Postgraduate Year 1
Developing residents’ clinical knowledge is the main focus of the PGY1 year. Each resident participates in seven 6-week learning experiences selected from required, selective, and elective experiences. The last learning experience six weeks of the PGY1 year is spent in infectious disease/antimicrobial stewardship and an orientation in the area selected for longitudinal management in the PGY2 year. At the end of successfully completing the PGY1 year, residents receive a certificate of completion.
The PGY1 year offers a unique opportunity to gain additional experience in both clinical and administrative areas.
Required Learning Experiences
- Internal Medicine - 6 weeks
- Medication Safety and Strategy - 6 weeks
- Population Health - 6 weeks
- Infectious Diseases/Stewardship- 3 weeks
- Longitudinal Management Orientation - 3 weeks
Selective Experiences
- Critical Care - 6 weeks
- Cardiac Care ICU
- Cardiovascular ICU
- Medical ICU
- Neuro ICU
- Trauma ICU
- Medicine Specialty - 6 weeks
- Acute Care of the Elderly
- Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- General Surgery
- Hematology/Oncology
- Hospitalist
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Solid Organ Transplant
Elective Learning Experiences - 2 electives at 6 weeks each
- Burn
- Emergency General Surgery
- Emergency Medicine
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
- Leukemia
- Nutrition
- Pediatrics – General
- Pediatrics/Neonatal Critical Care
- Pediatric Oncology
- Pharmacy Care Clinic
- Transitions of Care
- Or any selective experience not assigned already
Longitudinal - occur within the residency year
Medication use evaluation, Monograph, Pharmacy Practice Experience, CE presentations, PGY1 research project, executive leadership, Master’s class projects, Teaching Certification program (optional).
Postgraduate Year 2
Required Learning Experiences
- Executive Leadership - 4 weeks
- Medication Strategy Center Management - 4 weeks
- Finance & Budgeting Management - 4 weeks
- Multi-hospital Pharmacy Leadership - 4 weeks
- Specialty & Retail Pharmacy Leadership - 4 weeks
- Purchasing & Supply Chain Operations - 4 weeks
- Pharmacy Practice Experience - Longitudinal
- Pharmacy Advisor - Longitudinal
- Research Project - Longitudinal
- Pharmacy Practice Management - Longitudinal
Selective Learning Experiences
- Clinical Management - 6 weeks
- Choice of Acute Care, Oncology, Ambulatory
- Community Hospital Operations - 4 weeks
- Choose 1 of 3 locations
- Pharmacy Operations Management - 6 weeks
- Choice of Inpatient or Community
Elective Learning Experiences
- Pharmacy 340b Management - 4 weeks
- Pharmacy Business Intelligence and Data Analytics - 4 weeks
- Controlled Substances Pharmacy Management - 4 weeks
- Drug Diversion Management - 4 weeks
- Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Management - 4 weeks
- Investigational Drug Services - 4 weeks
- Oncology Ambulatory Infusion Pharmacy Operations - 4 weeks
- Oncology Inpatient Pharmacy Operations - 4 weeks
- Pediatric Management - 4 weeks
- Pharmacy Automation/IS - 4 weeks
- Pharmacy Population Health Management - 4 weeks
- Specialty Pharmacy Management - 4 weeks
- Or Any selective experience not assigned already - 4 weeks