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PGY2 Medication Use Safety and Policy (1 PGY2 resident, 1 combined PGY1/PGY2 resident)

This year we are offering a PGY2 spot as well as a combined PGY1/2 spot. 

The UH Cleveland Medical Center PGY1/PGY2 residency in medication use safety and policy is a two-year postgraduate training program designed to transition our PGY1 residency graduate (please visit our website for more information about the PGY1 year) to a specialized practitioner that meets the needs of system wide management of the medication-use system at a large health system. After completing the PGY1 program at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center the second year of your training will focus on integrating clinical, safety, policy, formulary, informatics, and drug distribution systems to optimize drug therapy for the University Hospitals Health System. Special focus is given to formulary management and medication safety, with aspects of quality improvement, analytics, informatics, accreditation, compliance, and administration. The resident will participate in system functions throughout the fifteen hospital health-system and locally at Cleveland Medical Center.

During the residency year, our resident will become an integral member of the system pharmacy department team, learning our systems and providing valuable new perspectives from their own experiences. Our team practices strong leadership and project management skills in our own day to day work; we hope to impart these valuable skills into our resident’s work practices. Our goal is to provide experience and learning such that the resident will be able to independently function as a System Pharmacy team member during their final/mastery month. Graduates of this residency program will be prepared to pursue a multitude of careers including Medication Safety, Medication Use Policy, Formulary Management, Drug Information. Throughout the residency experience, the resident will develop individual and professional skills that result in a highly marketable practitioner.

https://accreditation.ashp.org/directory/#/program/residency/programInfo/44910

For further information or questions contact: Indrani.Kar@UHhospitals.org

https://www.uhhospitals.org/medical-education/pharmacy-medical-education/residencies/pgy2-pharmacy-medication-cle

PGY1/PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (2 residents)

The UH Cleveland Medical Center’s PGY1 and PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration programs builds upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and provides training for future leaders in our profession. This specialty residency program in pharmacy administration and leadership is defined as a systematized, directed postgraduate program of real-life experience in pharmacy administration and leadership. The residency is designed to develop professional skills and competencies in pharmacy practice leadership

During both residency years, the resident will fulfill a Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a specialization in Health-System Pharmacy Administration from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. 

The first year of the program is designed to align with our PGY1 pharmacy residency. Residents are exposed to many pivotal areas of pharmacy practice and develop competencies in optimizing patient care and health outcomes by applying evidence-based medicine as integral members of the multidisciplinary health care teams. HSPA-L residents also participate in two blended administration rotations with our pharmacy managers. This first year prepares our residents to be successful in pursuit of the Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) certification, which is a credential that can demonstrate knowledge and expertise in clinical pharmacy for future administrators. 

The PGY2 year will build upon the success of the PGY1 year with continued exposure to our health-system leadership team. Residents will gain competencies in pharmacy finance, medication safety, operations, and clinical management. 

The goals are to train residents to become competent and confident providers of comprehensive care; as well as a future leaders that will continue to advocate for the profession. Residents will also be involved in pharmacy research and providing education to align with the health system’s mission: To Heal. To Teach. To Discover. Residents will develop individual and professional skills under the guidance of our remarkable leadership team. Each members of the leadership team at University Hospitals have trained at various institutions, which offers many innovative perspectives in problem-solving.

Upon graduation, residents are prepared for a clinical or operational management/supervisory role in a variety of work settings.

https://www.uhhospitals.org/medical-education/pharmacy-medical-education/residencies/pgy1-pgy2-health-system-pharmacy-administration

For further information or questions contact: Jacalyn.Rogers@UHhospitals.org

About University Hospitals Health System Cleveland

University Hospitals is one of the nation’s leading health care systems. It provides high-quality, patient-centered medical care at hundreds of locations throughout Northeast Ohio. The system’s 1,032-bed tertiary medical center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, is an academic affiliate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. This academic medical center includes UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, among the nation’s best children’s hospitals; UH Seidman Cancer Center, part of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center; and UH MacDonald Women’s Hospital, Ohio’s only hospital for women. With more than 26,000 physicians and employees, our system is Northeast Ohio’s second-largest private-sector employer. UH performs more than 5.8 million outpatient procedures and nearly 62,000 inpatient discharges annually. University Hospitals’ goal is to provide comprehensive primary and community-based care – the kind of health care people need most – as well as access to the highest-quality specialty care when necessary

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