The Island Health Pharmacy Residency Program is committed to ensuring the highest standard of resident preceptorship. The Island Health Residency Program has the good fortune of employing numerous pharmacy leaders who generously contribute their skills and expertise to the professional development of our Residents.

The Preceptor of the Year Award is awarded annually to recognize two individuals who have made a particular difference in the education of our residents in the residency year. The selection process is based solely on the Residents’ experience of working with and learning from the program preceptors. There is one preceptor of the year selected from the pool of south island preceptors in in the greater Victoria area and one from the central and north island areas

Eligibility

Pharmacists who have precepted at least one Resident during the residency year are eligible for that year’s award. Pharmacists who have received the award within the last two residency years are ineligible. Residency Program Director and Coordinator are ineligible.

Selection Process

Each Resident confidentially submits a name for Preceptor of the Year to the Program Coordinator during the last week of the academic year. The Program Coordinator selects two preceptors from the collection of names submitted by the Residents to be the Preceptor of the Year.

The Preceptor of the Year is sponsored by BC Pharmacy Residency Programs Committee to attend the annual convocation in Vancouver, where he/she will be awarded a plaque.