Pharmacy residency and the medical training model: is pharmacy at a tipping point?

Thomas J. Johnson, Pharm.D., m.B.a., BCPs, FashP, is Director of Hospital Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Critical Care, and Postgraduate Year 2 Critical Care Residency Program Director, Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD. JaneT L. TeeTers, m.s., is Director of Accreditation Services, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD. Address correspondence to Dr. Johnson at Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, 800 East 21st Street, Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 (thomas.johnson@ avera.org). Dr. Johnson is a member of the Board of Directors, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Ms. Teeters is Director of Accreditation Services, ASHP. The authors have declared no other potential conflicts of interest.