The PGY1 Community-Based residency program at SwedishAmerican allows the resident to experience a wide range of practice areas including Specialty Pharmacy, Outpatient Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care, Pharmacy Management, Administration, Pharmacy Precepting, Community Outreach and Informatics. Our various outpatient clinics focus on Diabetes Management, Medication Management, Oncology, Hypertension and Anticoagulation.  Specialty areas include, but are not limited to, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, HIV, Hepatitis, Hyperlipidemia, Growth Hormone, Asthma, Psoriasis, Hemophilia and Psoriatic Arthritis. 

UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital is a 357-bed, full-service, non-profit hospital serving the greater Rockford region, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. SwedishAmerican is also a teaching hospital that hosts the University of Illinois College of Medicine's residency program. Clinical pharmacists are assigned to each floor of the hospital, specialty pharmacy, outpatient pharmacy, cancer center, primary care clinics and the pharmacist managed anticoagulation clinic.

Program Website: https://careers.uwhealth.org/pharmacy-residency-programs-uw-health-northern-illinois/

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences:

• Community Outreach
• Community Pharmacy Project
• Patient Centered Dispensing
• Pharmacy Precepting
• Specialty Pharmacy
• Teaching Certificate (Optional)

Required Monthly Learning Experiences:

• Administration
• Anticoagulation Clinic
• Diabetes & Medication Management
• Hypertension Clinic
• Informatics
• Oncology
• Pharmacy Management

Elective Monthly Learning Experiences:

• Gastroenterology
• Headache
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Transitions of Care

Program Information:

• Number of Positions: 2
• Start Date: Last week of June
• Staffing/Clinical Pharmacy Services: One day a week and every other weekend
• Annual Stipend: $52,200

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision available
• Professional travel reimbursement
• Free parking

Program Requirements:

• Pharm.D. degree from an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy
• Current licensure from State of Illinois (or eligible for Illinois licensure)
• US Citizen or permanent resident of the United States

Required Residency Activities:

• BLS/ACLS certification
• Hospital committee involvement
• Grand Rounds
• Implement a new or improve an existing pharmacy service
• Complete a medication use evaluation (MUE)
• Create a poster suitable for ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• Present resident project at a Regional Pharmacy Resident Conference
• Teaching Certificate (optional)

 Application Process: The following must be received in PhORCAS

• Letter of Intent
• Curriculum Vitae
• Three letters of reference
• Official pharmacy school transcripts

Application Information:

• Application Deadline: 01/8/2025
• ASHP Program Listing

Program Contact: 

Ellyn Chwistek, Pharm.D., CSP

Specialty Pharmacist, PGY1 Community-Based Residency Program Director

UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital

1401 E. State Street

Rockford, IL 61104

Phone: (779) 696-1146

Fax: (815) 962-9755

echwistek@uwhealth.org

About UW Health Northern Illinois SwedishAmerican Hospital

Welcome to UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital. Serving greater Rockford, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, UW Health in northern Illinois features a major 357-bed acute care hospital and free-standing outpatient cancer center in Rockford, a medical center in Belvidere, a network of 30 primary care and multi-specialty clinics and the region’s largest home healthcare agency. Located in the heart of Rockford, our flagship -- SwedishAmerican Hospital -- is a 357-bed, full-service hospital that is home to more than 400 active and courtesy staff providers, encompassing over 40 different specialties to care for your family. 12 counties Number of counties that our patients come from throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. 357 inpatient beds Number of inpatient beds at our flagship hospital, UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford. 1911 building starts The year when donation of a single dollar launched the construction of a Swedish hospital in Rockford. From that one dollar donation, SwedishAmerican grew to a health system that serves hundreds of thousands of patients every year. 2015 partnership The year in which SwedishAmerican became a partn...er of UW Health, making it more convenient for patients from northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin to receive care from doctors at UW Health, one of the nation’s leading academic health systems.

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