Community Pharmacy Residency Program

Residency Program Director
Yvonne LeBlanc, PharmD, MBA
Pharmacy Clinical Programs Manager
Johns Hopkins Home Care Group
5901 Holabird Avenue, Suite A
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-288-8061
communityres@jhmi.edu

Our Program

The PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency at Johns Hopkins Home Care Group is a 12-month full-time curriculum.  The Johns Hopkins Home Care Group operates seven outpatient pharmacies between three hospitals within the Johns Hopkins Health System, a vertically integrated, multi-institutional system for medical service delivery, in support of patient care, education, and research missions. The seventh outpatient pharmacy is scheduled open in the New Critical Care Towers of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in April of 2012. 

The program will emphasize the development of advanced practical skills needed by community pharmacy practitioners concentrating on enhancing existing clinical services and implementing pharmacy practice programs. The experience is individualized to each resident to develop clinical, analytical, teaching, and leadership skills.  Residents will have opportunities to provide patient care services including medication therapy management, immunizations, and specialty compounding.  The residents will work in a collaborative environment with exposure to diverse clinical specialty areas, including solid organ transplant, infectious disease, geriatrics, oncology, and psychiatry.  Opportunities to precept students and provide Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) programs are available.

Collaboration with providers in an integrated health system will be emphasized through trans-disciplinary care to improve patient outcomes.

There are seven outpatient pharmacy locations across three campuses of the Johns Hopkins Health System at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and Howard County General Hospital Medical Pavilion. The Johns Hopkins Outpatient Pharmacy team has expertise in a variety of specialty areas including oncology, HIV/AIDS, pain management, solid organ transplant, and specialty compounding. Our pharmacies offer a complete inventory of standard, specialty, and over-the-counter medications.

Application Process

Candidates must be a graduate from an accredited College of Pharmacy and eligible for Maryland licensure. Interest applicants should submit the following to the Residency Program Director via postal or electronic mail:

1. Letter of Interest
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Three Letters of Recommendation
4. Academic Transcript

Following receipt of the application, qualified candidates will be invited for an on-site interview. All materials must be received electronically or postmarked by January 9, 2012. We participate in the ASHP Resident Matching Program.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Will you be at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting?

A:  Yes, there will be representatives from the Johns Hopkins Community Pharmacy Residency Program at the Midyear Clinical Meeting in New Orleans, LA.  We will be at The Johns Hopkins Hospital booth (#4251) during the residency showcase on Monday, December 5, 2011 from 1:00 pm -4:30 pm.  We will also be conducting interviews at Personnel Placement Services (PPS) and would welcome interviews to get to know you better.

Q:  Can you tell me more about your program?

A:  The Johns Hopkins Home Care Group Community Pharmacy Residency program is a 12-month curriculum that provides residents with extensive training opportunities. Two applicants will be accepted into our 2012-2013 community pharmacy residency program.

Q: What clinical and specialized services does your department offer?

A:  We offer clinical services in HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, geriatrics, medication therapy management, and immunizations. Areas of specialized services offered by Johns Hopkins Outpatient Pharmacy include solid organ transplant, infectious disease, geriatrics, oncology, psychiatry, and specialty compounding.   

Q: How are residents evaluated?

A: Residents receive a list of goals and objectives at the beginning of each rotation. At the end of the concentrated rotations, they meet with their preceptor to review their performance.  For longitudinal rotations, residents review their performance with their preceptor quarterly.  A report assessing residents is prepared based on ASHP’s Residency Learning System (RLS). On a quarterly basis, the director of the residency program provides residents with an evaluation of their progress based on preceptors’ comments.

Q: Is research required?

A: Residents are required to design, conduct, and evaluate a major project related to an aspect of pharmacy practice during the residency year.

Q: What types of presentations are required?

A: Residents are required to deliver one ACPE-accredited continuing education presentation. They also must provide in-services to the pharmacy teams throughout the year depending on the rotation.  In addition, residents present the results of their major project to the preceptors before presenting the results at the regional residency conference: the Eastern States Residency Conference.

Q:  Is staffing required?

A: Consistent with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Commission on Credentialing standards, the Hopkins residency experience is primarily a practical, rather than didactic or classroom experience.  Practice skills are developed throughout the program in all aspects of pharmaceutical care.   Residents will staff in the pharmacy one second shift during the week and every third weekend. 

Q: What is the salary?

A: A resident’s stipend is $46,100.

Q: Is funding available for residents to attend professional meetings?

A: Monetary funding will also be available for residents to attend selected professional meetings.

Q: Do residents receive vacation time?

A: Residents receive a comprehensive benefits package, including health care, dental, eye care, vacation and sick days during the residency year.

Q: Do residents have library privileges?

A: Residents have access to the William H. Welch Medical Library located on the Johns Hopkins’ East Baltimore Medical campus.  One of the largest medical libraries in the country, the Welch Library houses medical literature in all fields of teaching, patient care and research represented at Hopkins.  It contains more than 267,000 bound volumes as well as an extensive audiovisual collection.

Q: Is office space available to residents?

A: Residents are provided with office space and computers.

Q: Do residents have parking privileges?

A: There are several parking options from which residents may choose.