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Pharmacy Residency Programs

The goal of the pharmacy residency program at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport is to provide high-quality education and experience to learners seeking advanced pharmacy practice opportunities in their career. Our program is designed to give residents well-rounded advanced patient care experiences in different areas of our pharmacy department, including inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services.

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport is a healthcare system in North Louisiana comprised of 4 hospital campuses (3 in Shreveport and 1 in Monroe) as well as more than 20 outpatient centers. Our Academic Medical Center is the region’s only level 1 trauma center and is one of only three level 1 adult trauma centers in the state. Because we're partnered with the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine, we're committed to excellent patient care in a setting that advances medical science through research while educating the next generation of leaders in healthcare.

We offer one residency program for post-graduate applicants: PGY1 for general pharmacy practice.

Ochsner LSU Health affords pharmacy residents the opportunity to truly integrate themselves into the patient care team and grow their skills as an independent practitioner, while concurrently receiving mentorship and coaching from our many skilled preceptors.

Stephanie Hatten, Class of 2017

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Why Choose Ochsner LSU Health?

Our pharmacy department is built on innovative clinical practice models. We are proud of the communicative learning environment we maintain within a teaching institution. We employ approximately 100 full time employees in our department including: pharmacists, technicians, students and other support personnel who provide pharmacy services to our patients and healthcare professionals. Inpatient pharmacy services and some ambulatory care services at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport are provided by decentralized clinical pharmacists in a team-based practice model.

Residents will have the opportunity to learn and advance their careers in a health system that features state-of-the-art and technology and cutting-edge equipment such as the Epic electronic health record, Pyxis ES integrated dispensing platform and automated dispensing cabinets, Pharmogistics business intelligence, medication carousels, and several USP 797 compliant IV compounding areas.

Flexibility has been built into the program to allow residents to select learning experiences to meet their interests and to focus on identified areas for improvement. A customized residency plan will be designed and updated during the program for each resident.

We also are proud to offer a wide variety of pharmacy specialties for our residents to train in such as:

  • Ambulatory care (anticoagulation, diabetes, cardiology)
  • Critical care (medical ICU, trauma/surgical ICU, neuro ICU)
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Infectious diseases
  • Internal medicine/Family medicine
  • Oncology
  • Pediatrics

Qualifications for participation in our residency programs are in accordance with criteria set forth by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP).

  • Residents must be graduates or candidates for graduation of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited degree program (or one in process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
  • Residents must be licensed or eligible for licensure in order to be licensed in LA within 90 days of the commencement of the residency.
  • Residents must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Work authorization sponsorship for this position is unavailable.
  • Residents shall participate in and obey the rules of the Residency Matching Program

View current pharmacy preceptors here.

We offer the following salary and benefits for program participants:

Salary/Paid Time off (PTO)

  • Competitive salary
  • Residents earn 16 PTO days during their 12-month program, which are used for sick time, vacation days, seminars, interviews and personal days.
  • Holidays – residents will be expected to work 3 of 8 holidays

Benefits

  • Health Insurance: comprehensive medical, dental and eye coverage
  • Health and wellness programs
  • Reimbursement for ASHP Midyear and for the Alcalde Residency Conference
  • Additional benefits (provided and optional) are detailed in the Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Employee Benefits Handbook provided by the Human Resource Department

View current pharmacy residents here.

Our pharmacy department is built on innovative clinical practice models. We are proud of the communicative learning environment we maintain within a teaching institution. We employ approximately 100 full time employees in our department including: pharmacists, technicians, students and other support personnel who provide pharmacy services to our patients and healthcare professionals. Inpatient pharmacy services and some ambulatory care services at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport are provided by decentralized clinical pharmacists in a team-based practice model.

Residents will have the opportunity to learn and advance their careers in a health system that features state-of-the-art and technology and cutting-edge equipment such as the Epic electronic health record, Pyxis ES integrated dispensing platform and automated dispensing cabinets, Pharmogistics business intelligence, medication carousels, and several USP 797 compliant IV compounding areas.

Flexibility has been built into the program to allow residents to select learning experiences to meet their interests and to focus on identified areas for improvement. A customized residency plan will be designed and updated during the program for each resident.

We also are proud to offer a wide variety of pharmacy specialties for our residents to train in such as:

  • Ambulatory care (anticoagulation, diabetes, cardiology)
  • Critical care (medical ICU, trauma/surgical ICU, neuro ICU)
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Infectious diseases
  • Internal medicine/Family medicine
  • Oncology
  • Pediatrics

Qualifications for participation in our residency programs are in accordance with criteria set forth by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP).

  • Residents must be graduates or candidates for graduation of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited degree program (or one in process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
  • Residents must be licensed or eligible for licensure in order to be licensed in LA within 90 days of the commencement of the residency.
  • Residents must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Work authorization sponsorship for this position is unavailable.
  • Residents shall participate in and obey the rules of the Residency Matching Program

View current pharmacy preceptors here.

We offer the following salary and benefits for program participants:

Salary/Paid Time off (PTO)

  • Competitive salary
  • Residents earn 16 PTO days during their 12-month program, which are used for sick time, vacation days, seminars, interviews and personal days.
  • Holidays – residents will be expected to work 3 of 8 holidays

Benefits

  • Health Insurance: comprehensive medical, dental and eye coverage
  • Health and wellness programs
  • Reimbursement for ASHP Midyear and for the Alcalde Residency Conference
  • Additional benefits (provided and optional) are detailed in the Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Employee Benefits Handbook provided by the Human Resource Department

View current pharmacy residents here.

Our Pharmacy Residency Program Testimonies

The pharmacy resident program at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport offers a variety of learning experiences. Here from our program coordinator, physicians and residents on why our program is one of the best in the region.

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