PGY1 Community-Based Residency



Staffing and Administration

Each resident will complete one week of outpatient training for patient-centered dispensing at Center Pharmacy during the orientation block. Upon completion of this training, the resident will complete his/her staffing component at Center Pharmacy for one half-day each week during the longitudinal rotations and one day every other week during block rotations. Additionally, the resident will staff the Cape Fear Valley discharge foyer every fourth weekend and once a week during their project month. Residents will gain experience completing various clinical tasks during their staffing commitments.

The pharmacy administration and operations learning experience is an eight-week longitudinal rotation that occurs during December as well as February of the residency year. Residents will meet with various members of the pharmacy leadership team to discuss topics pertaining to pharmacy department planning and improvement. Activities in this learning experience will permit the pharmacy resident to learn what items are assessed during the decision-making process for the department to include: pharmacy operations, financial management, pharmacy regulations and law, policy and procedure development, The Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service regulations, and interdepartmental relationships. Another activity of the learning experience will introduce the resident to the process of developing and updating clinical policies and procedures for the department along with implementing and evaluating changes to the clinical practice model.