Pharmacy Residency Program: Pain Management

Pain and Palliative Care Specialized Residency

General Information:
The Department of Pharmacy at The Johns Hopkins Hospital offers a Specialized Residency in Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacy Practice. This one-year program is designed to provide advanced training in clinical pharmacy practice focusing on patient care, clinical research and education in pain and palliative care.

The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins provides a multidisciplinary environment, focusing on education, research, and quality patient care. This residency is designed to develop the competencies necessary to provide pharmaceutical care to patients with acute and chronic pain. The focus of this experience will be primarily on malignant related pain and other palliative care symptoms, but experience in various pain syndromes will be attained. A multidisciplinary approach to inpatient and outpatient pain management is emphasized.

Application Process
Pre-requisites: Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited school or college; and completed a Pharmacy Practice residency and have equivalent hospital experience prior to enrolling into the program. Application materials include letter of intent; current curriculum vitae; 3 letters of professional recommendations; and official college transcripts.

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