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CHPRB Accredited Programs

Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone
1403 29 Street NW
Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9

Director: Dorothy George
Education and Technical Practice Manager, AHS Pharmacy Services

Coordinators:
Rhonda Roedler
Clinical Practice Leader

Deonne Dersch-Mills
Clinical Practice Leader

Contact: Rhonda Roedler
Phone: 403-944-8828
Fax: 403-944-1067
Email: rhonda.roedler@albertahealthservices.ca

Deonne Dersch-Mills
Phone: 403-955-3067
Fax: 403-955-2179
Email: Deonne.Dersch-Mills@albertahealthservices.ca

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Type: General
Focus:
Established in: 1978
# Positions: 3
App. deadline: November 01, 2010
Starting date: July 2
Est. stipend: $46,500 per annum (1/2 starting pharmacists wage)

Benefits: basic health care covered

Vacation/Holiday Leave: 10 working days

Education/Conference Leave: Assistance to a maximum grant amount – negotiated each year

Program highlights: Residents complete various rotations in the 4 urban hospitals within the City of Calgary. This multi-site program creates the opportunity to learn from a number of practitioners in a variety of settings. Rotation schedules can be adjusted to accommodate preceptor availability and resident choices. Rotations outside of Calgary may be arranged to accommodate the resident's interests

Required Rotations:

Mandatory rotations include drug information, practice management, distribution, teaching, cardiology , general medicine, critical care, and pediatrics. The residents also complete a major project.

Drug information 4 weeks
Distribution 3 weeks
Practice Management (Administration) 3 weeks
Cardiology 5 weeks
General medicine 6 weeks
Pediatrics 4 weeks
Critical Care 4 weeks  

Elective Rotations:

The residents may choose 3 optional rotations from the following list (available in Calgary), or negotiate from an external site. All are 3 weeks.

Forensic Psychiatry
Psychiatry (adult or adolescent)
Transplant/Nephrology
Oncology
Ambulatory care
Geriatrics
HIV
Palliative care
Infectious disease
Neonatal Intensive Care
Internal Medicine
Vascular surgery

Minimum required credentials: Entry to practice Pharmacy Professional Degree (eg BSC, BSP, Pharm D), and eligible for the Clinical register of the Alberta College of Pharmacists

ORGANIZATION

Type: Tertiary teaching hospitals
Number of beds: 2000
Sites: Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Children's Hospital

2011/2012 Residents
Imran Khan
Patricia Hung
Meiti Yang

2010/2011 Residents
Melanie Sunderland
Tracy Chin
Philippe Boilard

2009/2010 Residents
Mark Percy
Lesley Ing
Rachel Lim