HealthEast Care System offers three Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) pharmacy practice residency programs, with one resident for each of the following hospital sites: St. John's Hospital, Bethesda Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital. Each hospital site has unique characteristics to which the resident can focus to their career interests. HealthEast residents have the benefits of experiencing the unique specialties of all three hospitals, building valuable professional networks and utilizing shared resources across the health system.

Bethesda Hospital PGY1 Residency 130-bed long term acute care hospital Complex patients with severe injuries and illnesses Alzheimer’s and brain injury clinics

St. John's Hospital PGY1 Residency 184-bed acute care community hospital Inpatient and outpatient oncology services Emergency care

St. Joseph's Hospital PGY1 Residency 401-bed acute care hospital National Brain Aneurysm/Stroke Care Awarded “Top 50” in Cardiovascular Care Mental Health and Addiction Care

HealthEast PGY1 residents work together across the health system

• Practice management and leadership
• Health system and site based committee involvement
• Medication safety
• Involvement in state and national pharmacy organizations

Resident benefits

• Competitive stipend
• Health benefits 
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Personal workspace with PC or laptop
• Financial support for national, state and local pharmacy meetings 
• Electronic resources and on-campus libraries
• Statistician assistance from HealthEast Research and Education

Accreditation

St. Joseph’s PGY1 pharmacy residency is ASHP accredited. However, due to remodeling our current HealthEast PGY1 pharmacy residency program from a system-wide residency to site-specific residencies, Bethesda and St. John’s are currently seeking ASHP accreditation.

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