 The Ocean Medical Center decided to start the Pharmacy Residency Program for several reasons. One of the reasons is because we wanted to give back to the community, to the profession of pharmacy, and to make sure that we can train pharmacists to become well-rounded and depend on clinicians. Our preceptors are very much hands-on, and I think they will be very involved in the residents' day-to-day activities. We have unit-based pharmacists here, so they are physically sitting on the unit, verifying orders, counseling patients, talking face-to-face with nurses and physicians and other healthcare professionals. So our residents will be kind of thrown in and be deeply engaged with those healthcare professionals in that way as well. And then whenever they need something, their preceptor will be there to help them or to give them a hand or to explain something to them right there in the moment. Our pharmacists are really involved, more upfront in decision-making in terms of medication regimens, and that has been a change and we feel that residents learning in that kind of environment is really a challenge and it's intriguing and it's innovative. The benefit of being a brand new program is that we have the flexibility to mold the program to the goals and the interests of our residents. It also gives the resident the opportunity to learn from our friendly and family-oriented pharmacy team. The resident will be able to take the knowledge from all the areas and put them into practice and develop the clinical skills that they need to become an independent practitioner. Most of our preceptors are residency trained, so they have their experiences that they can pull from and then they might take that and use it for our future residents and kind of teach them in a way that they've been taught as well. One of the things we're most proud of here at Ocean Medical Center is our collaborative culture. We have a very strong interdisciplinary team here, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, residents, and the team really relies on each other and that partnership is really strong and it's something that we're so proud of and we feel that for the residents who are learning and that environment is going to be really, really invaluable to them. So the curriculum of the pharmacy residency program is to expose the resident to a variety and diverse patient population in different patient settings. This way it will give the resident the opportunity to rotate through different experiences. Our team, our pharmacy department is really great. If I ever have a question about something or another pharmacist is unsure of something, someone is right next to them or just a phone call away that can just pick up and is happy to help out. I think with New Jersey, being on the Jersey Shore is an awesome place to do your residency. The shore is five minutes away. New York City is about 60 minutes away from the skiing. There's a lot of great outlets, awesome restaurants, so kind of any interest that you have, you can certainly enjoy them in New Jersey and in this area of New Jersey and it just gives you a great time in addition to a wonderful opportunity for a residency program. A lot of the programs have a much more rigorous staffing component where we try to make sure that the residents will have the ability to have that work-life balance. I just think that the diverse culture and the ability to speak your mind and be heard is really important. I think Ocean Medical Center is a great place to learn. Any resident that kind of joins our team will be, I think, lucky to be here.