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Residency Advisory Committee


 TERMS OF REFERENCE

Chair:

Nicole Bruchet, Coordinator, Residency and Education 

Membership:
(CPRB 2.1.3.6.b.c.d.f)

Membership on the committee will include representatives from each participating residency site and each major component of the Program, representatives from clinical pharmacy leadership and pharmacy operations leadership, clinical pharmacy staff members (preceptors), a representative external to the pharmacy department and the Interior Health Pharmacy Resident Representatives.

  • Richard Slavik, Pharmacy Director-Clinical Quality and Professional Practice and Residency Program Director
  • Sean Gorman, Pharmacy Director-IH East and IH South
  • Melanie Carter, Clinical Practice Leader and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Kelowna General Hospital)
  • Liz Edwards, Clinical Pharmacist (Kootenay Lake Hospital)
  • Jennifer Bolt, Research and Development Pharmacist-Senior Care/Pharmacy Practice Models
  • Stephanie Staysko, Experiential Education Facilitator and Clinical Pharmacist (Royal Inland Hospital)
  • James Nataraj, Experiential Education Facilitator and Clinical Pharmacist (Kelowna General Hospital)
  • Daniel Meyer, Clinical Pharmacist (Vernon Jubilee Hospital)
  • Victoria Cox, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Infectious Disease (Kelowna General Hospital)
  • Shaylee Peterson, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Cardiology (Royal Inland Hospital)
  • Melissa McQuat, Clinical Pharmacist (Kelowna General Hospital)
  • External Member
  • Interior Health Pharmacy Resident Representative
  • Interior Health Pharmacy Resident Representative 

Role of the Committee:

To provide guidance, support and general oversight in the development, implementation and operation of the Interior Health Pharmacy Residency Program

Areas of Responsibility:
(CPRB 2.1.3.6.j)

  1. To provide direction and oversight in the development of the residency program
  2. To ensure that the residency program is adhering to the CPRB Accreditation Standards
  3. To provide a forum for discussion of residency-related issues
  4. To contribute to the development of residency program curriculum and rotations
  5. To ensure that the primary sites involved in the residency program have a resource person available to them who is knowledgeable about the residency program
  6. To provide a forum for continual improvement of the quality of  the residency program
  7. To provide advice and support to ensure that all residents are meeting the goals and milestones in the residency program and to advise the Program Coordinator on corrective and supportive measures if difficulties are identified
  8. To provide support to residents when at representative site
  9. To provide support and guidance on the suitability and the conduct of residency projects

Duration of Membership:
(CPRB 2.1.3.6.e)

Membership on the committee will be for two years, beginning in November and ending in May.  Terms are renewable at the discretion of the Chair.

Meeting Frequency:

Three times per year in November, February, and May.  Meetings will be conducted virtually via video. 

Communication of Deliberations and Decisions
(CPRB 2.1.3.g)

1. The Chair (Program Coordinator) will communicate major deliberations and decisions from the Pharmacy Residency Advisory Committee after each meeting to the Pharmacy Professional Practice Council.

2. The Program Director will communicate major deliberations and decisions from the Pharmacy Residency Advisory Committee after each meeting to the monthly Pharmacy Directors' Meeting.