Pharmacy Residency Excellence Awards: Program Award

The purpose of the Program Award is to recognize a pharmacy residency program that has a track record of excellence in the training of pharmacy residents and consistently provides an exceptionally positive and rewarding experience to their residents. By recognizing these programs and their accomplishments, they can serve as role models in sustained excellence, achievement, and innovation in residency training.

The award winning program should display the following qualities:

1. A sustained record of successfully trained residency graduates (at least 5 years)
2. A track record of having a positive influence on the career of residency graduates
3. Unique and innovative methods for teaching and quality improvement
4. An excellent practice environment for residency training and learning
5. Contributions to the success of the pharmacy department's mission
6. An organized process for the development of excellent residency preceptors.

The program director of the recipient of the Program Award will be expected to present a summary of the program's track record of excellence that serve as examples for other institutions to adopt. This summary will be in written and oral form.