Our Post Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) pharmacy residency program builds on PharmD education and outcomes to contribute to the development of a clinical pharmacist responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
Objectives
- We are committed to helping residents gain clinical and leadership skills and enhance professional growth.
- At the completion of the residency, residents will be able to effectively provide patient care in multiple settings, and lead medication improvement initiatives in a community-based institutional setting.
- The residency provides residents with the ability to enhance their professional ethic, gain and apply pharmacy and patient care knowledge, demonstrate effective communications skills, develop independent learning proficiency, and grow leadership and precepting skills.
Outcomes
Mercy’s PGY-1 Residency assists residents in achieving skills and knowledge to enhance competency as a pharmacy practitioner and leader. All residents are expected to:
- Independently provide quality direct patient care in multiple practice settings
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
- Develop a professional ethic consistent with the Allina Health mission and values
- Acquire skills to evaluate evidence-based literature to promote safe, effective, and cost appropriate care
- Design quality improvement initiatives to improve the medication use and pharmacy processes
- Develop independent learning skills for continual professional and leadership development
Educational opportunities
- Major capstone project
- Medication Utilization Evaluations
- Presentation opportunities of projects as a poster at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and pharmacy and therapeutics committee (P&T) and as a PowerPoint presentation at the North Star Pharmacy Residents Conference
- ACLS Certification and code response
- Co-precepting of APPE and IPPE students
- In-services to other health care professionals
- Participation in P&T
- Meeting attendance at several meetings including MSHP Midyear, ASHP Midyear, MSHP Annual Conference, and the North Star Pharmacy Residents Conference
- Teaching certificate program
There will also be opportunities for presentations and projects during the residents' various rotations.
Staffing
- Residents will staff a combination of weekend and evening shifts on both campuses to meet ASHP staffing requirements
- Residents can expect to staff approximately three out of eight weekends and one evening shift per month
- Each resident will work at least three of six observed holidays
- Residents will staff medication history, central pharmacy, and in decentralized practice areas
- Staffing preceptors will be assigned to each resident and will be available throughout the year to provide support and feedback
Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability.