PGY1 Training Program

Clinical experiences are offered in a variety of areas in the Pharmacy Residency Program and are tailored to the interests of the individual resident. While on clinical service, the resident’s responsibilities include working with healthcare team members through participation on rounds, monitoring drug therapy, providing drug information and pharmacokinetic consultations, and attending various conferences. The following Core Experiences are required during the pharmacy practice residency. Additional elective experiences are also available.

Core Experiences

Internal Medicine

The resident will assess and manage drug therapies for patients on general medical/surgical floors, respond to consults for medication dosing or information, identify potential drug therapy problems and perform appropriate interventions, and collaborate with the healthcare team.

Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Management Team (AMT) Service

Residents will participate in daily Antimicrobial Management Team service activities including prospective review of culture and susceptibility data, rounding with the ID consult service, and providing support and recommendations for the selection and streamlining of antimicrobial therapy.

Cardiothoracic Surgery

The resident will acquire skills in the principles of managing various cardiovascular disease states and conditions including congestive heart failure, common cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, interventional procedures, post-interventional care, post-surgical patient management, and advanced cardiothoracic pharmacy.

Stroke/Neurology

This experience allows the resident to participate in the care of patients admitted to the neurology/telemetry unit where the resident to have the opportunity to monitor patients who present with CVA, TIA and seizures..

Critical Care

The resident will participate in multidisciplinary rounding with the intensive care unit team, identifying therapeutic needs of critically ill patients, develop treatment plans, and monitor care for efficacy and toxicity.

Ambulatory Hematology/Oncology

The resident will become familiar with various treatment regimens for hematology and oncology disease states, preparation of chemotherapy, patient education and counseling, and ambulatory care management.

Transitional Care

The resident will participate in a robust pharmacist driven transitional care and medication reconciliation service.  Activities involve review of admission and discharge medication therapies, identification and resolution of errors and discrepancies, patient and provider education, and collaboration with all members of the healthcare team.

Elective Experiences

  • Pain Management/Opioid Stewardship

  • Oncology Selective

  • Critical Care Selective

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery Selective

  • Emergency Department

  • Electrophysiology Selective

  • Palliative Care

  • Infectious Diseases Selective

  • Administration

Longitudinal Experiences

  • Adult Cardiac Code Response

  • Code Stroke Response

  • Code Sepsis Response

  • Inpatient Anticoagulation

  • Drug Information

  • EKG 12-Lead Interpretation

  • Nutritional Support

  • Pharmacokinetics Service

  • Teaching Certificate Program