About the program
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC) is a non-profit medical center with 195 beds located 26 miles south of Seattle. MAMC offers South King County residents a wide range of medical expertise including intensive/critical care, stroke and cardiac services, newly renovated emergency department, medical surgical, family birth center, neonatal, psychiatric care, oncology, diabetic and anticoagulation clinics. MAMC supports a physician family practice residency program. MAMC is a recognized health center receiving the Washington State Department of Health Certificate of Recognition for its Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s 2022 “Get with the Guidelines” Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and American College of Cardiology Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award.
Meet Our Team
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Residency program director: Tom Rowe
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Tom Rowe, PharmD MBA, BCPS
Director of Pharmacy and Residency Program DirectorPreceptor: Practice Management (administration); Major Project
Hometown: Tacoma, WA
Pharmacy School: University Louisiana Monroe BS Pharmacy; University of Washington PharmD
Residency: PGY-1 at Harris Methodist, Fort Worth, TX
Practicing at MultiCare since 1991
Hobbies: Biking; hiking, backpacking, white water rafting; travel -
Residency Coordinator: Yazmin Chan
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Yazmin Chan, PharmD BCPS
Residency CoordinatorPreceptor: Drug Information Formulary Management
Hometown: Puyallup, WA Pharmacy
School: Pacific University
Residency: PGY-1 at Providence St. Peter Hospital
Practicing at MultiCare since 2016
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Preceptors
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Sanjin Alajbegovic, PharmD, BCPSPreceptor: Emergency Medicine and Drug Information
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Residency: PGY-1 at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital
Practicing at MultiCare since 2012.
Hobbies: Traveling, learning languages, spending time with friends and family
Yun Yee Arleen Chong, PharmDPreceptor: Critical Care
Hometown: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Pharmacy School: Creighton University
Residency: PGY-1 at Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Creighton School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Practicing at MultiCare since 2007.
Hobbies: Museums, painting, reading, hiking and traveling
Karen Crabb, RPhPreceptor: IV admixture (USP 797) and central Operations
Hometown: Renton, WA
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Practicing at MultiCare since 2003
Hobbies: Scuba diving, traveling, wood working
Maninder Kaur, RPhPreceptor: Staffing
Hometown: India
Pharmacy School: St. John Pharmacy School (Bangalore, India)
Practicing at MultiCare since 2012
Hobbies: Painting, drawing, cooking, volunteering for educational and medical necessity overseas. Member of Public Health Reserve Corp
Tien Vu, PharmD, BCPSPreceptor: Medical Surgical
Hometown: Renton, WA
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Residency: PGY-1 at Tripler Army Medical Center
Practicing at MultiCare since 2013
Hobbies: Traveling, photography, rock climbing , reading, playing with my dog
Cassie Zhang, PharmD, BCPS, SIDPPreceptor: Antimicrobial Stewardship
Hometown: Yinchuan, China
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Residency: PGY-1 at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital
Practicing at MultiCare since 2013
Hobbies: Travel photography and more recently baby photography, trip planning, baking sweets, swimming, watching all things Marvel, being a muggle
Benjamin Chan, PharmDPreceptor: Central Pharmacy Operations
Hometown: Auburn, WA
Pharmacy School: University of Florida
Practicing at MultiCare since 2012.
Hobbies: Swimming, biking, hiking
Rachael Praino, PharmD BCPSPreceptor: Drug Information Formulary Management
Hometown: Kennewick, WA
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Residency: PGY-1 at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital
Practicing at MultiCare since: Intern 2014; Resident 2018; and Pharmacist 2019.
Hobbies: Running, skiing, playing with my dog
Natalie Pham, PharmDPreceptor: Behavioral Health Services
Hometown: San Marcos, CA
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Practicing at MultiCare since 2018
Hobbies: Music, rock climbing, reading, learning new games, traveling, trying new foods.
Program Goals:
The residency program will develop competent clinical practitioners who are able to:
- Perform in a clinically oriented hospital or ambulatory clinic position
- Perform in an introductory supervisory or management position
- Meet the high standards of eligibility for hire within the MHS pharmacy system after completion of the residency program.
Specific skills are:
- Provide evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy management to a diverse patient population.
- Provide a high level of drug information and to educate and train patients, caregivers, and other healthcare professionals on medication practice-related issues.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate pharmacy programs and initiatives
- Manage and improve the medication-use process
- Exercise leadership and practice management skills.
- Monitor and evaluate one’s own progress to allow one to meet the future challenges of providing pharmaceutical care beyond the completion of the residency program.
- To be effective in work teams charged with planning activities, identifying opportunities for improvement, analyzing alternatives, implementing solutions, and evaluating results.
Training Site Description:
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Acute Care
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Acute Care learning takes place primarily at MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC) campus. Services provided include critical care, level III trauma, emergency room services, surgical, general medicine, geropsychiatric and acute psychiatric service, level II neonatal intensive care, and a family birth center.
