PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency
Purpose
A graduate of the PGY2 Residency in Ambulatory Care at New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) will be a skilled teacher, leader, and practitioner who will be accountable for achieving optimal drug therapy outcomes in an outpatient setting. The graduate will function independently as well as be prepared to integrate as a member of a health care team. Additionally, the residency graduate will communicate effectively with other health care members, patients, and the community.
Upon completion of this residency program, the graduate will be prepared to enter a clinical faculty position with direct patient care provided in an ambulatory setting; however, any number of other clinical positions would be available to this graduate.
Program Description
The PGY2 Residency in Ambulatory Care at NHRMC consists of 12 months of specialized training and experience. This residency has been in place since1998 and has been ASHP accredited since its year of inception.The goals, objectives, and evaluation procedures have been developed and consistently updated in accordance with the accreditation standards set forth by ASHP. This program builds upon the fundamental professional practice skills and knowledge developed in PGY1 Residency. Enhancing the resident’s teaching and evaluation skills is another focus for this program.
Throughout the year, the resident will:
- Provide competent direct patient care in a variety of environments
- Demonstrate responsibility for outcomes of the medication management of patients
- Acquire, evaluate, and apply evidence-based medical information and therapeutic principles and guidelines
- Optimize teaching skills and effectively educate health care practitioners, patients, students, and other residents about drug therapy
- Develop self-evaluation skills and work closely with faculty to effectively evaluate others
- Continue to develop skills which demonstrate leadership and commitment to the pharmacy profession
Pharmacy PGY 2 Curriculum
Required Rotations (Nine months)
Six months of the following within Family Medicine:
- Pharmacy Clinic (two half days each week, plus one additional half day every other week)
- Inpatient Rounds (one half day each week)
- Nursing Home Rounds (based upon interest)
One month of each of the following:
- Orientation
- Project or Elective
- Teaching
Elective rotations (Three months)
(One elective is required to be four weeks without longitudinal responsibilities. Other electives chosen are mini-electives consisting of 2 weeks blocks including longitudinal responsibilities. .Four week electives can also be mini-electives, however mini-electives cannot be four-week electives.)
Four-week electives:
- Anticoagulation
- Ambulatory Care Speciality-Cardiology
- Community Care of North Carolina
- Community Health and Prevention
- Drug Information/Drug Use Policy
- Geriatrics
- Heart Failure (Contingent upon ACCP traineeship program acceptance)
- Inpatient Family Medicine
- Inpatient Internal Medicine
- Inpatient Pediatrics
- Obstetrics
- Outpatient Practice Management
Mini-electives:
- Ambulatory Oncology
- Community Family Medicine Practice
- Dermatology Clinic
- Emergency Medicine
- HIV Clinic
- Medical Mission
Teaching
- Co-precepting fourth-year pharmacy students
- Presenting and evaluating at student seminar once monthlyEducation Forum
- Didactic presentations to Family Medicine faculty and residents
- Inservices to pharmacy staff, nursing staff and pharmacy students
Service component (staffing)
- Adverse Drug Event Reporting (4 hours each week)
- Outpatient pharmacy (8 hours each month)
- Inpatient pharmacy (8 hours each month)
- Service on hospital and department of pharmacy committees (Medication Safety, Education Practice Council)
Community service
- At least one community service activity each quarter
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