Postgraduate Year One (PGY1)
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare’s Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency Program strives to help new clinical pharmacists develop their patient care practice. The 12-month program will develop clinical pharmacists who display professional competence and the ability to self-evaluate and grow as a practitioner. It builds on the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education to expand training and experience. The program will help prepare those eligible for board certification and postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
Phase II Application Due Date: March 31, 2025
Use Code: 38904
Program Length: 52 weeks
Start date: July 1, 2025
Number of positions: 1
Program Details
A PGY1 residency will allow resident to practice patient-oriented care and serve a variety of patients across the care continuum. Those responsible for medication-related patient care will develop professional practice skills including clinical judgement, patient-centered care, safety, problem-solving strategies and leadership. Residents will have the opportunity to work with a highly motivated group of preceptors who will provide a dynamic learning environment to enhance skills.
This residency agrees that no person at this residency will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant.
Learning Experiences
Required
- Orientation
- Internal Medicine I
- Internal Medicine II
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Critical Care
- Transitions of Care
- Sterile Compounding-Parenteral Nutrition
- Emergency Medicine
Elective (Choice of 2)
- Pharmacy Informatics
- Antimicrobial Stewardship II
- Critical Care II (Neurocritical Care)
- Administration II
Longitudinal
- Professional Communication
- Pharmacy Staffing
- Medication Use Evaluation and Research
- Administration
- Teaching and Learning Certificate
Requirements
Candidates must have:
- Graduated from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy
- Applied through PhORCAS
- Virginia Pharmacist License issued no later than last Friday in August
Application Process
1. Complete the online application through PhORCAS (http://www.ashp.org/phorcas)
2. Applicants must provide the following (submitted via PhORCAS):
- Letter of intent
- Curriculum vitae
- Pharmacy school transcript
- Three letters of recommendation
3. Interview required
Benefits
- Competitive Stipend
- Personal Health Benefits
- Paid Annual Leave
- Educational Travel Allowance
- Virginia Commonwealth University Teaching and Learning Certificate
Program Contact
Yao-Hua Lin, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Director of Pharmacy | PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
736 North Battlefield Blvd.
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757) 312-6168
Yao-Hua.Lin@ChesapeakeRegional.com
Preceptors
Yao Hua Lin, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP | Director of Pharmacy
Education and Training:
• Undergraduate: The University of Texas at Austin
• Pharmacy School: University of Houston
• PGY1: Pharmacy - Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
• PGY2: HIV Pharmacotherapy - University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
Learning experience: Orientation, Transitions of Care, Pharmacy Informatics, Critical Care, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Clinical interests: HIV, Palliative Care, Transitions of Care, Pharmacy Informatics
Corey L. Bradley, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacist
Philip Jan, PharmD, BCPS | Clinical Pharmacist
Madison Sodikoff, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacist
Ted Sindlinger, PharmD| Pharmacy Regulatory Officer
Andrew Rowe, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacy Specialist: Emergency Medicine
Education and Training:
• Undergraduate: James Madison University (major, physics: minor, astronomy and math)
• Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University
• PGY1: The University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital
Learning experience: Emergency Medicine
Clinical interests: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
Ryan Titus, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP | Clinical Pharmacist Educator
Residents
Taylor Bernas, PharmD (Class of 2024-2025)
Brittany Post, PharmD (Class of 2023-2024)
Madison Sodikoff, PharmD (Class of 2022-2023)
Mallory Daniels, PharmD, MS, BCPS (Class of 2021-2022)
Program Information Session
Applicants interested in learning more about the Chesapeake Regional Healthcare PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program may request a virtual/in-person information session by reaching out to the program contact above!