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PGY1 Residency

Training exceptional clinicians and dynamic leaders
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The best time to apply is right now.

ECU Health Medical Center’s ASHP-accredited postgraduate year one (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency has an more than 30-years of history and has been developed to guide highly motivated residents through a challenging set of individualized experiences designed to meet their unique professional goals.

One of the main goals of the ECU Health Medical Center PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program is to purposefully guide residents to be exceptional clinicians who are capable and willing to be dynamic leaders. By customizing each residency experience, residents will be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet health care challenges today and in the future.

While meeting ASHP’s standards for residency training, our program is very flexible, structured and designed to meet the individual goals of each resident.
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Requirements and structure

ASHP sets standards for pharmacy residency training. While certain experiences must be included in every resident’s plan of training, we structure our program to meet your specific goals.

Flexibility is at the core of our residency program as we design an educational year that prepares you for specialty training or gives you the educational experience necessary to begin your pharmacy career.
The PGY1 program includes the required and elective elements listed below:

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The PGY1 program includes the required and elective elements listed below:

  • Orientation
  • Pharmacy Administration and Medication Safety
  • Adult Medicine
  • Infectious Disease - Antimicrobial Stewardship and ID Consults
  • Critical Care Selective (select from Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac, Medical, Neurosciences or Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Units)
  • Pediatric Selective (select from General Pediatrics, Pediatric ICU, Neonatal ICU or Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
  • Research blocks (2 x 2 week blocks)
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  • Research
  • Shelter Clinic
  • Medication Use Evaluation
  • Pharmacy Practice Experience (Staffing)
    • Approximately one shift per week
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Six months in any of the following:
  • Ambulatory Care Specialty Clinics
    • Heart Failure
    • Hematology / Oncology
  • Critical Care
    • Cardiac ICU
    • Cardiovascular ICU
    • Medical ICU
    • Neurosciences ICU
    • Neonatal ICU
    • Pediatric ICU
    • Surgical/Trauma ICU
  • Cardiology
    • General Cardiology
  • Community Hospital Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Hematology / Oncology
    • Inpatient Hematology/Oncology
    • Medical Oncology
  • Infectious Disease
    • Antimicrobial Stewardship
    • Consult Services
    • Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
  • Internal Medicine - Advanced
  • Medication Safety
  • Nutritional Support
  • Pediatrics
    • General Pediatrics
    • Pediatric Oncology/Hematology
    • Neonatal ICU
    • Pediatric ICU
  • Transplant Medicine

Rotations available upon request:
  • Administration
  • Diabetes Management
  • Information Tech
  • Investigational Drug Services
  • Obstetrics
  • Medication Safety (month-long experience)
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

In addition, our residency program requires residents to complete a residency project, medication use evaluation and a formal poster presentation. Journal club participation, precepting of pharmacy students and multiple clinical and formal presentations are expected of residents as assigned during rotation experiences.
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Benefits

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Approximately $60,000
resident stipend

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Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance

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25 days of paid time off

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On-site continuing
education programs

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Educational leave

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Travel allowance for select meetings
A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it's the key to our success.
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Application process

The PGY1 program will hold virtual open houses on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 6-7 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 15, from 6-7 p.m. We will also be participating in the ASHP Midyear in-person showcase on Tuesday, Dec. 9 and ASHP virtual residency showcase on Dec. 17.

All materials must be submitted through ASHP’s Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS) prior to the application deadline. Three professional references are required. A separate letter of recommendation is not required. Selection of applicants is based upon academic performance, relevant experience, candidate goals, strength of references and interview. Some applicants may be screened by phone on a rolling basis.

Unless an alternative approach is required by ASHP, the program will conduct both onsite and virtual interviews, depending on candidate preference.
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Applications for the 2026-27 residency year are due no later than Jan. 2, 2026.
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For additional information

April Miller Quidley, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS, FCCM, FCCP
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
ECU Health Medical Center
Phone: 252-847-3913  
april.quidley@ecuhealth.org

Jennifer Adema, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Coordinator
ECU Health Medical Center
jennifer.adema@ecuhealth.org
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