Learning Experiences
The rotation schedule for the 12-month PGY2 Residency Program includes:
- Orientation (4 week duration)
- Seven Core Rotations
- Elective Rotations (16 weeks)
- Research Block (2 week duration)
- ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting (1 week)
- Year End Wrap-Up Block (1 week)
Required Rotations
- Orientation (4 weeks)
- Medical Intensive Care I (6 weeks)
- Cardiac Intensive Care (6 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
- Infectious Diseases (4 weeks)
- Parenteral Nutrition (4 weeks)
- Medical Intensive Care II (4 weeks)
Electives (16 weeks)
- Antibiotic Stewardship/ Infectious Diseases II
- Clinical Research
- Nephrology
- Pulmonology
- Pharmacy Informatics
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine*
- Toxicology*
- Surgical/Trauma Critical Care*
- Repeat any learning experience once
* Rotations at other healthcare facilities. Availability of rotation is dependent upon the other program’s schedule. The resident can take no more than two rotations outside the health system.
Longitudinal Rotations
- Pharmacy Practice (Staffing)
- Every third weekend
- One major and two minor holidays
- Clinical Research
- Pharmacy Leadership/Continuous Quality Improvement
- Medication use evaluation, Drug class review, Protocol development
- Poster presentation at ASHP Midyear Meeting
- Newsletter articles
Additional Learning Opportunities
- Pharmacy Grand Rounds
- Continuing Education Program to Professional Health Care Organization
- Weekly Resident Meetings - Resident Interactive Teaching Experiences (RITEs)
- ACLS Skills Builder Training Sessions
- Critical Care and Pharmacy Committee Involvement
- Community Service Projects: two projects per year
- Teaching Curriculum (optional)
- Student and PGY1 Resident Precepting