Internships, Residencies, and Fellowships
Psychology
Psychologists at the IWK Health Centre offer a variety of education and training opportunities for graduate students at the practicum or pre-doctoral residency level. Please follow the links below for more information.
Predoctoral Residency Practicums
Department of Pharmacy Residency Program
In affiliation with Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy, the IWK Department of Pharmacy is proud to offer a 52-week post-graduate residency program which offers experiential training specifically focused on the development and refinement of skills required for clinical pharmacy practice.
Our program offers the opportunity to gain all the practice competencies outlined by the Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board for a year one pharmacy practice residency but applied in the specific populations of women and children. We value patient and family centred care and aim to produce residents who practice with this philosophy at their core. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, our resident will have the opportunity to network with residents from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, including the opportunity to complete an elective rotation at a partner site.
About IWK Pharmacy
The mission of the Pharmacy Department is to provide leadership and expertise in medication use management. To achieve this mission, the department employs multiple pharmacy practice models:
- Team and location-based pharmacists and/or clinical pharmacy specialists deployed to inpatient settings and oncology clinic.
- Specialized pharmacy services including Antimicrobial Stewardship, Drug Information, Drug Use Evaluation, Clinical Trials Support, Production and Packaging and Sterile Products.
- Program-based services (e.g., performance improvement, medication safety, medication stewardship, antimicrobial stewardship, drug information and support to health centre committees including Medication Management, Centre wide Patient Safety, Drugs and Therapeutics Committee, Sedation Committee, Infection Control Committee and IV Practice Committee, Program Operations).
- Dedicated clinical pharmacy services are provided in neonatology, emergency, hematology/oncology, nephrology, medical surgical neurosciences, pediatric medicine, women's health, pediatric intensive care, mental health & addictions
Accreditation Status
The IWK Health Centre holds Accreditation with Exemplary Standing, granted by Accreditation Canada in September 2019.
The IWK Pharmacy Residency Program currently holds Accreditation Pending Status with the Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board (CPRB). The IWK first registered as a program with CPRB in 2017, with first intake of a resident in June 2018. In the fall of 2019, after the first resident graduated the program, the IWK hosted its on-site surveyors. Preliminary findings were shared, and the final report and granting of accredited status has currently been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IWK and CPRB have been in contact throughout this time and will resume the process once both parties agree it is operationally feasible to do so.
CONTACT US
Program Coordinator:
Melanie MacInnis, BSc(Pharm), PharmD
902-470-2724 (office)
Melanie.macinnis@iwk.nshealth.ca
Program Director:
Margaret Murray, BSc(Pharm)
902-470-8055 (office)
Margaret.murray@iwk.nshealth.ca
Dalhousie Regional Residency Coordinator:
Harriet Davies, BSc(Pharm), CDE, M.Ed.
Tel: 902-494-3464
harriet.davies@dal.ca
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