PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency

 

Required Rotations

• Orientation
• Medical ICU I and II
• Surgical Trauma ICU I and II
• Cardiothoracic ICU I and II
• Neurosurgical ICU
• Emergency Medicine

Elective Rotations (up to 3 may be selected)

• Transplant (Abdominal)
• Transplant (Thoracic)
• Infectious Disease
• Toxicology

Longitudinal Experiences

• Research Project
• Seminar - ACPE accredited lecture to BSWH pharmacy department
• Medication Use Evaluation
• Critical Care Leadership-Management/Medication Safety
• Teaching and Education
• Code Blue Response
• Staffing
• Noon Conference – CME accredited lecture to interdisciplinary critical care staff

Our multifaceted multidisciplinary teaching is provided during formal rounds, didactic sessions, and weekly critical care conferences with invited lecturers, including:

• Journal clubs
• Case Presentations
• Critical Care Conference
• Grand Rounds (multiple specialties)

Residents are required to provide an ACPE-accredited lecture to the pharmacy department and a CME-accredited lecture to interdisciplinary critical care staff.

Residents will have the opportunity to mentor and precept pharmacy students and/or PGY1 residents.

Residents present the project as a platform presentation at ALCALDE Southwest Leadership Conference. Additional opportunities for research projects to be completed and submitted as abstracts to the SCCM Critical Care Congress are available.

A written manuscript of the research results is required to be submitted to the program director prior to completion of the program and is highly encouraged to be submitted for publication.

Past areas of research include:

Staffing:

Longitudinal staffing approximately every third weekend in the critical care setting. Staffing will alternate between clinical and operational coverage.

Manager On-Call Program:

Residents also serve as Manager On-Call as part of leadership development. The critical care resident participates in this program rotating with both PGY1 and PGY2 co-residents.

Medication Safety:

The resident will be expected to conduct two critical care event reviews per on-call week.

Practice Management and Professional Involvement 

Policy/Guideline Development:

The resident will be required to write or update at least one critical care policy, protocol or guideline

Committee Involvement:

BUMC Critical Care Collaborative

Other:

Lead SCCM monthly journal club webinar

Conference Travel:

The resident will have the opportunity to attend various professional meetings throughout the year, with funding provided for travel to ASHP Midyear and ALCALDE Southwest Leadership Conference. Funding for additional conferences, such as SCCM Annual Congress, is based on availability