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PGY2 Infectious Diseases 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.

Additional Program Description

The Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Infectious Diseases (ID) Pharmacy Residency Program at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health is a specialized residency consisting of 12 months of training and experience in various practice areas in infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship (ASP), and immunocompromised hosts. It is designed to develop accountability; practice patterns; habits; and expert knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities in the respective advanced area of pharmacy practice. The ID PGY2 program builds upon the broad-based competencies achieved in a PGY1 residency, deepening the resident's ability to provide care in the most complex of cases or in the support of care through practice leadership. The program allows sufficient flexibility to adapt to the interests and needs of the individual resident yet provides the basic foundation for quality clinical practice in infectious diseases. The resident will have the opportunity to gain clinical, research, and teaching experience in infectious diseases. Therefore, the program provides residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and transforming both into improved medication therapy for patients.

Program Design

  • ID PGY2 - Orientation (1 month, July)
  • ID PGY2 - Antimicrobial Stewardship I and II (1 month each)
  • ID PGY2 - Foundations in Clinical Microbiology (1 month)
  • ID PGY2 - Adult Infectious Diseases Consult A-Service and B-service (1 month each)
  • ID PGY2 - Transplant Infectious Diseases Consult Service (1 month)
  • ID PGY2 - Research Month (1 month)
  • ID PGY2 - Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship (1 month)
  • ID PGY2 - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consults/ASP (1 month)
  • ID PGY2 - HIV Clinic (1 month)
  • ID PGY2 - Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) (1 month)

  • ID PGY2 - Infectious Diseases Academia (1 month or longitudinal)
  • ID PGY2 - Precepting Add On (as applicable for each rotation)
  • ID PGY2 - Lecture or Teaching (as applicable)

Longitudinal

  • ID PGY2 - ASP Clinical Staffing: Friday before scheduled shift (on-site) and 1 weekend/month (remote) from 10a-2p
  • ID PGY2 - NTM Clinic (5 months)
  • ID PGY2 - ASP Quality & Practice Management (5 months)

Projects

  • ID PGY2 - Medication Use Evaluation (5 months)
  • ID PGY2 - Research and Manuscript (1 year)

Presentation

  • ID PGY2 – Seminar; CE eligible (1 per year)
  • ID PGY2 – ID Grand Rounds; CE eligible (1 per year)
  • ID PGY2 – Critical Care Lecture Series (1 per year)

Required Direct Patient Care Experiences: Bone & Joint Infections, Cardiovascular infections, CNS infections, Fungal infections, GI infections, IA infections, Neutropenic fever, OIs in immunocompromised hosts, Respiratory tract infections, Sepsis, Skin and soft tissue infections, Urologic infections, Viral infections; other supportive disease-states in ID PGY2 appendix 

  • Drug class review/Monograph – prepare or review
  • Treatment guideline/protocol – prepare or review
  • Research Certificate required (if not completed already)
  • Research presentation (poster and/or podium) at a local, state, regional, or national conference (ID-related preferred)

Krutika Mediwala Hornback, Pharm.D., BCIDP
System Manager - Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
Residency Program Director, PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency
mediwala@musc.edu

Rachel F. Colven, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Assistant Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, MUSC College of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
burgoonr@musc.edu

Laura Ehrenberger, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
ehrenber@musc.edu

Josh Knight, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Inpatient Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship
knightjo@musc.edu

Abby Kosharek, Pharm.D., MPA, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
kosharek@musc.edu

Taylor Morrisette, Pharm.D., MPH
Associate Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, MUSC College of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
morritay@musc.edu

Jordan Jones, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
jonejord@musc.edu

Christopher Donaldson, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Inpatient Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship
cdd204@musc.edu

Zach Gruss, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship and OPAT
gruss@musc.edu

Hayley Berry, Pharm.D., ACACP, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – HIV Clinic
davisha@musc.edu

Wendy Bullington, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pulmonary/NTM Clinic
bullingw@musc.edu

Stephanie Kirk, PharmD, CDCES, BCACP, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – HIV Clinic
kirks@musc.edu

Logan Patterson, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
patterlo@musc.edu

Residency Program Director

Krutika N. Mediwala Hornback, Pharm.D., BCIDP

PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Program Director System Pharmacy Coordinator, Antimicrobial Stewardship Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Education: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, USC Campus

Post-graduate training: PGY1 and PGY2 Infectious Diseases at University of Kentucky HealthCare
Rotations offered: Infectious Diseases Consults, Antimicrobial Stewardship

Program Staff

Rachel F. Colven, Pharm.D., BCIDP

PGY2 ID Residency Program Coordinator Assistant Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, MUSC College of Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship

PGY2 Infectious Disease Resident

Daniel Putman, Pharm.D.

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