Pharmacy Residency Program

About the Tomah VA

The Tomah VA serves veterans across west central Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota.  The main facility, a beautiful 173-acre campus, is located in Tomah, WI. This includes a 10-bed acute medicine unit, 10-bed acute psychiatric unit, 26-bed Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program, and 110-bed Community Living Center along with two primary care clinics and specialty clinics. We also serve patients at four Community Based Outpatient Clinics in La Crosse, Owen, Wausau, and Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners operate under a scope of practice to manage various disease states in different practice areas. The Tomah VA maintains strong relationships with the area military bases (Fort McCoy and Volk Field).

Other Tomah VA Medical Center distinctions include:

• Whole Health Flagship Site and Clinical Champion Status
• Development of the Pain University
• Named 2020 LGBTQ+ Health Equality Leader
• Achieved 5-Star CLC SAIL Status in 2021

Our Mission

The mission of the Tomah VA Medical Center Pharmacy Residency Programs is to assist Veterans through comprehensive medication management services by providing safe, effective, evidenced-based care in a healthy learning environment for patients, staff, and trainees. Our vision is to provide integrated pharmacy services to every patient, every day. Our employees practice in a safe, engaging environment that values teamwork and always places the patient at the center of all we do.

PGY1

The purpose of the Tomah VA PGY1 pharmacy residency program is to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.

Upon completion of the PGY1 program, the pharmacy resident will be a competent, confident, and supportive Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner with the knowledge, skills, and ability to work in a variety of ambulatory care clinical settings. 

This residency is funded through the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations. The program has received American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Accreditation. We are recruiting for two PGY1 pharmacy practice residents.

PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency

The purpose of the Tomah VA PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residency program is to build on PGY1 training with clinical skills necessary for comprehensive medication management of psychiatric disease states. Graduates will be prepared to practice in a variety of possible settings and obtain board certification in psychiatric pharmacy.

We aspire to graduate PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residents whose excellent clinical skills are matched by their dedication to advocacy, inter-professional collaboration, and engagement in the profession. Not only will graduates be prepared for board certification in psychiatric pharmacy, but they will be adept at psychiatric pharmacy practice expansion across multiple settings.

This residency is funded through the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations. The program has applied to be a Pre-Candidate PGY2 Residency site through ASHP. We are recruiting for one PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy practice resident.