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The Ottawa Hospital & Hôpital Montfort Joint Pharmacy Residency Program

Organization

The Ottawa Hospital

The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) was created in 1998 from the amalgamation of the Civic, General, Riverside, and Grace hospitals.  It is now comprised of the Civic Campus, General Campus, Heart Institute, Regional Cancer Centers, Rehabilitation Centre, and the Riverside Campus.  The Ottawa hospital is an 1150-bed tertiary care academic institution and is affiliated with the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.  It provides bilingual services to over 1.5 million residents in Eastern and Northeastern Ontario.  It also provides clinical education to students in all health professional disciplines as well as post-graduate education to both Canadian and international professionals.

Hôpital Montfort

Founded in 1953, Hôpital Montfort, is a francophone institution located in the east end of Ottawa. This 300-bed community teaching hospital offers a wide-range and high quality of services. Montfort provides a variety of learning opportunities to students and residents of several disciplines. Overall, Montfort offers education, research and patient-centered care guided by compassion, respect, mutual support, excellence and accountability.

Program Description

Type General (Year 1) Pharmacy Residency (see CSHP website(opens in a new tab) for more details regarding Year 1 programs) Original program established in 1972. The Ottawa Hospital & Hôpital Montfort Joint program was established in 2012
Accreditation The Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board (CPRB) awarded the TOH/Montfort Joint program at their last survey visit in 2015.
Number of positions The residency program offers five positions annually. TOH offers four positions and Montfort offers 1 position.
Estimated stipend $30,000 annually
Start date The program has two start dates: July or September
Vacation 2 weeks

Residents Training Overview

Clinical and Kinetic Orientation:

Interpretation of serum concentrations for common drugs, patient/pharmacist communications, overview of pharmacy care plans, pharmacy interventions, therapeutic workshops, toxicology training, documentation of pharmaceutical care plans and drug literature evaluation.

 3 weeks

Distribution:

Exposure and review of inventory control, narcotic control and packaging, unit dose packaging and processing, drug order review, cardstock, non‑sterile manufacturing, parenteral nutrition, antineoplastic preparation, sterile manufacturing, and EPIC training

 3 weeks

Administration:

purchasing, interdepartmental communications, committees, personnel management, planning, finances, and project

 1 week
Drug Information Centre:physician/nurse/ward pharmacist communications, searches, drug literature evaluation, newsletters, retrieval systems, regional drug information service 3 weeks

Clinical Service Rotations: Each rotation is 4 weeks in duration unless otherwise indicated

Mandatory Rotations: General Medicine (5 + 2 weeks), Infectious Diseases, and Intensive Care

TWO selective rotations:

  1. Cardiology OR Nephrology
  2. Medical Oncology OR Hematology OR Hematology/Medical Day Care Unit OR Hematology/Bone Marrow Transplantation

TWO elective rotations which may include:

Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Immunodeficiency clinic, Mental Health, Neonatal Intensive Care, Neurology, Neurosurgery, General Surgery, Orthopedic surgery, Vascular surgery, Palliative Care (Bruyere Continuing Care), Montfort Hospital – Intensive Care, cardiology, mental health (if French speaking)

*The Teaching/Preceptorship Rotation takes place during one clinical service rotation which is extended from a 4-week rotation to a 5-week rotation. The pharmacy resident will be precepting a pharmacy student during this rotation.

*The Montfort resident will ideally spend 32 weeks of the program at the Hôpital Montfort, and the balance of their weeks at either campus of TOH

 31 weeks

Project:

Clinical research looking at specific or general drug use, efficacy or toxicity that exposes the resident to research methodology, evaluation of data and preparation of a written manuscript.  The project may also encompass a different area of hospital pharmacy practice, such as pharmacy administration or may include a systematic review of evidence.

 8 weeks

Continuing Education:

In addition to attending an external pharmacy meeting, the resident routinely participates in the internal pharmacy educational program, grand medical rounds, clinical toxicology sessions, journal clubs, as well as other lectures and rounds related to drug therapy.

 1 week

On-call Clinical Toxicology Service:

The residents provide on-call service to The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, assisting 24 hours per day in the management of poisonings and drug toxicities presenting to the hospital.  The responsibility for the service is assigned among the residents.

 52 weeks

Program Highlights

  • Pharmacists specializing in the relevant fields assume the role of preceptors. Over 90% of our pharmacists have completed a hospital pharmacy residency program and many of them have advanced clinical practice degrees. The preceptors are the pillars of our program.
  • Unique learning and leadership opportunity provided by participation in the 24/7 on-call clinical toxicology program. See CJHP article for more details.
  • Preceptorship/Teaching rotation to further ensure development of skills in the four teaching roles – direct instruction, modeling, coaching, and facilitation.
  • Well established program with an excellent reputation. Since being established in 1972 the program has been dedicated and enthusiastic about finding ways to improve the program on an ongoing basis.
  • Administrative team committed to providing a supportive and positive learning environment

Application Details

Applicant Prerequisites:

  • Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree
  • Eligible for licensure within Canada

Application Process:

  • Applications should be submitted through the Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) with supplemental information submitted as per directions on the CPRB / PRAMS website.
  • After careful review of the PRAMS applications we will invite several candidates for an interview with a panel led by the Residency Coordinators.
  • Please note that applicants interested in the Montfort program need to have a functional ability to understand and speak French. Further requirements outlined on PRAMS.

Administrative Team Contact Information

Director of Pharmacy Residency Program and Acting Director, Pharmacy:

Alexander Kuo
BSc Pharm, PharmD, ACPR

Phone: 613- 737- 8899 ext. 72278
Fax: 613-737– 8891

   Residency Coordinators:

TOH Civic:

Erika MacDonald
BSc Pharm, PharmD, ACPR, MSc
P: 613-737-8899 (16645)

TOH General:

Dania Burton
BSc Pharm, ACPR
P: 613-737-8899 (72271)

Hôpital Montfort:

Dr. Christine Landry
BPharm, PharmD, MSc
P: 613-746-4621 (4711)

Administrative Assistant:

Annie Parker
P: 613- 737-8345
F: 613- 737 -8891

If you are seriously considering a residency at our program, we invite you to contact or visit us.  Please contact our administrative assistant Annie Parker for further information regarding organizing site visits.

Last updated on: May 26th, 2021