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For years, our programs have remained committed to the training of highly capable practitioners, educators, and leaders in pharmacy. We invite you to learn more about our different residency opportunities below, and encourage you to reach out to the respective program’s residency director for more information.
The Queen’s Medical Center (QMC) is a nonprofit hospital with a 160- year legacy of caring for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Basin. A member of The Queen’s Health Systems (QHS) family of hospitals, QMC is the largest private hospital in Hawaii. It is licensed for 575 acute care beds. Located in downtown Honolulu, Queen’s serves as the major referral center for cancer, heart disease, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine and behavioral health, and has the only organ transplantation program in the State of Hawaii.
Queen’s is also the state’s designated trauma center- the first and only Level I trauma center in Hawaii. In the spirit of its founders—King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma—Queen’s strives to provide quality health care with aloha for Hawaii’s people.
QHS Mission: To fulfill the intent of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV to provide in perpetuity quality health care services to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians and all of the people of Hawaii.
Shared Values: C.A.R.E. Compassion guides our actions, Aloha inspires us in all that we do, Respect and understanding are essential for the dignity of all, Excellence is our quest
Pharmacy Operations Manager
Residency Program Director
Dyani Chock, PharmD
PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident
DyChock@queens.org
Simon Do, PharmD
PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident
SDo@queens.org
The QMC post-graduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency program is an ASHP accredited program. Our program consists of a twelve-month postgraduate curriculum where residents are mentored by preceptors in a decentralized practice model. Residents will be extensively involved with the Pharmacy and Therapeutics process, committee meetings, and will participate in the clinical pharmacist services, including, but not limited to, consult services for managing aminoglycoside, vancomycin, and anticoagulation. The resident will be based in Honolulu, Hawaii at The QMC Manamana Campus.
We strive to help our residents achieve their full potential as clinicians and educators, offering flexibility to tailor experiences to meet individual interests and career goals.
A PGY1 pharmacy residency program built on pharmacy education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
To provide the highest quality pharmaceutical care through a philosophy of “Best Practice” in an interdisciplinary and collaborative manner. Pharmaceutical care is defined as providing patient-specific medication therapy for the goal of achieving optimal patient outcomes and improving the patient’s quality of life. “Best Practice” is determined through the use of evidence-based decision making that is applied in a cost-effective manner.
Please visit our application page to learn more!
Visit our recruitment page for more information regarding our meet and greet session, and to learn more about our current residents and program personnel.
To build upon the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop community-based pharmacist practitioners with diverse patient care, leadership, and education skills who are eligible to pursue advanced training opportunities including postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) residencies and professional certifications.
The PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Program at Queen’s Medical Center – QCIPN, in collaboration with the Queen’s Medical Center POB Pharmacies will focus on developing pharmacists as leaders within the profession with an emphasis on the role of pharmacy in community health centers.
Pharmacy Residency Director
The intent of the program is to prepare independent pharmacy practitioners to practice in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This program offers the opportunity for a pharmacist to:
The Queen’s Medical Center QCIPN/POB Pharmacies PGY-1 Community-Based Residency Program (CBRP) is a single-site residency program. The intent of this program is to build upon the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop community‐based pharmacist practitioners with diverse patient care, leadership, and education skills who are eligible to pursue advanced training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies and professional certifications. PGY1 graduates in community‐based practice aims to develop pharmacy leaders who are capable of improving the health of patients within the communities they serve. The PGY-1 resident will be based in Honolulu, Hawaii at Queen’s Medical Center Punchbowl.
This residency program is fully dual accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).
All experiences are longitudinal in nature in order to allow the resident to develop long term relationships with the patient.
*No Sundays
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AM | QCIPN/Population Health | QHCC Kahala Primary Care Clinic (Family Medicine) | Empower Health Clinic (Family Medicine) | Medication Therapy Management (Queen’s West) | Specialty Pharmacy – Transplant/ Hepatitis (Queen’s Punchbowl) | Staffing at POB Pharmacy (2 Saturdays per month) |
PM | Tobacco Cessation (Queen’s Punchbowl) | Leadership & Management (Queen’s Punchbowl) | Research or Academia (Queen’s Punchbowl) | |||
Deadline: January 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM HST
Our residency program was designed to promote outpatient and ambulatory pharmacy training. Our residents have the opportunity to provide interdisciplinary patient care across our entire health system, including 4 hospitals and 15+ ambulatory care clinics.
We know that wellness and resiliency play an integral role in your professional development. We have a robust wellness program with monthly activities designed to help guide a work-life balance. In addition to encouraging burnout strategies, our residents are assigned a wellness mentor to guide them throughout the year.
Our residents have the unique opportunity to learn from executive level leadership across the health system. In addition to health system focused opportunities, our residents are also encouraged to participate in leadership opportunities within the state pharmacy association.
We promote a strong academia foundation in your training. Residents are afforded the opportunity to participate in didactive and skills lab teaching at the University of Hawai’i Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. Residents also engage in layered learning through co-preceptorship of APPE students.
Please visit our application page to learn more!
Visit our recruitment page for more information regarding our meet and greet session, and to learn more about our current residents and program personnel.
With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. Learn more about “EEO is the Law and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement“
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Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
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