The residency year consists of 12 consecutive months of required, elective, and longitudinal learning experiences. Required rotations are generally four to six weeks in duration, whereas longitudinal rotations may be as short as three months and long as twelve months.
Core Rotations
- Orientation (6 weeks)
- Critical Care (6 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine (6 weeks)
- Infectious Diseases (6 weeks)
- Internal Medicine I (6 weeks)
- Internal Medicine II – Teaching Focus (6 weeks)
- Pharmacy Administration (5 weeks)
Elective Rotations (Choose 2)
- Sterile Compounding Management (4 weeks)
- Pharmacy Informatics (4 weeks)
- Medication Safety (4 weeks)
- Drug Use Policy at the Mass General Brigham Center for Drug Policy (4 weeks)
- Infectious Diseases II (4 weeks)
- Critical Care II (4 weeks)
- Repeat a core rotation
- Others upon discussion (pending preceptor availability)
Longitudinal Experiences
- Pharmacy Service (48 weeks, approximately 32 hours per month): Central pharmacy staffing coverage every other weekend and holiday coverage (one major holiday, two minor holidays)
- Residency Projects (52 weeks, including one week dedicated project time)
- Teaching and Presentations (52 weeks, approximately 4 hours per month)
- Medical Emergency Response (46 weeks, alternating week coverage)
- Medication Use Evaluation (20 weeks, project-driven)
- Institutional Drug Use Policy (46 weeks, approximately 4 hours per month)
- Community Health
Other Activities
- IV Admixture Training
- New England Postgraduate Pharmacy Teaching and Learning Seminar with MCPHS – Worcester
