Pharmacy Residency Program
The PGY1 pharmacy residency is designed to develop pharmacist practitioners with high-level skills required to manage patient care as an integral member of an interdisciplinary team.
Program Description
The PGY1 pharmacy residency is designed to develop pharmacist practitioners with high-level skills required to manage patient care as an integral member of an interdisciplinary team. Residents will have opportunities for learning experiences in the following areas: inpatient central pharmacy, outpatient pharmacy, ambulatory care (PACT), internal medicine, infectious disease, long-term care (Community Living Center), home based primary care, pharmacoeconomics, mental health, substance use disorder, pain, specialty medicine, women’s health, pharmacogenomics, and management. Residents will participate in clinical services including but not limited to: anticoagulation, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, tobacco cessation, thyroid disorders, pharmacokinetics, immunizations, antimicrobial stewardship, pain, and mental health. Residents will obtain a teaching certificate through the South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions. In addition, residents will complete a research project and staff every third weekend.
Purpose Statement
PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) 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.
Curriculum
Sioux Falls VA Health Care System PGY1 residents will be exposed to learning experiences in a wide variety of clinical pharmacy practice settings as displayed below, both in blocks and throughout the year as longitudinal experiences. In addition, residents will have the opportunity to customize their elective learning experiences. A teaching certificate is also completed through South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions.
Required blocked learning experiences
Residency Service Commitment Orientation: 8 weeks at start of program
Inpatient Pharmacy Service Commitment Focused: 2 weeks in the fall
Acute Medicine I: 4 weeks (6 weeks if precepting)
Acute Medicine II: 4 weeks (6 weeks if precepting)
Ambulatory Care (PACT) I: 4 weeks
Ambulatory Care (PACT) II: 4 weeks
Ambulatory Care (Anticoagulation): 4 weeks
Required elective A/B** 4 weeks
Required elective C/D/E** 4 weeks
Required elective F/G** 4 weeks
Elective time (not counting 12 weeks above): 7 weeks
Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences
- Practice Management
- Inpatient Pharmacy Service Commitment (Staffing)
- Research
- Teaching Certificate *resident will add precepting component to a required rotation*
- Professional Education & Communication
Electives
- **Required either Community Living Center (A) or Home Based Primary Care (B)
- **Required either Mental Health (C), Pain (D), or PCMHI (E)
- **Required Infectious Disease (F) or Specialty Medicine (G)
- May use remainder of elective time to complete any of the above or may discuss customized elective opportunities with the RPD/RAC
Application Process
Application Materials
Applicants interested in applying to the VA Sioux Falls Healthcare System PGY1 Pharmacy Residency are required to submit materials to PhORCAS by January 6th, 2025.
PhORCAS | Applicant Login Page (liaisoncas.com)
The following materials are required:
- Submit a letter of intent
- Submit a copy of your curriculum vitae
- Submit an official copy of your college transcript(s)
- 3 references to complete the PHORCAS reference request - preferably from the faculty (former or present), employers (former or present), or any clinical staff member who provided clinical pharmacy training
- If selected, participate in an interview
Special requirements for acceptance to the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System PGY1 pharmacy residency program: Pharm.D. from an accredited college of pharmacy, US citizenship, licensure in any state.
Please do not hesitate to contact us by phone or email if you have questions. Thank you again for your interest in our residency program.
Amber Wegner, PharmD
Residency Program Director
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner
Sioux Falls VA Health Care System
2501 W. 22nd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Email: amber.wegner@va.gov
Kelley Oehlke, PharmD, BCACP
Residency Program Coordinator
Associate Chief, Pharmacy
Sioux Falls VA Health Care System
2501 W. 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Email: kelley.oehlke@va.gov
Preceptors for the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System pharmacy residency program
Justin Metzger Pharm.D.
Chief of Pharmacy
VA Sioux Falls health care
Amber Wegner Pharm.D.
Residency Program Director/ Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Ambulatory Care/PACT
VA Sioux Falls health care
Kelley Oehlke Pharm.D., BCACP
Residency Program Coordinator/ Associate Chief of Pharmacy
VA Sioux Falls health care
John Wiksen Pharm.D.
Pharmacoeconomics
VA Sioux Falls health care
Stacy Hoitsma Pharm.D., BCPS
Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor
VA Sioux Falls health care
Kelsey Oye Pharm.D., BCACP, CDCES
Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor
VA Sioux Falls health care
Katie Schartz Pharm.D., BCACP
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Ambulatory Care/PACT
VA Sioux Falls health care
Andrea Aylward Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Infectious Disease
VA Sioux Falls health care
Scott Bebensee Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Home Based Primary Care
VA Sioux Falls health care
Erin Christensen Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Home Based Primary Care
VA Sioux Falls health care
Lauren Dolly Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Pain Management
VA Sioux Falls health care
Jessica Harris Pharm.D., BCPS
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist
VA Sioux Falls health care
Austin Hansen Pharm.D.
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist
VA Sioux Falls health care
Krista Hayen Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Ambulatory Care/PACT
VA Sioux Falls health care
Brandon Hubert Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Ambulatory Care/PACT
VA Sioux Falls health care
Stephanie Iverson Pharm.D., BCACP
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Ambulatory Care/PACT
VA Sioux Falls health care
Spencer Kurtz Pharm.D.
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist
VA Sioux Falls health care
Aaron Larson Pharm.D., BCPS
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist
VA Sioux Falls health care
Jessica O'Brien Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Community Living Center (Long-Term Care)
VA Sioux Falls health care
Ted Osborn Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Mental Health
VA Sioux Falls health care
Meghan Perry Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Home Based Primary Care
VA Sioux Falls health care
Courtney Rogen Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Women’s Health/PACT
VA Sioux Falls health care
Lea Rowe Pharm.D., BCPS
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist
VA Sioux Falls health care
Kelli Semerad Pharm.D.
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist
VA Sioux Falls health care
Khia Walser Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-VISN Pain Management
VA Sioux Falls health care
Tonya Arneson Pharm.D., BCPP
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-PCMH/SUD
VA Sioux Falls health care
Garrett Heitman Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-Pharmacogenomics
VA Sioux Falls health care
Casey Hettinger Pharm.D.
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist
VA Sioux Falls health care
Steffanie Danley Pharm.D., BCPS, CACP
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner-AD (VISN 23)
VA Sioux Falls health care
Kevin Reedstrom Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner- Specialty Medicine
VA Sioux Falls health care
Kjersten Sankey Pharm.D., BCACP
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner- Ambulatory Care/PACT
VA Sioux Falls health care