Clinical services are supported by decentralized pharmacists who proactively work closely with medical staff, nursing staff, and patients in a team-based approach to ensure optimization of medication use and provide patient centered care. This activity is supported by prescriptive protocols, electronic medical record, and participation on multidisciplinary rounds. Decentral pharmacists do not have primary dispensing responsibilities. Decentralized pharmacists are available during the day and evenings, including weekends and holidays.
Distributive services are centralized and include IV admixture service and unit dose system. The pharmacy is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Distributive services are supported with electronic automated dispensing cabinets, pharmacy carousel medication storage units, USP 797 compliant IV admixture room, USP 800 compliant Chemo and Hazardous mixing and storage rooms, bedside barcode, and smart IV pumps with interoperability.
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Ambulatory Care
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Ambulatory care learning will occur at our MultiCare Clinic settings including our oncology, diabetic, family practice and anticoagulation clinics. In addition, MultiCare Health System has an extensive affiliated physician and medical clinic system that is serviced by pharmacy and its specialty pharmacy service.
Learning Experiences:
The learning experiences will be a combination of rotational and longitudinal learning. Rotational learning is the traditional concentrated learning that takes place each day over a specified weekly period typically four to eight weeks. Longitudinal learning is learning that occurs intermittently over a long period of time, which can be three to twelve months. An example of longitudinal learning is the drug information and policy development learning experience. Activities under this learning experience occur intermittently throughout the year including participation at the monthly P&T meetings. The duration of each training experience shall depend on the training needs of each resident, availability of preceptors, personal interests of the resident, and other scheduling parameters. The resident rotation schedule will be mutually agreed upon by the Residency Director and resident.
The residency program focuses on four core areas for the development of resident’s competence:
- Providing patient care
- Advancing practice and improving patient care
- Leadership and management
- Teaching, education, and dissemination of knowledge
Achievement of skills in the core areas by the resident is assessed using key goals and objectives and extensive evaluation by both preceptor and resident.
Required Learning Experiences:
Acute care
- Medical-Surgical – 4 weeks
- Critical Care – 4 weeks
- Emergency Department – 4 weeks
- Behavioral Health – 4 weeks
Ambulatory care
- Oncology Clinic – 4 weeks
Longitudinal
- Drug Information – 12 months
- Practice Management – 9 months
- Major Project – 12 months
- Staffing – 9 months
- Infectious disease/antimicrobial stewardship – 4 months
Elective Learning Experiences (23 weeks)
Rotations offered to fulfill the requirement.
Extension of core rotations:
- Critical Care II – 4 weeks
- Med Surg II – 4 weeks
- Emergency Room II – 4 weeks
- Behavioral Health II – 4 weeks
- Family Practice Clinic – 4 weeks
- Diabetes Clinic – 4 weeks
- Administration – 4 weeks
- Teaching certificate (longitudinal) – 9 months
- Other learning experience offered at MHS. To be discussed with RPD – 4 weeks
Program Requirements
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Staffing
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Each resident is required to complete the following staffing commitments over the one-year period as part of the staffing rotation:
- Every other weekend
- Work independently in an assigned patient care area for at least 2 weeks toward the latter part of the residency year
Residents must also complete at least one journal club topic/presentation per quarter and one in-service presentation during the first half of the resident year and one in the second half.
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Resident meetings
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These weekly meetings are intended to serve the needs of residents and shall be one forum where the program can be discussed. In addition to discussion of the program, other subjects for these meetings shall be management related topics, contemporary issues in pharmacy practice, current healthcare issues and discussions of key departmental activities or programs. Readings will be assigned.
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Requirements for successful completion of residency
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The resident will be evaluated on all required competency areas, goals, and objectives for PGY1 pharmacy residencies.
To receive a certificate of completion, the resident shall:
- Achieve 80% of the Goals and Objectives for the respective program, with a rating of Achieved on the following leadership objectives: R3.1.1, R3.1.2, R3.2.4
- Complete rotations in required competency areas and any elective competency area that have been optionally selected by the resident
- Complete a major project including formal presentation and manuscript
- Complete the staffing commitment as defined by each program
How to Apply
Application deadline: January 6, 2023
Eligible candidates will be a graduate (prior or anticipated) of an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy or Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate and is licensed or eligible for licensure in Washington State. They must satisfy eligibility requirements for employment including acceptable results on a pre-employment drug screen and background check. Please note that MultiCare does not sponsor work visas.
Applicants must register to participate in the ASHP Residency Matching Program. Application materials will be submitted in PhORCAS and include:
- Letter of intent
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Three letters of reference
- Official transcripts of all professional pharmacy education from an ACPE-accredited pharmacy degree program or FPGEC program
Questions?
For more information on the Auburn Medical Center Residency, contact Tom Rowe, PharmD, MBA, BCPS at [email protected] or 253-545-2879.
Want to learn more? Download our Pharmacy Residency Manual.