Residency Programs

PGY-1 Residency Program

The PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program teaches residents to care for patients in the hospital and ambulatory settings. There are five resident positions within this program. Required rotations include a four-week management rotation as well as:

• Internal Medicine

• Cardiology

• Nephrology

• Critical care (MICU or SICU)

• Ambulatory care (Transplant Clinic, Cancer Center, Medicine Clinic or HIV clinic).

Elective rotations include infectious disease, surgery/ neuroscience, toxicology, emergency medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics (NICU/ PICU/ Peds), burn, evening cardiology/nephrology, evening surgery, evening internal medicine, evening critical care, and transitions of care 

Residents will attend and participate in leadership and management meetings, submit and monitor adverse drug events, write department newsletters, prepare and participate in journal clubs and teach/ precept pharmacy students. Residents will contribute to departmental staffing by working two holidays, staffing every other weekend, covering the clinical on-call pager and participating in codes while on rotation and within their specified code month.

PGY-1 Ambulatory Residency Program

The PGY-1 Ambulatory Pharmacy Residency Program teaches residents to care for patients in the ambulatory clinic and community pharmacy settings. There is one resident position within this program. Required rotations include:

• Direct Patient Care

• Research

• Teaching at the University of Minnesota

Elective rotations include a variety of primary care and specialty care ambulatory practices.  Resident and program director will collaborate to find the best collection of these patient care experiences to meet the learning goals of the resident. 

Residents will attend and participate in leadership and management meetings, submit and monitor adverse drug events, write and edit pharmacy department newsletters as well as teach/ precept pharmacy students. Residents will contribute to departmental staffing by working two holidays, staffing every fourth weekend and working in a blocked format for a total of 2 months during the residency. 

PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency Program

The PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency Program teaches residents to be clinically and professionally competent practitioners in all phases of solid organ transplantation. There is one resident position within this program. Required rotations include longitudinal practice leadership, research and academia as well as:

• Inpatient and Ambulatory Kidney Transplant 

• Inpatient Heart Failure/ Heart Transplant and Ambulatory Heart Transplant Clinic (Abbott Northwestern Hospital)

• Liver Transplant (Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota)

• Nephrology

• Transplant Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement

Elective rotations include lung transplant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, transplant infectious disease and transplant specialty pharmacy services.  

Residents will attend and participate in monthly Transplant Quality Meetings,  complete formal peer-review for journal manuscripts and actively participate in the transplant pharmacy community through AST Pharmacy Community of Practice. Additionally the PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant Resident will teach and precept pharmacy students and PGY-1 Residents. This resident will contribute to departmental staffing by working every fourth weekend on the decentralized clinical medicine or transplant/ nephrology service as well as staffing three weeks throughout the year to increase autonomy as a practitioner. 

PGY-2 Critical Care Residency Program

The PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program teaches residents to become clinically and professionally competent critical care practitioners. There are three resident positions within this program. Required rotations include:

• Surgical Intensive Care (3 rotations, 4 weeks each)

• Medical Intensive Care (3 rotations, 4 weeks each)

• Medication Safety

• Emergency Medicine (6 weeks)

Elective rotations include cardiology, burn, infectious disease, kidney transplant, nephrology, pediatric/ neonatal intensive care, poison center toxicology and neurocritical care/ stroke.  

Residents will participate in critical care book club and journal club, provide lectures to interdisciplinary staff and the pharmacy department as well as teach, precept, and mentor pharmacy students and PGY-1 Residents. Residents will contribute to departmental staffing by working at least two holidays, staffing every third weekend in the ICU, covering the clinical pager and participating in codes while on rotation and within the specified code month.

PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Program

The PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Residency at Hennepin Healthcare is designed to develop clinical pharmacy specialists skilled in emergency medicine, prepared to practice in diverse and fast-paced settings. Residents will gain expertise in managing critically ill and acutely ill patients through active participation in direct patient care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and specialized training in emergency medicine pharmacotherapy across diverse practice settings.

As a leading Level I Trauma Center, safety-net hospital, and essential teaching institution in Minneapolis, Hennepin Healthcare offers a unique training environment. Residents will benefit from exposure to a high-acuity patient population, innovative care practices, and extensive training opportunities. Key experiences include practice within one of the busiest emergency departments in the Midwest, the Minnesota Regional Poison Center, and pre-hospital care with Hennepin Healthcare Emergency Medical Services. The program focuses on delivering patient-centered care, developing advanced clinical decision-making skills, and enhancing teaching and precepting abilities.

We are excited to welcome our inaugural residency class for the 2025-2026 class. Additional program details will be announced soon!

PGY-2 Internal Medicine Residency Program

The PGY-2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program advances inpatient and ambulatory clinical skills with emphasis placed on direct patient care experiences in both of these settings. There are two resident positions within this transitions of care program. Required rotations include a longitudinal management rotation as well as:

• Internal Medicine (26 weeks)- alternating weeks between inpatient medicine and Coordinated Care Clinic 

  • Internal Medicine I – General Medicine emphasis (7 weeks)

  • Internal Medicine II – General Medicine w/discharge counseling emphasis (6 weeks)

  • Internal Medicine III – Hospitalist emphasis (6 weeks)

  • Internal Medicine IV – Cardiology with precepting emphasis (7 weeks)

• Cardiology Consults

• Infectious Disease

• Transitions of Care

Elective rotations include burn, oncology, pediatrics, psychiatry, toxicology, nephrology, medical intensive care, family medicine, Positive Care (HIV) clinic, specialty pharmacy, kidney transplant and evening medicine. 

Residents will actively participate in ambulatory and inpatient committees, provide lectures to interdisciplinary staff and the pharmacy department as well as teach, precept, and mentor pharmacy students and PGY-1 Residents. The PGY-2 Internal Medicine Residents will contribute to departmental staffing by working three holiday days, staffing every third weekend in the decentral clinical setting, covering the clinical on-call pager and participating in codes within the specified code month.

PGY-1/2 Health System Administration & Leadership Pharmacy Residency Program

The PGY-1/2 Health System Administration and Leadership Residency Program teaches residents to be clinically competent pharmacy leaders in the hospital, ambulatory and community pharmacy settings. This is a two-year program with one resident position each  year.  Residents will meet the requirements of a PGY-1 residency and a PGY-2 HSPAL residency and obtain a Master’s Degree in Social and Administrative Pharmacy  through didactic coursework at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. Required rotations include teaching, research and supervisory management as well as:

• Health System Pharmacy Administration & Management

• Ambulatory Pharmacy Practice Management

• Medication Safety & Medication Safety Management

• Clinical Practice Management

• Finance/ Budgeting & Financial Management

• Pharmacy Business Management

• Clinical PGY-1 Core Rotations (medicine, nephrology, cardiology, ambulatory care, critical care)

Elective rotations include poison center management, informatics, specialty pharmacy management, clinical ambulatory care, critical care in the MICU or SICU, psychiatry, infectious disease, pediatrics, surgery, toxicology, burn and academia.

Residents will contribute to departmental leadership activities through committee work, P & T participation and formulary management, financial analyses, procedure and policy updates, medication class reviews, technician supervision and teaching/ precepting pharmacy students and residents. HSPAL Residents will contribute to departmental staffing by working two holidays annually, staffing every other weekend during the first year and every fourth weekend during the second year, covering the clinical and managerial pager and participating in codes while on rotation and within the specified code month.