{"id":11242,"date":"2012-10-26T13:42:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T23:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=11242"},"modified":"2021-02-10T11:08:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:08:16","slug":"pharmacy-residency-program-gains-national-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/26\/pharmacy-residency-program-gains-national-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy residency program gains national accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Among the first pharmacists to go through the College of Pharmacy’s residency program in community pharmacy are Sheena Jolson (left) and Amy Baker (right), pictured here with Anita Ciarleglio, assistant professor and residency program director. (Photo courtesy College of Pharmacy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A residency program in community pharmacy that gives licensed pharmacists opportunities for further training through the College of Pharmacy<\/a> at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> has been awarded national accreditation.<\/p>\n

“Pharmacy residency programs are similar to training that allows medical doctors to gain postgraduate training,” noted Anita Ciarleglio<\/strong>, assistant professor in the college’s Department of Pharmacy Practice.<\/p>\n

Accreditation by both the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists<\/a> and the American Pharmacists Association<\/a> is necessary for the program to be considered a validated educational experience.<\/p>\n

“Receiving a three-year accreditation was a coup for us because we’re so new,” Ciarleglio said. “It means we can continue to concentrate on patient care while giving licensed pharmacists from all over the country the experience they need to get on with their careers and gives them credentials to compete for jobs.”<\/p>\n

Accreditation for the residency program mirrored the accreditation process for the college, which was awarded last year after the inaugural class graduated from 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo, Ciarleglio said.<\/p>\n

Community pharmacy training on Maui<\/h2>\n

The 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo pharmacy residency program has been conducted on the island of Maui where Ciarleglio is the project’s program director. She began compiling data that met standards for accreditation more than two years ago with assistance from Bill Jones, a pharmacist who was the pharmacy residency director for 23 years at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Tucson, Arizona.<\/p>\n

Thus far, five pharmacists have gone through the program at Maui Clinic Pharmacy and are able to get retroactive credit for being part of an accredited program. All have since left the program to attain gainful employment as pharmacists.<\/p>\n

They include Sheena Jolson<\/strong> (University of Arizona, Class of 2010), Amy Baker<\/strong> (University of New Mexico, Class of 2010), Tehane Ornellas<\/strong> (糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo, Class of 2011), Erika Miyahira<\/strong> (糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo, Class of 2011) and Christina Mnatzaganian<\/strong> (University of Arizona, Class of 2011). Mnatzaganian has joined the College of Pharmacy faculty.<\/p>\n

Ciarleglio referred to these women as “true trailblazers” for believing in the program while it was still being accredited.<\/p>\n

“These women are redefining community pharmacy,” Ciarleglio said. “They primarily act as the liaison between the community, the hospital and the physician, and provide a continuity of care that just wasn’t there before.”<\/p>\n

—Adapted from a University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo’s residency program in community pharmacy for licensed pharmacists, which is conducted on Maui, has been awarded national accreditation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[683,52,14],"class_list":["post-11242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-accreditation","tag-college-of-pharmacy","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t