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Please email Katie M. Hayes, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist and Pharmacy Residency Program Director.
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital accepts four residents each year for a Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency Program, three in the acute care track and one in the ambulatory care track. Our PGY1 residency program offers a strong foundation of core rotations complemented by a wide variety of electives, ensuring a well-rounded clinical experience. Residents will conduct and present research as well as have an opportunity to receive a teaching certificate and a leadership certificate. Preceptors tailor the program to meet residents’ individual goals.
The mission of the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital PGY1 pharmacy residency program is to develop capable, confident, and independent pharmacists through impactful learning experiences led by preceptors that challenge, inspire, and support residents.
For additional information, please contact Katie M. Hayes, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist and Pharmacy Residency Program Director at (605) 755-0212 or khayes@monument.health.
How to Apply
All resident positions are offered through the ASHP Resident Matching Program. Applications are accepted from November through January, and applicants are selected for onsite interviews in January and February. Interested candidates should apply through the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service. A full list of application requirements can be found on the ASHP Online Residency Directory.
Rotations and Competencies
Required Competency Areas
- Patient Care
- Advancing Practice and Improving Patient Care
- Leadership and Management
- Teaching, Education and Dissemination of Knowledge
Required Rotations (both tracks)
- Orientation
- Ambulatory Care
- Adult Medicine Selective (Critical Care or Internal Medicine II)
- Infectious Disease Selective (Infectious Disease or Antimicrobial Stewardship)
- Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics/Neonatology
Required Longitudinal Experiences
- Drug Information
- HIV Clinic
- Management
- Research Project
- Staffing
Elective Rotations
- Administration
- Antimicrobial stewardship or ID (if not completed)
- Cardiology (ambulatory care)
- Cardiology (inpatient)
- Emergency medicine
- Endocrinology
- Evening ICU
- Family medicine ambulatory care
- Home infusion/home care
- Internal medicine II
- Medication safety
- Nephrology
- Nuclear
- Oncology
- Psychiatry
- Specialty pharmacy
- Surgical ICU/OR
- Teaching certificate (longitudinal)
- Leadership certificate (longitudinal)
Other elective experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability.
Program Highlights
- Acute care and ambulatory care track
- Elective teaching certificate
- Elective leadership certificate
- Competitive salary
- Weekly residency meetings
- Penicillin skin testing service
- Student precepting opportunities
- Opportunities for publication and multiple presentations
- Private office space
- Every third weekend staffing in both decentralized and centralized roles
- Four weeks of project time dispersed throughout the year
- PGY2 residency programs specializing in critical care and oncology