Pharmacy staff daily huddle meeting
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Q: How long has Hartford Hospital had a pharmacy residency program?
A: We have been an ASHP-accredited program since 1985.
Q: Do you prefer candidates from CT?
A: No, over the last ten years, only about half were from CT. We have accepted residents into our program from all over the continental United States.
Q: When does the residency start?
A: For the 2026-27 residency year, residents will start on Monday, June 29, 2026
Q: Do I need a CT pharmacist license?
A: Yes, all residents need to be licensed before starting their residency year.
Q: What learning experiences are required?
A: The residency program offers a broad range of required learning experiences. Our required learning experiences include pain management, infectious diseases, general medicine, ICU, hospital pharmacy management, and research.
Q: What elective learning experiences are available?
A: The residency program offers a broad selection of electives for residents to develop a wide breadth of experiences. Our offered electives include emergency medicine, inpatient anticoagulation, oncology, solid organ transplant, academia, toxicology, ambulatory care, and oncology management. Additional opportunities may be available based on resident interest and preceptor availability.
Q: What are the strengths of your program?
A: The pharmacy department and residency program have a long-standing history of collaboration with the physician staff and other members of the healthcare team. There is a very open and receptive working relationship that has led to numerous collaborative practice agreements and the creation of multiple interdisciplinary rounds where pharmacists play an integral role. The residency program also has close relationships with multiple schools of pharmacy which present opportunities for precepting students and didactic teaching experiences.
Q: What teaching and precepting opportunities are available?
A: Each resident presents a one-hour ACPE-accredited CE program. In addition, residents lead journal clubs for pharmacy students and faculty and have opportunities throughout the year to facilitate a pharmacy practice lab and/or teach a class at the University of Connecticut College of Pharmacy or St. Joseph School of Pharmacy and Physician Assistant Studies. Residents will also serve as secondary preceptors to students during learning experiences. Other educational opportunities include participation in weekly educational in-services to pharmacists, as well as education of other healthcare team members such as nurses, advanced practitioners, and physicians.
Q: Does the residency program offer a teaching certificate?
A: Yes, residents are required to complete the teaching certificate program offered online through the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy. Residents meet quarterly with fellow residents from across HHC to teach and learn about key topics such as writing exam questions, managing conflict, and assessing performance.
Q: Do residents have the opportunity to publish their research?
A: Yes, our residents are highly encouraged to publish their research. The following articles are examples of publications by our residents:
- Dansereau A, Marti K, Mah, J, Pugliese N. Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of peripheral vasopressors to decrease central line placement and associated bloodstream infections. J Infect Prev. 2024:25:153-60.
- Marti K, Rochon C, O’Sullivan D, et al. Evaluation of a multimodal analgesic regimen on outcomes following laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy. Clinical Transplantation. 2021;00:e14311.
- Buckheit D, Lefemine A, Sobieraj, and Hobbs L. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Underweight Hospitalized Patients. Clin and Appl Thrombosis/Hemostasis. 2021:27:1-6.
- Stamps H, Linder K, O’Sullivan D, et al. Evaluation of cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in low and intermediate risk kidney transplant recipients receiving lymphocyte-depleting induction. Transpl Infect Dis. 2021;00:e13573.
- Bilinskaya A, Linder KE, Kuti JL. Plazomicin: an intravenous aminoglycoside antibacterial for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 2020;18:705-20.
Q: Where do residents work after completion of your residency program?
A: The majority of our residents have pursued either a second year of post-graduate residency training or toxicology fellowship, PGY2 positions in Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Critical Care, and Emergency Medicine, or secured positions as inpatient clinical pharmacists.
Q: Can you describe the pharmacy?
A: The pharmacy, located on the 13th floor of Hartford Hospital, just opened a new 797 and 800 compliant clean room. There are adequate facilities for all pharmacy operations, a separate general sterile products preparation area, a separate cancer chemotherapy prep area, and office/conference areas for all staff.
Q: Do the residents have their own office?
A: Yes, there is a private office dedicated to the residents, which is located within the same building as the clinical specialists. Also, each resident has access to a personal office computer and phone.
Q: Do residents have access to convenient parking and other services in this hospital?
A: Yes, free parking is available in a nearby hospital parking lot/garage. Residents also have free access to the hospital’s Fitness Center and white coat laundering services.
Q: What are the staffing responsibilities?
A: Residents work in the central pharmacy every third weekend and evening shift every three weeks. They are also required to work one overnight shift and two holidays as part of service responsibilities.
Q: How much vacation is available?
A: Each resident receives 20 paid days off, including holidays, separate from professional leave to attend ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Spring Residency Conference, and other professional meetings and activities.
Q: How are residents evaluated?
A: Throughout the year, residents are evaluated by the residency program director, their rotation preceptors, and conduct self-evaluations. Hartford Hospital uses the standards set forth by ASHP for selection of goals and objectives. The residency plan, goals, and objectives are individually selected for each resident based upon their needs and interests at the beginning of the year, and are periodically revisited throughout the program. During rotation experiences, residents have a combination of formal and informal feedback opportunities with their rotation preceptor, and also meet regularly with the residency director.
Q: Does Hartford Hospital offer any PGY-2 residencies?
A: Yes, there are PGY2 residents, one each in the following areas: ambulatory care, critical care, emergency medicine, HSPAL, infectious disease, and oncology.
Q: How are rotations and research projects chosen?
A: Residents will receive a list of research projects and rotation options during the first weeks of the residency. Residents will be required to rank their choices based on interests, and RPD will accommodate their choices as preceptors are available.