PGY1 Program Description
The James A Haley Veterans’ Hospital (JAHVH) will offer four, ASHP-accredited, Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) pharmacy residency positions for 2023-2024.
Program Director
Joseph J. Fierro, Pharm.D, BCACP
Program Purpose:
PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
Program Mission:
The residency is designed to develop independent pharmacist clinicians, possessing clinical and distributive skills as you take responsibility for the total medication management of your patients. Graduates will demonstrate the ability to educate other health care professionals, patients and lay persons on medication-related subjects.
Program Description:
JAHVH has been training Pharmacy Practice residents since 1976. This program offers the PGY-1 resident flexibility in practicing in a wide variety of clinical areas. In your residency learning experiences, you will be expected to identify and solve drug-related problems as part of providing exceptional clinical patient care. Understanding many of these problems will require knowledge of the pharmacy service, including the inpatient and outpatient distribution systems. To be an effective resident, you must be able to function as a pharmacist within our health care system, processing and editing medication orders as appropriate to meet patient care needs along with your clinical assessments.
Program Structure:
Required Learning Experiences:
- Orientation/Distribution (8 weeks)
- Internal Medicine (6 weeks)
- Ambulatory Care (6 weeks)
Longitudinal Learning Experiences:
- Staffing
- Administration
- Major Project
- Teaching/Education
Elective Learning Experiences (5-6 weeks; up to 5):
- Administration
- Ambulatory Care II
- Cardiology
- Emergency Department
- Geriatrics
- Home Based Primary Care
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine II
- Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
- Oncology
- Pain
- Psychiatry (Inpatient)
- Psychiatry (Outpatient)
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Surgical Intensive Care (SICU)/Nutrition
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Surgery – Inpatient
Benefits:
- Annual and Sick Leave: 13 days/year each plus 10 paid holidays
- Participation in VA plans/programs (ie – health insurance)
- Administrative Leave to attend educational meetings, such as ASHP MCM and state pharmacy meetings
- Free On-site parking, Free ACPE available
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Program Description
Program Director
Reina Carcifi, Pharm.D, BCPS
Program Purpose:
PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.
Program Description:
During the residency training program, the resident will be given the opportunity to:
- Participate in the development of drug treatment plans and drug therapy monitoring in a variety of Primary Care and Specialty clinics.
- Participate in expanded roles of various ambulatory pharmacy practitioners, progressing towards and obtaining a scope of practice.
- Participate in either clinical or administrative quality improvement projects by developing protocols, collecting, and analyzing data and preparing the results for publication.
- Develop teaching skills by presenting formal lectures, patient consultations and serving as a preceptor for pharmacy students and interns.
- Gain experience in the administrative aspects of a teaching hospital with a large pharmacy department.
PGY2 Infectious Disease - Pharmacy Residency Program
Program Director
Tiffany Ward, Pharm.D., BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP
Program Purpose
PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.
Program Description:
During the residency program, the resident will have the opportunity to provide direct patient care in various clinical settings within the healthcare system. Experiences and schedules are designed around the 3 core areas of practice: Inpatient Consult Service, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP), and Outpatient ID Clinics. Opportunities exist for elective rotations in ASP with ICU or SCI focus, HIV Clinic Focus, and National Pharmacy Benefits Management. The resident will complete longitudinal rotation activities for presentations/teaching, a major quality improvement project, and practice management. Residents will be involved in clinical research/quality improvement projects and have the opportunity to work with regional or national ID program managers on longitudinal projects.