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PGY2 Pharmacy Residency

 Program Purpose

University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics offers a 2 year combined Master of Science in Pharmacotherapy emphasizing pharmacy administration, Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1), and Health-System Pharmacy Administration Specialty Residency (PGY2). The purpose of this program is to develop clinically strong practitioners who choose to specialize in pharmacy administration roles, and become leaders in the profession. Through the academic program, residents obtain a solid academic foundation in current health care administration issues and management skills. The PGY1 program provides a strong practice foundation with an emphasis on clinical skill development. The PGY2 program provides a broad experience in the management of pharmacy services in an academic medical center including inpatient and ambulatory programs, as well as foundation skills in human resources, leadership, technology, compliance, informatics, operational management, finance, and medication safety and quality.

If program positions are available, the organization may also offer a PGY2 position that is not connected to the MS program. Candidates for this position will have completed a clinically strong, PGY1 residency or have equivalent experience.

Graduates of the program will be capable of assuming roles as clinical coordinators, team leaders, pharmacy supervisors, or managers in a variety of pharmacy practice settings including academic medical centers. These are the leaders that will be ultimately assuming senior pharmacy leader and director of pharmacy positions.

 
Program Educational Outcomes, Goals, and Objectives

The program uses the ASHP Outcomes, Goals and Objectives required for Health System Pharmacy Administration. The program uses all required Outcomes, Goals and Objectives, as well as, Outcome E5 (Leveraging technology and automation) as the core requirements for the program. Outcomes E2 (Quality methodology: conducting outcome projects) and E7 (Functioning in academic settings) are frequently addressed by residents in elective experiences. Other elective Outcomes may be addressed as part of the resident's customizable plan.

The ASHP document is available at: http://www.ashp.org/Import/ACCREDITATION/ResidencyAccreditation/RegulationsStandards.aspx

The summary of the Outcomes, Goals and Objectives selected for this year are included as a print out from ResiTrak.

 
Program Requirements

Rotations are planned for each resident based on the program requirements, resident's previous experiences, resident's interests, and identified resident needs. A foundational set of experiences are required. The duration of rotation is used as a starting point for planning the resident's year, and is adjusted based on the above factors for each resident. The following summarizes the rotation experiences.

Rotation Primary Preceptor Suggested Duration
Foundational Required Experiences
Core Management Rotation/ Administrative Services Linda Tyler 4 weeks
University Hospital Inpatient Carolyn Kowalchik 8 weeks
Ambulatory Services Michael Kelly 8 weeks
Huntsman Cancer Hospital Scott Silverstein 4 weeks
Medication Safety Shantel Mullin 4 weeks
Informatics and Technology Craig Herzog 4 weeks
Budgeting and Financial Services Linda Tyler 4 weeks
Capstone Management Rotation Linda Tyler 4 weeks or Longitudinal
Project Linda Tyler Longitudinal
Staffing, Scheduling and Supervision Jennifer Grover Longitudinal
Orientation (if did not complete PGY1 at University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics) Shantel Mullin 4 weeks
Elective Experiences
Pharmacy Outcomes Research Center (PORC) Joseph Biskupiak 4 weeks
Drug Policy Erin Fox 4 weeks
Other electives are arranged based on the resident's interests. This can included experiences in other areas as well as a longer duration in an already scheduled area.    

 
Other program requirements

Completion of Goals and Objectives: Residents are required to complete 85% of the goals and objectives as a requirement for completion in the program.

Project: Residents are required to complete a project and develop a manuscript for publication. The residency project can be coordinated with the thesis requirement of the masters program.

Presentations

  • Lecture or presentation to pharmacy students as part of a class (traditionally this has been the Health System Pharmacy Management lecture in the Management course)
  • Department seminar
  • Continuing education presentation
  • Project presentation at Western States Residents Conference

Staffing requirements: Residents are scheduled for four staffing assignment per month. During the year, the resident will segue from staffing assignments to the staffing pager, handling sick call and other scheduling issues.

Optional experience: Complete requirements for teaching certificate program

 
Sequencing of rotations

The sequence of rotations is determined based on the resident's experiences and needs. Orientation is the first rotation if the resident needs it. The core management rotation is scheduled early in the program year. The capstone rotation is either longitudinal or is the final rotation. Residents need familiarity with inpatient experiences early in the program to be successful on the longitudinal Staffing, Scheduling, and Supervision experience. If the resident has a solid foundation in inpatient issues as part of their PGY1, then the formal rotation may be delayed. The resident's project may also be a factor in scheduling rotations. It may make more sense to schedule an experience earlier in the year if it helps facilitate the project. Budgeting and Financial Services rotation is scheduled in April when the organizational budgets are being developed and finalized.

Residents in the 2 year program will have their rotations scheduled over the two years. The PGY1 rotations are scheduled over the first 15 months of the program. PGY2 rotations will be scheduled starting in spring of the first year. The schedule will be developed to minimize the impact of class schedules on clinical rotations. Clinical rotations with fixed time demands that could conflict with coursework will be scheduled during academic breaks. Rotations that are more flexible in accommodating course schedules (for example Drug Information, Medication Safety, Management and Administration rotations, some ambulatory care rotations) will be scheduled concurrently with courses.

Goals and objectives for each rotation: The goals and objectives are assigned for each learning experience. ResiTrak is used as a tool for managing this process. The grid for objectives for this year is document: Mx_AppendixB_Katz_Grid-goals-rotations.pdf

Rotation Descriptions: A brief description and summary of each rotation for this program year is included in the document: Mx_AppendixB_Rotations Summary-2010-11.docx
Individual Rotation Descriptions are included for each experience.

 
Program evaluation strategies

The following summarizes the evaluation strategies that are used throughout the year.

Rotational experiences

  1. Midpoint preceptor evaluation using customized evaluation tool. Evaluation is conducted as a discussion with the resident with the evaluation tool facilitating the discussion. Evaluation points include:
    • Resident is making satisfactory progress in achieving goals and objectives for this rotation.
    • Resident demonstrates appropriate time management and project management skills
    • Resident demonstrates strong interpersonal skills
    • Resident is able to work independently on projects and asks for appropriate guidance
    • Projects in progress for this rotation
    • Resident strengths include
    • Opportunities for development
    • Other comments
  2. Resident end of rotation self-evaluation using ResiTrak summative evaluation.
  3. Preceptor end of rotation evaluation using ResiTrak summative evaluation.
  4. Resident end of rotation evaluation of preceptor using ResiTrak evaluation.
  5. Resident end of rotation evaluation of learning experience using ResiTrak evaluation.

Longitudinal experiences

  1. Midpoint evaluations are conducted 3 times during the experience. The first and third are preceptor only evaluations. The middle evaluation is summative with preceptor and resident self-evaluations.
  2. Resident end of rotation self-evaluation using ResiTrak summative evaluation.
  3. Preceptor end of rotation evaluation using ResiTrak summative evaluation.
  4. Resident end of rotation evaluation of preceptor using ResiTrak evaluation.
  5. Resident end of rotation evaluation of learning experience using ResiTrak evaluation.

 
For more information contact:

Linda Tyler, PharmD
Administrative Director of Pharmacy Services
Linda.Tyler@hsc.utah.edu
(801) 581-2732