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Overview
Successful graduates will join over 200 past graduates who have
careers spanning numerous pharmacy directorships, hospital executive
positions, executive informatics positions, clinical leadership
positions, pharmaceutical industry leadership, and many more
directions, both domestically and internationally.
Program Goal and Competencies
The purpose of the UNC Hospitals Health-System Pharmacy
Administration (HSPA) Residency Program will develop competent
practitioners and leaders in all areas of pharmacy practice that will
shape the profession to meet the future needs of patients.
- The residency program is complemented by a Masters of Science in
Health-System Pharmacy Administration.
- The combination of the two will provide students with the
knowledge, skills and experiences necessary to assume a variety of
leadership roles and responsibilities, serving as vibrant, committed
professionals with a focus on improving patients’ health, healthcare
delivery and the profession of pharmacy.
Competencies
At UNC our team will work with the HSPA residents to develop them
through both personal and professional challenges. During the
residency a resident will gain competence in the following:
- have a vision for the future practice of pharmacy and possess
the tools to realize that vision;
- be clinically competent in the practice of pharmacy;
- be able to envision, plan, implement, coordinate and monitor
pharmaceutical care and operational services;
- understand and assume the managerial and financial responsibilities
in health-system pharmacies;
- be effective stewards of human resources including recruitment,
mentoring, evaluating and leading professionals and technical support
staff;
- be adaptive to changes and demands for health system pharmacy
practice and the health care environment in general;
- be strategic thinkers and planners who see challenges as
opportunities to contribute to improving health care delivery; and
- be consistently ethical and professional in their practice.
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