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The postgraduate year-2 (PGY2) ambulatory care pharmacy residency at The University of Kansas Health System is designed to provide year-1 (PGY1) graduates the opportunity to accelerate growth beyond generalist practice and further the development of practice specific to the needs of ambulatory patients. The resident will have already achieved a basic level of competency commensurate with that of a PGY1 pharmacy practice resident. The PGY2 residency focuses on developing the knowledge, attitudes, training and skills necessary to cultivate pharmacists who are competent and compassionate practitioners who are prepared for a role as an ambulatory care pharmacist.
Graduates of the residency have the capability to design, implement and secure collaborative interdisciplinary practice agreements necessary for establishment and ongoing management of ambulatory practice. Graduates are empowered to treat and appropriately triage the most complex chronic and acute illnesses presented by ambulatory patients while providing care within the context of a long-term healthcare partnership with patients and healthcare providers that emphasizes health improvement and disease prevention. Completion of the PGY2 ambulatory care pharmacy residency will provide the practitioner the advanced critical thinking skills and clinical knowledge necessary to practice as an ambulatory care pharmacotherapy expert, enhance ambulatory care services as a clinical coordinator and/or share skills with others by serving as an adjunct faculty member. Moreover, program graduates will be primed for ambulatory practice leadership to serve as experts in prescribing medication.
Completion of this residency program prepares pharmacists for a wide variety of ambulatory care positions. Previous residents have taken positions as pharmacists in primary care clinics, specialty clinics such as gastroenterology, rheumatology and HIV, and assumed teaching roles with colleges of pharmacy and residency programs.
PGY2 residency programs build upon a 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.
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Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Pharmacy school: University of Missouri-Kansas City
PGY1: University of Colorado Hospital
Clinical interests: Primary care, HIV, transplant, women’s health
Hobbies: Traveling, fitness, reading, dogs (in general- if that counts as a hobby)
Research project: TBD
Why I chose The University of Kansas Health System: The well-rounded experience, supportive and welcoming preceptors, culture, academic medical center and that pharmacists are well integrated into interprofessional teams/clinics
The PGY2 ambulatory care pharmacy residency is tailored to the interests and career goals of each resident. A variety of practice settings is available.
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Supplemental Manual
The PGY2 ambulatory care pharmacy residents are required to complete the following learning experiences for the coordinating durations:
Residents are required to complete 2 comprehensive care clinic rotations and a specialty care clinic rotation from the options listed below. All rotations are 6 weeks in length.
In comprehensive care clinics, the pharmacist evaluates the complete patient and not a specific disease or medication. While they may focus on a disease state, within their scope they provide care for the majority of the patient’s diseases.
In specialty care clinics the pharmacist provides care to patients with a focus on a specialized disease. While they may evaluate the complete patient, the focus is on a specific disease or set of diseases.
Residents will have a longitudinal clinic experience. The resident will spend their first 6-week rotation (Introduction to longitudinal) in this area and will continue 1 full day per week throughout the remainder of the year.
Additional opportunities may be available based on the schedule and interests of the resident.
The PGY2 ambulatory care resident will work in The University of Kansas Health System outpatient pharmacy 1 of every 4 weekends (Saturday and Sunday), 1 major and 1 minor holiday.
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