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CHPRB Accredited Programs

The Ottawa Hospital
501 Smyth Road
Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6

Director: Mario Bedard
Director of Pharmacy
Phone: 613-737-8345
Fax: 613-737-8891

Coordinator: Céline Corman
Chief Clinical Pharmacist

Contact: Céline Corman
Phone: 613-737-8345
Fax: 613-737-8891


RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Type: General
Focus:
Established in: 1972
# Positions: 5
Application deadline: as set by HPRFO
Starting date: Mid-June or July
Est. stipend: $30,000 per annum

Vacation/holiday leave: 2 weeks

Education/conference leave: 1 week

Program highlights: Program is designed to provide basics of hospital pharmacy practice with patient orientation.  Major emphasis is placed on services particular to hospital: Clinical Pharmacy, Drug Information, Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Clinical Toxicology. Program exposes resident to all varieties of drug problems: therapeutic, pharmaceutic, administrative and toxicological. Resident is continually confronted with problem situations and expected to respond and assist in their resolution. Effective communication of therapeutic drug knowledge in the clinical setting is a major emphasis.

Required Rotations: General Medicine (3+3 weeks), Intensive Care Unit (4 weeks), Infectious Diseases (3 weeks), Hemato/Oncology (3 weeks), Cardiology or Nephrology (3 weeks), Administration (1 week), Drug Distribution (3 weeks), Drug Information (4 weeks) and 3 selective rotations of 3 weeks in length each from a choice of 12 clinical specialties.  

Elective Rotations : 3 weeks allotted

Minimum required credentials: Eligible for licensure within Canada

ORGANIZATION

Type: Tertiary care, teaching hospital
Number of beds: 1178
Sites: General Campus, Civic Campus, Riverside Campus, Heart Institute, The Rehabilitation Centre, Regional Cancer Centre

Affiliation: University of Toronto (for residency program), University of Ottawa

2010/2011 Residents:
Russell Christie
Lacey DeVreese
Amanda Jacques
Mike Innes
My-Linh Nguyen

2009/2010 Residents:
Janet Chow
Tiffany Nguyen
Michelle Pittman
Rabiah Siddiqui
Jason Wentzell

2008/2009 Residents:
Emily Corber
Dana Kennedy
Lindsay Lord
Catherine Radkowski
Mary Kate Wedge