Mullica Hill PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency

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.

What Makes Inspira’s PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Unique

Inspira’s PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency offers residents a comprehensive learning experience across diverse patient care settings and advanced practice environments throughout South Jersey. The program is designed with flexibility to align with each resident’s unique interests and needs, while ensuring the development of clinical expertise in ambulatory care pharmacy practice.

The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency focuses on population health management in all rotations. Today’s ambulatory care-trained pharmacist must be able to apply “quintuple aim” in the ambulatory setting. Graduates if our program will be able to apply this model of care in any area of clinical practice.

Curriculum

The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency offers a robust ci=curriculum and access to experienced, supportive faculty in convenient locations throughout South Jersey. Each rotation involves topic discussions, journal clubs, guest lectures, and clinical experience.

Rotations in Clinical Practice

The PGY2 rotations in clinical practice build upon Pharm.D. education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to help pharmacists expand their knowledge, skills and abilities to achieve their goals and objectives for advanced practice areas.

Rotations in clinical practice include:

• Orientation (4-6 weeks)
• Population Health (6 weeks)
• Inpatient Internal Medicine (6 weeks)
• Diabetes in Primary Care-CGM Focus (6 weeks)
• Oncology and Infusion Services (4 weeks)
• Geriatrics I (6 weeks)
• Medical Weight Loss and Obesity Management (6 weeks)

Electives, which vary from 3-5 weeks, include:

• Outpatient Services
• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Population Health II
• Transitions of Care
• Psychiatry
• Repeat Core
• Advance Practice in Primary Care
• Advance Practice in Pulmonology

Longitudinal Experiences

Pharmacy residents have many opportunities for research and presenting to medical residents, as well as other longitudinal experiences that help prepare them for advanced patient care and other specialized positions in advanced practice areas.

Longitudinal experiences include:

• Family Medicine Clinic (48 weeks minimum, 56 hours per month)
• Ambulatory Quality and Patient Safety (50 weeks minimum, 4 hours per month)
• Ambulatory Leadership (50 weeks minimum, 4 hours per month)
• Service Line (50 weeks minimum, 8 hours per month)
• Precepting (42 weeks minimum, 16 hours per month)
• Pulmonary Clinic (48 weeks minimum, 16 hours per month)
• Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship (48 weeks minimum, 4 hours per month)
• 340 B (40 weeks minimum, 4 hours per month)
• Pharmacy Scholarly Project (50 weeks minimum, 8 hours per month)
• Clinical Informatics (48 weeks minimum, 8 hours per month)

Inspira Committees

Residents have the opportunity to participate in several committees and Inspira-wide initiatives, including the Opioid Stewardship, Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship and Quality and Patient Safety Committee.