| About the PGY1 Program The PGY1 pharmacy residency program is a one year ASHP-accredited residency designed to prepare residents to practice beyond entry-level professional competence by building upon the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities gained during a professional pharmacy degree program. The majority of experience is gained in the ambulatory care setting. The resident is actively involved in the provision of pharmaceutical care by providing direct patient care, drug information, participating in system and management operations, and working on assigned projects. Through actual experience, the resident learns how these activities are interrelated and is best coordinated with other disciplines involved in the medication-use process. The program enhances general competencies in managing medication-use systems; patient care; advancing practice and improving patient care; leadership and management; and teaching, education, and dissemination of knowledge. It emphasizes the development of skills to practice as a general clinical pharmacist or to practice in an ambulatory care setting. The residency structure is largely longitudinal. The goal is to provide the resident experience in time and resource management and to provide a realistic practice model for practitioners. Specific advantages to the longitudinal structure are outlined below. Resident has time to build confidence and experience in the practice area Resident has the opportunity to integrate elements of a full practice Offers sufficient practice time for the Resident to develop independent problem-solving skills Patterns of practice become evident to the Resident Offers depth of experience Preceptors have sufficient time to assess growth of skills Learning Experiences There are five broad areas that will be completed during the residency: practice foundation skills, practice management, direct patient care, and drug information and policy development. Practice areas often overlap during the course of the program. The program is structured so that pharmacists receive a well rounded clinical, administrative, and practice management experience. Residents will have gained experience in managing a variety of disease states in a diverse patient population, with simple to complex problems. | Areas of Focused Studies | | Orientation | Orientation is a required two week rotation. A formal orientation program will be scheduled for the first two weeks of residency to orient the resident to the residency position, residency manual, policies and procedures, and resident program planning. The second week of orientation will coincide with other residency requirements. | | Practice Foundation Skills | Practice Foundation Skills is a required longitudinal, 12 month experience. It includes a general category that includes professional conduct and demeanor, project management skills, manuscript preparation, effective communication and presentation skills, and other areas of professionalism that are important for success and interaction with other health care professionals. These practice skills are also evaluated in other rotations. This learning experience is longitudinal and will coincide with other residency requirements. | | Practice Management | Practice Management is a required 6 week rotation. It includes operational services such as dispensing, compounding, performance improvement, drug delivery, computer systems and automation, personnel management, purchasing and inventory, operations management, and contracts. An overview of the medication-use process is also provided including drug distribution and pharmaceutical care services provided at the facilities. | | Staffing Rotation | The staffing rotation is a required longitudinal, 10 month experience which is designed to familiarize residents with duties and responsibilities associated with a staff pharmacist. | | Direct Patient Care | Focuses on patient-centered drug therapy management, drug information, and patient education. Practice areas include ambulatory care, anticoagulation, internal medicine, psychiatry, asthma/COPD, HIV, hepatitis C, diabetes, and CKD. Ambulatory care, and anticoagulation OR psychiatry are required 10 month learning experiences. Internal medicine is a required 6 month learning experience. Psychiatry, asthma/COPD, HIV, hepatitis C, diabetes, anticoagulation, non-formulary management and CKD are optional elective learning experiences.† The resident will select three, twelve week elective learning experiences. The resident may also elect to complete one optional acute care four week rotation at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas during the third evaluation period.* | | Drug Information & Policy Development | The Drug Information & Policy Development rotation is a required 6 month rotation, July through December. During the month of January, the resident will make any final presentations to P&T. The rotation includes services such as formulary management, information systems, drug information activities, clinical guideline development, medication use evaluations, adverse reaction surveillance, P&T Committee consulting, and drug-use policy and procedure development. | *If the resident completes the acute care rotation, then all other direct patient care rotations at UTMB-CMC will be temporarily suspended. Missed rotation days from longitudinal or elective learning experiences will not be made up for. All learning experiences are designed such that the resident is still able to receive satisfactory process on all rotation goals and objectives. † A selected 12-week elective learning experience cannot be the same as a longitudinal learning experience. For example, the resident cannot select psychiatry as a longitudinal and 12-week elective learning experience. Application Process Applicants must participate in the ASHP match program and submit application materials through ASHP’s Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS). PhORCAS can be accessed at https://portal.phorcas.org/ Application materials include curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation from pharmacy practitioners, school transcripts, and three letter of intent describing why the applicant wants to complete residency training and specifically our program. National Matching Service Code: 181413 The application must be completed on PhORCAS by no later than January 3rd, 2021 An interview and presentation are required. For all matched applicants, a security background check, pre-employment drug screen, and documented proof of immunizations required for health care workers are required prior to employment. Applicants are welcome to contact the Residency Program Director, Dr. Michelle Munch, for further information at [email protected] |
