Oncology Specialty Residency

Hematology and Oncology Specialty Residency

WFBH offers an ASHP-accreditated, one-year, specialty residency in oncology at a NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. The residency is designed to provide the resident with a broad range of hematology and oncology experiences in a progressive environment committed to pharmaceutical care and education. These experiences combine learning opportunities in a multidisciplinary setting for both inpatients and outpatients. One position is available each year.

Fundamentals

Clinical experiences

Clinical experiences are available in each of the following patient populations:

Blood & Marrow Transplant (BMT) - required
Leukemia - required
Medical Oncology - required
Pediatric Oncology
Gynecology Oncology
Ambulatory Hematology and Oncology Clinic - longitudinal
Pain Management
Palliative Care
Nutrition Support
Infectious Diseases

Preceptors

LeAnne Kennedy, PharmD, BCOP
Jennifer Ziegler, PharmD, BCOP
Heather Cox, PharmD, BCOP
Brandy Strickland, PharmD, BCOP
Erica Wands, PharmD
Jay Brown, PharmD, BCOP

Rotations

Members of the pharmacy staff participate in daily patient care rounds, therapeutic drug monitoring, medication reconciliation, patient education, providing drug information, and in-service education.

Flexibility allows the resident to tailor experiences to meet their individual interests and career goals.

One month rotations which could be made into blocks of multiple months
In July, the resident will spend time learning order verification and distribution system for chemotherapy patients
December will be left open as a research and administration month
Remaining 10 rotations are broken into 7 required rotations and 3 elective rotations
All rotations precepted by qualified clinical specialists

Clinical experiences

Required Rotations

Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT)
Leukemia
Medical Oncology, inpatient
Introduction to Outpatient Oncology, clinic
Breast, clinic
Medical Oncology, clinic (GU/GI/Thoracic)
Pediatric Oncolcogy
Practice Management - longitudinal
Practice Experience (clinic and inpatient) - longitudinal

Electives

Gynecology Oncology
Leukemia, outpatient
Lymphoma, outpatient
Hematology, outpatient
Head/neck, outpatient
Sarcoma/melanoma, outpatient
BMT, oupatient
Pediatric Oncology, outpatient
Pallative Care
Nutrition Support
Infectious Disease
Investigational Drug Services

Presentations

Written and verbal communication skills are emphasized throughout the program. Presentation opportunities include:

Pharmacotherapy CE Program
Journal Club
Case Presentations
Didactic Lecture at Campbell University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Staff Development presentations
Inservices on rotations
Project Presentation at the Southeastern Residency Conference
Presentation at a national meeting such as ASHP Midyear, HOPA
Lay Public Education

Precepting

By precepting students, the oncology resident will have the opportunity to refine their teaching skills and further deepen their own clinical knowledge base.

WFBMC is a rotation site primarily for students from Campbell University and Wingate Colleges of Pharmacy (approximately 160 student months per year)
Precepting responsibilities available on many rotations
For those residents who have not received a teaching certificate, they may complete the teaching certificate
program at WFBH.

Projects

The oncology resident will complete:

A minimum of one independent research project
A manuscript for publication
Mentoring provided by pharmacy preceptors

Benefits

Comprehensive benefit package
Estimated stipend: $45,000
Paid holiday and vacation time
Funding to attend professional meetings (HOPA and ASHP Midyear)
Office with computer
Covered parking

Former Residents (Current Positions)

2005-2006	Mandy Confer Gatesman, PharmD, BCOP	Virginia Commonwealth University, Clinical Coordinator, Oncology Residency Director PGY2
2006-2007	Jennifer Davis, PharmD, BCOP	MD Anderson Cancer Center, Clinical Specialist-Sarcoma
2007-2008	Heather D Cox, PharmD, BCOP	WFBH-Oncology Clinical Pharmacist
2008-2009	Violette Sun Basorun (Ajiboye), PharmD MBA, BCOP	Georgia Health Sciences Medical Center-Clinical Coordinator, Oncology Residency Director PGY2
2009-2010	M Jay Brown, PharmD	WFBH-Oncology Clinical Pharmacist
2010-2011	Kara Loth, PharmD	WFBH-Oncology Clinical Pharmacist
2011-2012	Danielle Waldron, PharmD	WFBH-Oncology Clinical Pharmacist
2012-2013	Meghan Devine, PharmD	Current PGY2 resident, WFBMC