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. We accept four residents yearly.

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
• Mid-year 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