The PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) residency is a twenty-four month combined training program. The resident will also concurrently complete a Master of Business Administration (MBA) through Augusta University Hull College of Business.
Overview
This program has been established to train the future leaders of our profession by providing them with the tools and knowledge to lead patient-centered care in a dynamic heath care environment. The PGY1 program will focus on foundational comprehensive clinical training, with the PGY2 focused in pharmacy administration and leadership.
Program Purpose
A PGY2 health-system pharmacy administration and leadership residency builds upon PGY1 residency graduates’ competence in the delivery of patient-centered care and in pharmacy operational services to prepare residents who can assume high level managerial, supervisory, and leadership responsibilities. Areas of competence emphasized during the program include safe and effective medication-use systems, quality assurance and improvement, the management of human resources, the management of financial resources, use of technology, and advanced leadership. The residency lays the foundation for continued growth in management and leadership skills.
Upon graduation, residents are prepared for a clinical or operational management/supervisory role in a variety of work settings.
Applicants must possess a Pharm.D. degree from an ACPE-accredited college or school of pharmacy and must be eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in the State of Georgia.
About Wellstar MCG (formerly Augusta University Medical Center)
WellStar MCG (formerly Augusta University Medical Center (AUMC)) is a world-class health care network, offering the most comprehensive primary, specialty, and subspecialty care in the region. Wellstar MCG provides skilled, compassionate care to its patients, conducts leading-edge clinical research, and fosters the medical education and training of future health care practitioners.
Wellstar MCG is a 478-bed Medical Center, the Medical Office Building with more than 80 outpatient practice sites in on convenient setting, the Critical Care Center houses a 13-country regional trauma center and the 154-bed Children’s Medical Center. The health system also includes a variety of centers and units such as the Sports Medicine Center and Cancer Center.
Wellstar MCG has a mission and vision to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve and to deliver worldclass health care to every person every time. To accomplish our mission and vision, we serve with compassion, we pursue excellence, and we honor every voice.
Our physicians have the most up-to-date knowledge and training. Many of our health care professionals train the next generation of caregivers, while others con...duct pioneering research that improves medical diagnosis, treatments and technology, bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today.