THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has announced the first tranche of accredited sites under its new Residency Program (PD 15 Sep).
A total of 23 locations have been provisionally accredited, according to SHPA ceo Kristin Michaels.
"In mid-October we announced that 32 applications for accreditation had been received covering 57 hospitals, with a likely intake of over 130 residents.
"SHPA has now undertaken a detailed review of all residency program applications and evaluated them against the SHPA Accreditation Standards for pharmacy residency programs," Michaels said.
She said the sites which did not achieve accreditation had been asked to submit additional information or clarifications, with further announcements expected in the coming weeks.
"Across all applications, there were many excellent examples of innovative experiential learning ideas, and sound evidence of detailed structures already in place with many skilled staff ready to coordinate and support a future residency program," she added.
The SHPA Residency Program is a two-year structured, formalised program of practice based hospital pharmacy experiential training.
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