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 Disease (4 weeks)
• Parenteral Nutrition (4 weeks)
• Medical Intensive Care II (4 weeks)
Electives (16 weeks)
• Antibiotic Stewardship/ Infectious Disease 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 (i.e. brown bag events for local parishes and Mobile Health Outreach Ministries)
• Teaching Curriculum (optional)
• Student and PGY1 Resident Precepting