PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (New Hanover)
Program description
The PGY1 Pharmacy residency is a 12-month program designed to produce competent and confident generalist pharmacists. This diversity of experience prepares graduates to excel in an academic or community health-systems. Residents participate in a range of direct patient care activities, including emergency response, interdisciplinary & academic rounding, transitions of care, and antimicrobial stewardship. In addition to required rotations, residents may select 4 electives to customize their experience. Community service, quality improvement, scholarship activities, and service on department and health-system committees are incorporated into a resident’s experience. PGY1 Pharmacy residents staff every other weekend during July and August and every third weekend thereafter (Saturday and Sunday). Residents will also staff 2 pharmacy department holidays. 5 PGY1 Pharmacy positions are available.
Curriculum
- Unless otherwise noted, all rotations are scheduled in 1 -month blocks, approximately 50 hours per week
- Required rotations may be scheduled in a variety of units if applicable (i.e. Ambulatory Care, ICU, Integrated Practice)
- Integrated practice is a general medicine rotation conducted on an adult medical unit with a decentralized pharmacist focused on triaging direct patient care on a unit managed primarily by hospitalists
| Required Block Rotations |
|---|
| Orientation (5 weeks) |
| Ambulatory Care (1 month) |
| Intensive Care Unit (1 month) |
| Integrated Practice (1 month) |
| Internal Medicine I and II (2 months) |
| Practice Management (1 month) |
| Pediatrics or Neonatal ICU (1 month) |
| Required Longitudinal Rotations |
| Continuing Education (3 months) |
| Leadership, Excellence and Development (LEAD) (12 months) |
| Quality Improvement Medication Use Evaluation (6 months) |
| Quality Improvement Project (12 months) |
| Staffing: Inpatient Practice (12 months) |
| Elective Rotations |
| Administration: Clinical focus |
| Administration: Operations focus |
| Ambulatory Care: Heart and Vascular Institute |
| Ambulatory Care: HIV Care Team Clinic |
| Ambulatory Care: Internal Medicine Clinic |
| Ambulatory Care: Specialty Neurology |
| Ambulatory Care: Primary Care Clinic |
| Ambulatory Care: Specialty Rheumatology |
| Ambulatory Care: Zimmer Cancer Clinic |
| Emergency Medicine |
| Adult ICU: Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Adult ICU: Coronary Care |
| Adult ICU: Medical |
| Adult ICU: Neurology |
| Adult ICU: Surgical/Trauma |
| Adult ICU: Emergency Medicine Overnight |
| Nutrition Support |
| Pediatric ICU |
| Integrated Practice II: may be completed as a 2nd rotation on a different adult medical/surgical unit |
| Sterile Compounding and Preparation |
| Teaching |
| Precepting 4th year pharmacy students in a layered learning model |
| Affiliations with High Point University and University of North Carolina Schools of Pharmacy |
| Opportunities to teach other health care providers: medical residents, nursing, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, etc. |
| Service Leadership |
| Service on department committees |
| Serve as Resident-In-Charge |
Benefits
| Stipend |
|---|
| Approximately $52,000 |
| Leave availability |
| 15 days |
| Health insurance |
| Medical insurance provided with low monthly premium |
| Vision and dental insurance available with low monthly premium |
| Discounts |
| Employee discount program offers discounts on services and products from both local and national businesses |
| Parking |
| On-site parking provided free of charge |
| Professional development |
| Support provided for ASHP Midyear and UNC Research in Education and Practice Symposium (REPS) |
| Poster reimbursement |
| Support may also be provided for posters presented at an education or professional meeting |
| Additional items |
| Office space with computer |
| Personalized lab coat |
| Access to online and hospital libraries |
| Low-cost Team Member Fitness Center |
| On-site Team Member Employee Health Clinic and Pharmacy |
| Counseling and support services |
| Community Outreach opportunities |
Application information
NMS code: 36111
Application deadline:
January 2
Contact
Holly Snider, PharmD, BCPS
Residency Program Director, PGY1 Pharmacy
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
holly.snider@novanthealth.org