At Palmetto Health, we have offered an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists-accredited residency program in pharmacy practice since 1972.
Our program is housed at Palmetto Health Richland, a 649-bed regional teaching hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, that treats patients from every county in the state. We currently offer two PGY1 pharmacy residencies and PGY2 pharmacy residencies that focus in critical care, infectious diseases and pediatrics.
Graduates of each of our residencies are experienced in short-term research, and excel in their ability to teach other health professionals and those in training to be health professionals. They also acquire the experience necessary to exercise leadership and management skills for pharmacy in the health system.
PGY1 residencies
Our PGY1 residencies are designed for students to become general practitioners and fully-integrated members of the interdisciplinary pharmacy, able to make medication recommendations in a variety of clinical settings. Training focuses on developing abilities to understand a wide range of diseases and disorders that occur in many patient types.
PGY2 residencies
Our PGY2 residency programs are designed to transition PGY1 graduates into practitioners in a specialized practice, meeting the needs of specific patient populations. Our programs equip graduates with the ability to make complex medication recommendations in their respective patient population.