The residency year is composed of 7.5 months of required core experiences, one research month, and 4 months of elective learning experiences. Flexibility allows residents to tailor their experiences to meet their individual career goals. Most learning experiences are one month in duration but some electives are a half month. Residents are also evaluated longitudinally on some experiences, including Projects, Presentations, Antimicrobial Stewardship Management, and Professional Practice Experience. The PGY2 ID resident is given multiple presentation opportunities throughout the year, including Pharmacy Grand Rounds, which is CE-accredited, and many lectures to learners, e.g. ID physician fellows, pharmacy students, and PA students. An example year is provided below.
Required Learning Experiences
- Orientation - 2 weeks
- Microbiology Lab - 2 weeks
- ID Consult-B Service – critically ill or immunocompromised patients - 8 weeks
- ID Consult-A Service - 4 weeks
- Antibiotic Support Team – stewardship service - 8 weeks
- ID Clinic - 8 weeks
- Research - Longitudinal
Elective Learning Experiences
The length of these experiences will be 3 months total and include:
- Medicine ICU
- BMT/Stem Cell Transplantation
- Leukemia
- Internal Medicine
- Pediatric ID Consult Service
- Solid Organ Transplantation
- Academia
- Home Infusion Pharmacy
- One or more additional months in the core ID services