Leia Gaddis

Leia Gaddis serves as the Designee for Parkview Health’s six pharmacy residency programs, overseeing a broad spectrum of responsibilities that support program excellence and resident success. She coordinates all phases of the residency lifecycle, from onboarding and orientating, scheduling learning experiences for ten to twelve residents, precepting longitudinal experiences, to spearheading recruitment initiatives—including showcase planning, application review, and candidate interviews.

Leia chairs several integral committees, including the Acute Care Preceptor and Ambulatory Care Preceptor Residency Advisory Committees (RACs), the Preceptor Development Committee, and the Residency Programs Governance Committee. Through this work, the committees and members drive strategic alignment, continuous program improvement, and a strong culture of preceptor excellence across the pharmacy education spectrum.

Leia also develops the annual pharmacy residency programs budgetary items including the annual CMS funding submission to applicable programs, coordinates conference and educational activities, and supports pharmacy research and quality improvement projects.

Reasons for selecting this career path:
I have a passion for education from academia to experiential. Pharmacy residency program coordinator merges the passion for teaching and precepting with the practicalities of being a health system pharmacist and plays to the post graduate education I received in my two-year Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership program.

Professional Interests:

• Experiential education of students and residents
• Preceptor development and mentorship
• Health system pharmacy workforce development, recruitment, and retention
• Governance and quality assurance of pharmacy school and postgraduate education

Interest in serving on the NPF Executive Committee:
I served on the NPF Career and Leadership Development Advisory Committee (CLDAG) for two years, first as a workgroup lead and then as the committee chair. In my last year of NPF, I would like to give back to all the resources, development, and service I received by serving on the NPF Executive Committee and help shape the future for new practitioners.

Benefits of being involved in ASHP as a New Practitioner:
The resource center has a plethora of excellent content. From clinical pearls to precepting gems, I highly recommend exploring the New Practitioner Resource Center.