PHARMACY RESIDENCY TRAINING

To continue efforts to increase the number of ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency training programs and positions available; further,

To promote efforts to increase recruitment and retention of residents in ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency programs; further,

To encourage stakeholders to evaluate priority areas within pharmacy for future residency training needs.

Rationale

ASHP is committed to achieving the goal that “pharmacists who provide direct patient care should have completed an ASHP-accredited residency or have attained comparable skills through practice experience” and advocates that “the completion of an ASHP-accredited postgraduate year one residency be required for all new college or school of pharmacy graduates who will be providing direct patient care” (ASHP policy 2027). Furthermore, recommendation B4 of the Practice Advancement Initiative (PAI) 2030 states, “Health systems should require completion of ASHP-accredited residency training as a minimum credential for new pharmacist practitioners.” There are opportunities to evaluate recruitment and retention of residents to increase the number of successfully completed residency training programs. In addition, key stakeholders (e.g., colleges of pharmacy, academic medical centers, healthcare organizations, and government agencies) should evaluate priority areas within pharmacy for future training needs, which may include health-system pharmacy administration and leadership, population health management and data analytics, pain and palliative care, medication-use safety and policy, pharmacy informatics, and others.