Pharmacy residency

Pharmacists at Wesley Healthcare in Wichita, Kansas are involved in all aspects of pharmaceutical care at Wesley Medical Center, and at Wesley Children’s Hospital, the region’s only dedicated children’s hospital.

Wesley Healthcare provides an ASHP-accredited pharmacy practice residency, with opportunities for experience in many areas, including adult medicine, pediatrics, critical care, code blue and trauma response, infectious diseases, ambulatory care, drug information, safe medication practices and research. Clinical pharmacists at Wesley, 90 percent of whom are board certified, also serve as preceptors for doctor of pharmacy students from the University of Kansas and Creighton University.

Residency positions:

• 6 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents
• 1 PGY-1 Pediatric Pharmacy Resident
• 1 PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident

• Total beds: 760
• Regional Level 1 trauma center
• Region’s only children's hospital
• More than 65,000 annual emergency department visits
• More than 6,000 babies born annually
• Three adult ICUs with 78 critical care beds
• Pediatric ICU with 15 beds
• Neonatal ICU with 60 beds
• Long-standing collaborative relationships with physicians
• More than 90% of preceptors are board certified
• All residents supplied with laptops and iPhone devices
• Designated resident offices and personal desk space
• Located in Wichita, the largest city in Kansas
• Merative 100 Top Hospitals – 2022
• Healthgrades Top 250 Hospitals – 2022

• PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Manual
• PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident Manual
• Student rotations

PGY-1 Residency Program Director, Chris Durham, PharmD, BCPPS

PGY-2 Critical Care Residency Program Director, Brian Gilbert, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP, BCPS