PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership Residency
NEW for July 2021
The PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) residency is a 24-month combined training program. The resident will concurrently complete a Master of Business Administration (MBA) through Augusta University's Hull College of Business.
PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership Residency
NEW for July 2021
The PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) residency is a 24-month combined training program. The resident will concurrently complete a Master of Business Administration (MBA) through Augusta University's Hull College of Business.
Overview
This two-year program has been established to train the future leaders of our profession by providing them with the tools and knowledge to lead patient-centered care in a dynamic heath care environment. The PGY1 year will focus on foundational comprehensive clinical training, with the PGY2 focused in pharmacy administration and leadership.
Program Purpose
A PGY2 health-system pharmacy administration and leadership residency builds upon PGY1 residency graduates’ competence in the delivery of patient-centered care and in pharmacy operational services to prepare residents who can assume high level managerial, supervisory, and leadership responsibilities. Areas of competence emphasized during the program include safe and effective medication-use systems, quality assurance and improvement, the management of human resources, the management of financial resources, use of technology, and advanced leadership. The residency lays the foundation for continued growth in management and leadership skills.
Upon graduation, residents are prepared for a clinical or operational management/supervisory role in a variety of work settings.
Meet the Program Director
Richard Burrell, RPH, MBA
Director of Pharmacy, Inpatient / Pharmacy Administration
Richard received his BS degree in Pharmacy from the University of South Carolina in 1987. He completed his Master’s in Business Administration also from the University of South Carolina in 1989. He then completed an ASHP-accredited Hospital Pharmacy residency with an emphasis in Pharmacy Administration from 1989-90 at the Medical College of Georgia (now Augusta University Medical Center).
He was hired as a frontline pharmacist at MCG in 1990 and became Operations Supervisor in 1993. In 1995, he moved into the position of Assistant Director in charge of financial operations. Continuing his progressive leadership appointments, Richard served for many years as Pharmacy Manager--Informatics and Automation and a member of the Pharmacy Leadership Team, with particular emphasis on Computerized Prescriber Order Entry (CPOE) development before becoming the Interim Pharmacy Director in February 2017. In June 2017, he was named the permanent Administrative Director of Pharmacy Services. Richard precepts pharmacy students in the areas of pharmacy management, financial analysis, hospital information systems and is a great resource for the residents on hospital analytic data and technology.
Meet the Program Coordinator
Ben Coles, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Pharmacy Manager, Acute Care Operations/Pharmacy Administration
As our Acute Care Operations Manager, Ben took the lead in planning the transition to our new main pharmacy after arriving in summer 2019. Ben worked as a Certified Pharmacy Technician and completed a completed a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science at Brigham Young University prior to attending pharmacy school at The Ohio State University. Ben worked as a hospital pharmacy intern at Ohio Health in Columbus, Ohio for all four years of the Doctor of Pharmacy program. He is a PGY1/PGY2 Health -System Pharmacy Administration Residency graduate and also concurrently received his Master of Science in Health System Pharmacy Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2019.
Important Information
Important Information
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This program is in ASHP accreditation pre-candidate status. Additional information including the MBA requirements will be posted this fall.