PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency

The Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center is a 12-month, full-time curriculum that provides the essential elements needed to mold a well-rounded clinical pharmacist. This intensive training involves activities in a wide variety of practice settings, including:

Designing and managing drug treatment regimens for hospitalized patients in internal medicine and a variety of specialties.
Participating in pharmacy practice management activities to broaden the resident's understanding of the role of pharmacy and its integration into the healthcare system.
Discovering innovative opportunities including emergency medicine and patient safety / informatics.
Exploring specialty areas of pharmacy such as sold organ transplant, psychiatry, and HIV infectious diseases.

Pharmacists completing the residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center will have gained the skills necessary to be competent and confident practitioners of pharmaceutical care for patients in multiple health care settings. The resident will function as a key member of the health care team and be accountable for achieving optimal drug therapy outcomes for their patients. These pharmacists will develop the skills necessary to become valuable providers of education on medication therapy-related topics to other health care professionals, patients and the community. The resident will demonstrate professional maturity by developing and following a personal philosophy of excellence, monitoring his or her own performance and exhibiting a commitment to the profession of pharmacy.

Accreditation

The PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency is accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP). Its goals, objectives, and evaluation procedures are consistent with the goals and objectives established by ASHP.

Curriculum

Rotation Schedule

The PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency is based on an innovative rotation schedule designed to develop a well-rounded, independent practitioner. Modeled after medical training, each resident will spend seven months as an integral member of an internal medicine team including daily interaction with an attending pharmacist. The resident will provide comprehensive pharmacy services to this team, consisting of prospective medication regimen design, medication therapy optimization, antimicrobial stewardship, anticoagulation monitoring, patient counseling, pharmacokinetics, and order authorization. Additionally, the resident will have three months to spend in an elective of choice. An example of the schedule is outlined below:

Month	Resident #1	Resident #2	Resident #3
July	Orientation	Orientation	Orientation
August	Orientation	Orientation	Orientation
September	Elective	Internal Medicine Team A	Internal Medicine Team B
October	Internal Medicine Team A	Elective	Internal Medicine Team B
November	Internal Medicine Team A	Internal Medicine Team B	Elective
December	Internal Medicine	Internal Medicine	Internal Medicine
January	Elective	Internal Medicine Team B	Internal Medicine Team A
February	Internal Medicine Team B	Elective	Internal Medicine Team A
March	Internal Medicine Team B	Internal Medicine Team A	Elective
April	Elective	Internal Medicine Team A	Internal Medicine Team B
May	Internal Medicine Team A	Elective	Internal Medicine Team B
June	Internal Medicine Team A	Internal Medicine Team B	Elective

Longitudinal Rotations

Patient Safety / Informatics
Pharmacy Management
Pharmacy Practice
Research

Longitudinal Pharmacy Practice / Clinical Pharmacokinetics Experience

Following completion of the orientation period, the pharmacy resident will be required to provide pharmaceutical care services every third weekend and pharmacokinetic consults on assigned university holidays. A Clinical Specialist will be on call and will available if problems arise or discussion of a patient's status is needed.

Elective Rotations

Elective rotations are designed to customize the pharmacy practice experience to the needs and desires of the particular resident. Possible electives include:

Bone Marrow Transplantation
Burn / Trauma Intensive Care
Cardiology
Emergency Medicine
HIV Infectious Diseases
Investigation Drug Service
Medical Intensive Care
Medical/Surgical Intensive Care
Palliative Care
Pharmacy Administration
Psychiatry
Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic
Solid Organ Transplantation
Surgical Intensive Care

Please click here for the 2011-2012 PGY1 Information Pamphlet

For more information, contact:

Linda Thomas, PharmD, BCPS
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 638
Rochester, NY 14642
linda_thomas@urmc.rochester.edu
Phone: (585) 275-5122
Fax: (585) 756-5582