Pharmacy Residency (Ambulatory) – Duluth, MN

Build on your pharmacy school education, gain clinical experience, and grow as a professional while you enhance clinical and leadership skills at Essentia Health. The Essentia Health Pharmacy Residency Program in Duluth, Minnesota, is focused on ambulatory care within a health-system and can help prepare you for a career in patient-focused pharmaceutical care.

PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

Accredited since 2006, by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), in collaboration with the University of MN, Essentia Health has taken steps to internalize our residency program and is working to meet national standards for quality and obtaining accreditation.

Upon completing your residency, you’ll be qualified for:

A pharmacist clinician role within an ambulatory care setting
A community-based pharmacist role with emphasis in clinical care
An adjunct faculty position at a college of pharmacy
Postgraduate year two (PGY2) training in a focused area of practice

Be Part of the Care Team

Benefit from opportunities to collaborate with members of Essentia Health while you work with members of the Pharmacy, Primary Care and Medical Specialty teams to provide safe, efficient, cost-effective patient care, including:

Medication Therapy Management and Comprehensive Medication Reviews
Disease State Management
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Hyperlipidemia
- Osteoporosis
- Tobacco Cessation
- Opioid Tapering and Discontinuing
Transitional Care Management
Contracted Payer Registry Management

Orientation

Start your pharmacy residency with a comprehensive orientation, including:

New hire orientation
Electronic health record (EHR) system training (EPIC)
Introduction to Residency Learning System (RLS) and PharmAcademic
Pharmacy processes and dispensing practices
Pharmacist competency completion and review

Pharmacy Rotations

Build your skills as a practicing pharmacist during rotation assignments that span a variety of departments at Essentia Health-Duluth.

Required Rotations

Build foundational skills through core clinical rotations:

Ambulatory Care
- Family Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Duluth Family Medicine Clinic – Medical Residency Program
Transitions of Care

Elective Rotations

Explore your interests and a variety of specialties during elective rotations. Select electives in:

Ambulatory Care – Focused Chronic Disease Management
Population Health
Transitions of Care / Meds-To-Beds
Specialty Pharmacy
Anticoagulation
Antibiotic Stewardship
Retail Pharmacy Services
Acute Care
Administration

Longitudinal Rotations

Participate in ongoing learning experiences throughout your residency year with longitudinal rotations in:

Education and precepting
Drug information
Pharmacy administration and leadership
Research in coordination with the Essentia Health Institute of Rural Health
Staffing

Teaching Experience

Get experience as an instructor during a semester as a teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota Duluth College of Pharmacy.

Research & Learning Experiences

Take advantage of weekly protected research time to complete a research module—a structured, collaborative opportunity to learn and apply principles of academic research.

Develop the skills to provide comprehensive, unbiased, evidence-based medication information as you:

Participate in a research module through the residency research program
Build a drug monograph or drug class review
Complete a medication-use evaluation (MUE)
Participate in clinical and quality improvement projects
Provide drug therapy information to pharmacy staff and other health care professionals through journal clubs, case presentations, and discussions
Help develop policies to standardize practices and improve medication use safety
Serve on a variety of committees (e.g. medication safety, quality improvement, etc)

Staffing Opportunities

Apply your pharmaceutical knowledge and distribution skills by practicing as a pharmacist during regular shifts at an Essentia ambulatory pharmacy with opportunity to consider casual shifts if desired.