The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy
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Pharmacy directors of 126 Alberta Hospitals were sent a survey requesting information on their attitudes and hiring practices of residency graduates. Sixty completed surveys were returned for a response rate of 48 percent. Seventy percent of the directors indicated that completion of a residency program was a favourable prerequisite prior to hiring. ⋯ The main reason for directors hiring residency graduates was their comprehensive hospital pharmacy background. The initial starting salary for residents was equivalent to a starting salary for a pharmacist with one to two years of previous hospital experience. A residency certificate was not seen as a requisite for the director's position by the majority of the directors.