PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program
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Purpose
The one year critical care PGY2 pharmacy residency program builds upon the resident’s Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency program in order to further develop skills needed to practice as a clinical pharmacist in the specialized area of critical care medicine. This residency will also prepare residents to pursue board certification in critical care (BCCCP) following completion of the program.
Program Overview
The critical care PGY2 residency at Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center provides residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by becoming incrementally autonomous throughout the approximately 24 weeks spent in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Residents will be required to manage a wide variety of disease states and critical situations throughout a mixed 28 bed ICU, as well as in an eight bed NeuroCritical Care Unit (NCCU).
Program Details
ASHP Program Code: 67102 | MS Code: 615452
Learning Experiences
Required
- Adult Critical Care Orientation – 2-4 weeks (individualized to each resident’s need)
- Adult Critical Care 1-4 – 24 weeks (broken into 4 x 6-7 week ICU learning experiences)
- Emergency medicine (6-7 weeks)
- PICU/NICU (6-7 weeks)
Elective (3-4 weeks each; residents can take up to 4 elective learning experiences per year)
- Infectious Disease
- Cardiology
- Toxicology
- Palliative Care
- Pain Management
- Pulmonology
- Emergency Medicine II
- Other specialty electives as available/requested
Longitudinal Experiences
- PGY2 Resident Project (52 weeks)
- Completion of one research project
- Practice Advancement (52 weeks)
- Completion of one medication use evaluation
- Completion of one formulary review
- Attend the following practice advancement committees
- Critical Care Committee
- ICU/EM/Evening Decentralized Team
- Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (Attendance is only required for this meeting when presenting any agenda items)
- PGY2 Critical Writing Assignment (52 weeks)
- Completion of one critical care writing assignment
- Staffing (52 weeks): General staffing outline and schedule is reported below.
- Weekday Evening Staffing
- One 4-hour shift every two weeks throughout year
- Alternating between central and decentral coverage
- Once both PGY2 residents complete emergency medicine rotation, decentral shift changes to covering emergency department
- Weekend Staffing
- Every 3rd weekend throughout year
- Coverage is primarily ICU or emergency department
- Consideration for increased flexibility of care area covered based on department needs and resident priorities
- Development of Presentation, Teaching, and Precepting (52 weeks)
- South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions PHA 750 course involvement (1 lecture required)
- Pharmacy Grand Rounds (2 presentations required)
- Journal Club (2 journal club presentations required)
- Precepting P4 APPE students
- Mentoring/managing activities for PGY1 residents
- South Dakota State University Teaching Certificate (Optional: if not completed during PGY1 residency)
- Additional Activities
- Topic Discussions and Direct Patient Care
- All required diseases and conditions as described in the ASHP PGY2 CC CAGOs appendix will be covered in the manner described below
- Formal Core Topic Discussions (5 per year)
- Informal topic discussions with preceptors (Completed with co-resident)
- Rapid fire topic discussions (Completed with co-resident and preceptors)
- Documentation of direct patient care (Completed by resident)
- ACLS (required)
- PALS (optional)
- ENLS (optional)
Application Process
Qualifications and requirements for candidacy:
- Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited degree program
- Licensed or eligible to apply for a license to practice pharmacy in the state of South Dakota
- Participation in the ASHP Residency Matching Program (“The Match”)
- A copy of transcripts: Undergraduate or non-pharmacy transcripts are not required. Only pharmacy school-related coursework must be submitted.
- Three professional references using the Standardized Reference Template in the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS)
- Copy of curriculum vitae
- Letter of intent describing reasons for seeking residency
- Completed application submitted in PhORCAS - See PhORCAS for due date
For additional information, please contact:
Ryan A. Waybright, Pharm.D., BCCCP
PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Director
Ryan.Waybright@avera.org
