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Posted: 02-Dec-25
Location: Gainesville, Florida
PGY1_PGY2:
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The PGY1/PGY2 pharmacy residency in pharmacotherapy is designed to produce a specialized practitioner with an advanced degree of proficiency and expertise in working with interdisciplinary teams to deliver pharmaceutical care to diverse populations presenting with varied and complex health problems. The intense focus on direct patient care of this residency develops a specialist of great flexibility in the direct patient care arena, an individual who can move from one specialized area of practice to another with confidence and ease. Graduates will be well prepared for board certification following the completion of this residency program. In addition, pharmacists completing this program will have developed the skills necessary to be practice leaders, conduct research, and effectively educate healthcare trainees.
The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.
During the first year, residents will have required learning experiences in orientation (1 month), ambulatory care (6-8 weeks), anticoagulation (4 weeks), long-term care (4 weeks), internal medicine/acute care (6-8 weeks), intensive care unit (6-8 weeks), and pharmacy administration (4 weeks). Additional ambulatory care learning experience may be substituted for the intensive care unit during the PGY1 year.
Required rotations during the second year include cardiology (4 weeks), critical care (8 weeks), hematology/oncology (4 weeks), infectious diseases (4 weeks), pain management/palliative care (4 weeks), and mental health/psychiatry (4 weeks). These learning experiences may be completed as elective learning experiences during the PGY1 year, in lieu of or in addition to the PGY2 required rotations. Longitudinal experiences in nutrition support, research and quality improvement, formulary and medication use management, pharmacy operations, practice management and education are also included in this program. Elective learning experiences are tailored to the interests of residents, which may include repeated core required rotation. Elective rotations are subject to availability.