Program Structure & Rotations
Pharmacy Residency Structure
The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency is a 12-month long program. Each resident’s first rotation will be orientation and training in the drug distribution service components of the Department of Pharmacy Services. The December rotation is designated for the attendance at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, assistance in the recruitment of future residents, project activities, completing assignments and assisting in the staffing areas as needed.
At a minimum, the resident spends two thirds or more of their time involved in direct patient care activities. The practice model integrates discussion and clinical activities at the patient care level and is supported by decentralized drug distribution. Clinical pharmacists cover all acute patient care areas and select ambulatory care clinics.
Residents contribute to many clinical activities including collection of data for Drug Utilization Evaluations (DUEs), in-services to the staff (e.g., pharmacist, technicians, nurses, physicians) during their clinical rotations, and medication education to patients. In addition to clinical services, the residents serve as preceptors throughout the year to pharmacy students completing their clinical clerkships.
Throughout the year, residents serve on the Antibiotic Stewardship Committee, EJGH Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee, LCMC Health Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee, and other related committees. The formal aspects of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee are coordinated by the clinical pharmacy manger, and residents have an opportunity to present to the various committees.
Pharmacy Practice areas
The resident will participate in the following Core and Longitudinal Learning Experiences and will have the opportunity to select other elective learning experiences.
Core Learning Experiences (4 week rotations)
- Orientation
- Internal Medicine
- Critical Care - Medical ICU or Neuro ICU
- Infectious Disease/ Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Skilled Nursing/ Post-Acute Care
- Pharmacy Administration/ Practice Management
- Research Project
Longitudinal Learning Experiences
Presentations:
- Continuing Education (3 months)
- Educational Conference (11 months)
- Practice Management and Administration (11 months)
- Research Project (11 months)
Staffing:
- Clinical / Operational Weekend staffing (11 months)
Elective learning experiences (choose 5)
- Academia (4 weeks)
- Advanced Critical Care - Medical ICU or Neuro ICU
- Advanced Infectious Disease/ Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Advanced Internal Medicine
- Family Medicine Clinic
- Heart Transplant/ Advanced Heart Failure
- Oncology
- Solid Organ Transplant
* Note: The required learning experiences must add up to 2/3 of the program
in direct patient care. A combination of required patient care experiences
and additional required patient care made by selecting additional patient
care learning experiences. No more than one non-patient care experience
can be taken in any given residency year.
** Additional experiences, including Emergency Medicine, Trauma ICU, Burn
Management, HIV Clinic, and Pediatrics may also be available at other
LCMC Health System facilities