The University of Toledo Health’s PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program has received $25,000 in grant funding to now support seven residents.
The University of Toledo Health’s PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program has received a $25,000 Residency Expansion Grant from the ASHP Foundation. The grant will allow the program to expand to accommodate seven residents. This expansion will give the university the ability to offer more residency positions to more qualified applicants, who in recent years have been outpacing the number of spots it had available.
According to an article on the University of Toledo’s website, Dr. Bree Meinzer, who serves as the director of the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program, was quoted as saying of the grant funding and its benefits, “The balance of four acute care residents and three outpatient residents reflects the growth of our ambulatory care services while continuing to support the needs of our hospital. It ensures we have the workforce and training capacity aligned with where healthcare is increasingly being delivered, both inside and outside the hospital. Pharmacy residents expand our ability to provide direct patient care services. Patients benefit from more comprehensive medication management, while providers gain an additional clinical resource to support high-quality care.”
The university’s PGY1 pharmacy residency is a program that provides one year of advanced training after graduating pharmacy school in order to prepare pharmacists for working in direct patient care roles. During the program, residents will work alongside physicians, nurses, and other professionals in acute care, ambulatory care, managed care, and community pharmacy settings, all while they complete research projects and develop their leadership skills.
The grant funding has allowed the program to now have space for seven residents: four in acute care and three in outpatient settings including ambulatory care, managed care, and community pharmacy. The $25,000 funding helps offset resident salary, benefits, and equipment, and helps remove the financial burden the university faces when offering these resident positions.
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