PGY1 Acute Care Pharmacy Residency
Welcome to the UC San Diego Health PGY1 Acute Care Pharmacy Residency Program! On behalf of UC San Diego Health, I would like to thank you for your interest in our PGY1 Acute Care residency program. We offer a great residency with fantastic preceptors and an impressive number of elective opportunities. Our program is designed to provide you with a variety of learning environments, patient populations, disease states, acuity, teaching opportunities and projects - all to help develop your clinical knowledge, skills, independence, and confidence.
One of our goals is to provide you with professional growth that maximizes your marketability for future employment in academic or community hospital settings, PGY2 opportunities, and academic/management endeavors. You will be able to choose from many electives in your area of interest or explore new areas that may grab your attention. The required and elective rotations will help you develop your skills and knowledge which you will be able to apply to any area of practice, including patient care, time management, prioritization, communication, utilization of resources and disease management, all in a supportive, nurturing, intellectually stimulating academic health care system.
Program Summary
Residents will both benefit from and enjoy the longstanding and collaborative nature of our medical and surgical interdisciplinary teams in providing evidence-based patient care. A major strength of our program is our knowledgeable and dedicated preceptors who serve as amazing clinicians, teachers and mentors. Residents will develop skills that will allow them to help optimize the health outcomes of patients. Our amazing team and I are committed to helping our residents achieve their highest professional potential as active, responsible, and vital members of the health care team while thoroughly enjoying the residency experience.
Resident Positions Available
12 new residents are accepted each year
Stipend
The current annual stipend is $75,168.
Beginning Date
Approximately July 1
Pharmacist Intern License
Matched residents must be licensed Pharmacist Interns in the State of California prior to July 1.
Pharmacist License
Matched residents must be licensed Pharmacists in the State of California within 120 days of the start of the residency program.
Application Deadline
January 2 of each calendar year
Virtual Showcase Date
11/7/2024, 4-6 p.m. PST
Virtual Interview Dates
2/4/2025, 2/6/2025, 2/11/2025, 2/13/2025
Application Procedure
Applicants must participate in the ASHP Match and apply using PhORCAS.
Letters of Recommendation/Reference:
Three letters are required. At least two of the references must be from preceptors who can directly comment on clinical and practice skills.
Letter of Intent:
A supplemental application will be required in lieu of a letter of intent (link below). A letter of intent is not required for this program. Please upload a blank page to the "letter of intent" section of PhORCAS.
Preview Supplemental Application Questions
The supplemental application survey will no longer accept responses starting 12 a.m. PST on Jan. 3, 2025.
Overview of Acute Care Pharmacy Residency
Program Contact
Paricheh (Peach) Azimi, PharmD, BCPS
PGY1 Acute Care Pharmacy Residency Director
pazimi@health.ucsd.edu
Christopher Smith
Residency Coordinator
cjs002@health.ucsd.edu
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Residency Program Purpose
The purpose of the UC San Diego PGY1 Residency program is to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.