeting and at the Eastern States Residency Conference. Learning experiences are offered in the following areas:
- Administration
- Ambulatory Care
- Cardiology
- Community Outreach
- Critical Care
- Drug Information
- Emergency Medicine
- General Hospital Pharmacy
- Hospital Dispensing/Staffing
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Oncology
- Pediatrics
- Transplant
As of 2018, each RWJBarnabas Health facility offers the following number of PGY-1 pharmacy residency positions per year:
- Barnabas Health Behavioral Health: One
- Clara Maass Medical Center: Two
- Community Medical Center: Two
- Jersey City Medical Center: Two
- Monmouth Medical Center: Two
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center: Two
- RWJUH New Brunswick: Two
- RWJUH Somerset: Two
- Saint Barnabas Medical Center: Four
As of 2018, each RWJBarnabas Health facility offers the following number of PGY-2 pharmacy residency positions per year:
- Behavioral Health Center: One - Psychiatry
- Community Medical Center: One – Critical Care
- Corporate Pharmacy: One - Ambulatory Care
- Saint Barnabas Medical Center: One - Geriatrics
Additionally, the following sites serve as primary training locations for the listed Rutgers University PGY-2 Programs:
- Monmouth Medical Center: One - Neuropsychiatric
- RWJ New Brunswick: Two - Emergency Medicine
- RWJ New Brunswick: Two - Drug Information
- Saint Barnabas Medical Center: One - Pediatrics
The Pharmacy Enterprise in the past 5 years has retained more than 33 residents representing a 42% retention rate.