PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy



Staffing and Administration

After the orientation learning experience is complete, the resident will staff on the Med/Surg clinical team during the first Thursday of each month from 7 am to 3:30 pm. The resident will also staff first shift every fourth weekend longitudinally during the residency year within the clinical teams. These shifts will be 10 hour shifts, beginning at 7 am. The pharmacy resident will spend the initial training within the pharmacy department for order-entry, pharmacy-to-dose, and clinical team responsibilities. Once training is complete, and residents achieve proficiency, the resident will have full staffing responsibilities in those areas.

The administrative learning experience is combined with Clinical Applications, or staffing, to make up Clinical Applications and Operations. This is a 12-month, longitudinal learning experience that will be completed throughout the year. The resident will complete this learning experience through coordinated meetings, educational opportunities, and activities designed by the Clinical Services Manager. Activities in this learning experience will permit the pharmacy resident to learn about political aspects of decision making in the hospital setting, 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. The other focus 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.