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 |
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Orientation (5 weeks) |
Ambulatory Care |
Intensive Care Unit |
Integrated Practice |
Internal Medicine I |
Internal Medicine II |
Practice Management |
Pediatrics or Neonatal ICU |
Required Longitudinal Rotations |
Continuing Education Presentation |
Leadership, Excellence and Development (LEAD)
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Longitudinal Medication Use and Process Evaluation (6 months) |
Longitudinal Project |
Longitudinal Staffing: Inpatient Practice |
Elective Rotations |
Ambulatory Care: Novant Health Family Medicine Wilmington |
Ambulatory Care: Novant Health Heart and Vascular Institute |
Ambulatory Care: Specialty Neurology |
Ambulatory Care: Novant Health New Hanover Primary Care |
Ambulatory Care: Specialty Rheumatology |
Ambulatory Care: Oncology |
Emergency Medicine |
ICU: Cardiovascular Surgery |
ICU: Coronary Care |
ICU: Medical |
ICU: Neurology |
Adult ICU: Surgical/Trauma |
ICU: Emergency Medicine Overnight |
Neonatal ICU |
Nutrition Support |
Pediatrics |
Pediatric ICU |
Integrated Practice II |
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 |
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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