Pharmacy

Application deadline: January 2

Program Details

Advocate Good Samaritan’s PGY1 Pharmacy Residency provides pharmacy residents with supportive, one-on-one training to match their personal goals and interests. Our goal is to provide post-graduate training that fosters the growth of pharmacists in providing safe and effective medication management in an evolving healthcare landscape.

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, a non-profit community hospital located in Downers Grove, IL, provides a full range of services for patients in the western Chicago suburbs.

About Good Samaritan Hospital 

Required learning experiences

  • Orientation
  • General medicine
  • Medical-surgical
  • Infectious diseases
  • Emergency medicine
  • Critical care
  • Pharmacy administration
  • Virtual Pharmacy Services

Longitudinal learning experiences

  • Advocate Health Care – Teaching and Learning Certificate
  • Drug policy
  • Emergency medical response
  • Medication safety
  • Staffing
  • Year-long project

Electives* (subject to change)

  • Anticoagulation-Hematology
  • Cardiology
  • Total parenteral nutrition
  • Neuro/Trauma Critical Care

Other program information

  • Number of positions: 2
  • Benefits/Compensation:
    • Competitive salary
    • Health, dental, retirement, and life insurance available
    • Allowance for meeting expenses
    • Office space and administrative support
    • ACLS/BLS training