On behalf of the entire pharmacy team, thank you for your interest in completing your residency training at Forbes Hospital. Our preceptors take great pride in being able to provide a comprehensive and rewarding experience for our residents. We are excited to share with you the opportunities that await within our program.
Please tour this website for information about our PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program.
Applications for the 2025 - 2026 year should be sent by January 2, 2025 via the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS).
We wish you continued success and hope that FH can help you achieve your goals. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Nikki Verkleeren, PharmD, BCCCP
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Nikki.verkleeren@ahn.org
Individuals who complete the Residency Program at Forbes Hospital (FH) shall be highly qualified independent practitioners that demonstrate a commitment to patient-centered practice and professional leadership. They shall be highly proficient in managing medication use processes to optimize medication therapy outcomes in patients with a variety of disease states. Individuals will apply principles of evidence-based medicine within a multidisciplinary care environment. They will also exhibit leadership and practice management skills to promote the profession of pharmacy and facilitate their own professional development. They will effectively educate patients and their professional colleagues and engage in practice-related research to enhance patient care.
The FH Department of Pharmacy provides 24-hour comprehensive pharmacy services, utilizing a decentralized, computerized unit-dose drug distribution system and intravenous admixture programs. Technology and automation are employed to promote medication safety and efficiency.
Pharmacists assume direct patient care responsibilities for ensuring the safe and effective use of medications, in addition to supervising pharmacy support personnel. Established clinical programs allow pharmacists to automatically dose and adjust targeted medications, provide pharmacokinetic services, and participate in emergency situations at the bedside. Pharmacists with specialized training provide expertise in advanced principles of pharmaceutical care including critical care, emergency medicine, trauma, infectious diseases, internal medicine, heart failure, anticoagulation, parenteral nutrition support, and outpatient oncology.
The Department of Pharmacy provides experiential learning opportunities for multiple schools of pharmacy including Duquesne University, University of Pittsburgh, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Ohio Northern University.
There is a pharmacy-driven medication use governance structure that centralizes leadership, integrates pharmacy operations, and enhances medication safety, clinical effectiveness, process efficiency and the quality of performance across FH and nine other hospitals. The medication use governance structure is centered on the network Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee, which is composed of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, risk management, and a representative from senior health system administration.
