PGY2 Internal Medicine 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 Postgraduate Year Two (PGY-2) Internal Medicine Residency Program is a one-year post-graduate training program designed to build upon competencies achieved in a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency developing specialized areas of practice and providing care for a variety of complex acutely ill patients. PGY-2 Internal Medicine residency provides 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 the program are prepared to successfully practice as an internal medicine pharmacy specialist or subspecialist in an area of interest as an integral member of an interprofessional health care team. Residents will also be prepared to pursue a career in a health system or academia and engage in educational or scholarly pursuits.

Adult On-Call

Residents participate in an out-of-house on-call service supporting clinical care for adult patients. There are 2 on-call shifts each week: Weekday (Monday-Friday) and Weekend (Friday-Monday). Weekend shift coverage includes an on-site weekend shift for Saturday and Sunday; otherwise, on-call can be facilitated remotely. There is always a clinical pharmacy specialist to support residents and work together to find appropriate clinical solutions. One resident covers on-call at a time.

For 2024-2025 residents, 6 shifts were scheduled to each resident:

• 3 weekday fully remote from Monday-Thursday
• 3 weekend shifts from Friday-Monday with on-site clinical shift 0700-1530 on Saturday and Sunday
• Total of 21 days on-call for the year

Required Learning Experiences

1. Orientation (External Residents) (July, 1 month)
2. Internal Medicine (4 months):
        i. Internal Medicine 1 (1 month)
        ii. Internal Medicine 2 (1 month)
        iii. Internal Medicine 3 (1 month)
        iv. Internal Medicine 4 (1 month)
3. Infectious Diseases Antimicrobial Stewardship/ID Consults (1 month)
4. Ambulatory Pulmonary Clinic/Transitions of Care (1 month)

Elective Learning Experiences

• Acute Care Family Medicine (1 month)
• Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiothoracic Transplant (1 month)
• Emergency Medicine (1 month)
• Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU, 1 month)
• Inpatient Cardiology (1 month)
• Inpatient Cardiology, Heart Failure (1 month)
• Inpatient Malignant Hematology (1 month)
• Inpatient Transplant Nephrology and Hepatology (1 month)
• Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)/Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU, 1 month)
• Neurocritical Care (1 month)
• Psychiatry Consult-Liaison (1 month)
• Research and Projects (December, 1 month)
• Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability

Longitudinal

• Clinical Operations PGY2 IM (1 year)
• Adult Inpatient On-Call (1 year)
• Committee and Workgroup Experience (1 year)
• Research Project and Manuscript (1 year)
• Seminar (2 months)

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
• Oversee and organize internal medicine team teaching series
• Develop and present 1-hour lecture for Critical Care Lecture Series
• Develop or revise at least 1 clinical pathway/protocol/guideline
• Participate in committee work
• Complete Research Certificate program (if not completed already)
• Present research project (poster and/or podium) at a local, state, regional, or national conference

Core Preceptors

• Tracie Delay, PharmD, BCPS - Internal Medicine 
• Lindsay Deloney, PharmD, BCPS - Internal Medicine 
• Christian Leppert, PharmD, BCPS - Internal Medicine 
• Wendy Bullington, PharmD, BCPS - Pulmonary Medicine

Current Residents

PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residents