Pharmacy Residency
Marshall University School of Pharmacy & King’s Daughters Medical Center
PGY-1 Residency Program
Program Design
The residency is a 12-month, ASHP-accredited, post-graduate program that begins around July 1 annually.
Location: Ashland, Kentucky
Core Rotations (5 weeks each):
- Advanced illness management
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Internal medicine
- Medication safety
- Emergency medicine/ambulatory care
Program Completion Requirements
- Participation in ASHP mid-year conference
- Present at Eastern States Regional Residency Conference
- Completion of year-long research project
- Medication use evaluation(s)
- 2 ACPE-approved CE presentations
- Midyear clinical meeting project/poster
- Two (2) ACPE approved continuing education presentations for the hospital
- Complete teaching certificate program (MUSOP)
Elective Rotations (5 weeks each):
- Academic
- Cardiology
- Emergency medicine
- Gerontology
- Oncology
- Repeat a core rotation
Staffing Requirements
- Residents will staff in the central pharmacy every third weekend, every other Friday, and every other holiday.
About King’s Daughters Medical Center
- 465-bed community hospital located in Ashland, Kentucky
- Provides services in cardiology, neurosciences, intensive care, open heart surgery, nephrology, orthopedics and more
- Services the greater Ashland area, and the majority of eastern Kentucky and southeastern Ohio