PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency

Purpose

PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.

Program Structure

The PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at MUSC is a one-year post-graduate training program designed to prepare critical care specialists qualified to accept a position and practice in a variety of critical care environments including, but not limited to: medical, surgical, trauma, neurosurgical, neurological, cardiothoracic, cardiology, medical-surgical, emergency medicine, and transplant. They will be able to identify, prevent, and resolve medication-related problems, participate as active members of a multidisciplinary healthcare team, provide education to various healthcare providers and patients, conduct effective research and medication-use-evaluations, and demonstrate leadership skills. The residency program provides the flexibility to adapt to the resident’s specific learning needs and goals. The training is provided through month-long clinical rotations and longitudinal experiences that extend throughout the year.

Required Learning Experiences:

1. PGY2 Orientation (July; 1 month)
2. Cardiothoracic (CTICU; 1 month)
3. Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU; 1 month)
4. Surgical Trauma Burn Intensive Care Unit (STBICU; 1 month)
5. Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU; 1 month)
6. Specialized Medical Intensive Care Unit (SMICU; 1 month)
7. Neurocritical Care (1 month)
8. Emergency Medicine (EM; 1 month)
9. Research Project Month (December; 1 month)

Other Residency Experiences:

• Longitudinal:
  • Critical Care On-call
  • Critical Care Staffing Experience
  • Critical Care Management 1 (Journal Club, Critical Care Lecture Series, Presentations, Guideline/Protocol Development, Hospital or Pharmacy Committee Work, & Seminar)
  • Critical Care Research Project
  • Critical Care Precepting
  • Critical Care MUE
• Elective Learning Experiences:
  • Transplant Abdominal (1 month)
  • Heart/Lung Transplant (1 month)
  • Cardiology ICU (CICU) (1 month)
  • Infectious Disease Consults (1 month)
  • Critical Care Evenings (1 month)
  • Repeat any required rotation (1 month each)

Additional program-specific completion requirements:

• Up to 26, 8-hour weekend shifts (average of every 4th weekend over 52 weeks)
• Up to 26 days on-call
• Present 3 Critical Care Lecture Series (CCLS)
• Journal club presentations – 4 required
• Research Certificate required (if not completed already)
• Complete one committee assignment
• Revise or develop one guideline/protocol

Core Preceptors

Carolyn Magee Bell, Pharm.D., BCCCP, FCCM
mageeca@musc.edu

Jaclyn M. Hawn, Pharm.D., BCCCP
hawnj@musc.edu

Melanie Smith Condeni, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM
smitmela@musc.edu

Joe Mazur, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP
mazurj@musc.edu

Ron Neyens, Pharm.D.
neyens@musc.edu

Carolyn Pfeifer, Pharm.D., BCCCP
pfeife@musc.edu