PGY1 residency in an acute care setting

Learning experience Length per experience
Required experiences
Orientation 6 weeks
General Medicine: Opioid Stewardship 4 weeks
General Medicine: Antimicrobial Stewardship 4 weeks
Hospital Pharmacy Administration 4 weeks
General Medicine: Internal Medicine 4 weeks
Medical Intensive Care Unit 4 weeks
Team-Based Clinical Pharmacy 4 weeks
Critical Care Specialty (chose one): Emergency Medicine or Intensive Care Nursery 4 weeks
Inpatient Hematology/Oncology 4 weeks
Elective rotation – Chose 2 (4-week experiences)
General Medicine: Anticoagulation
Repeat Acute Care Core Rotation
Ambulatory Care elective: Anticoagulation, Cardiology/Family Medicine, Geriatrics/Neurology, Hematology/Oncology, or Specialty Pharmacy
Longitudinal learning experience Length per experience
Clinical Precepting All residents will precept at minimum 1 IPPE student; Teaching certificate participants will precept 2 IPPE students
Continuing Education Presentation Residents will present an ACPE-accredited CE presentation at Penn Medicine Pharmacy Grand Rounds
Drug Monograph/Formulary Class Review Residents will complete at least one drug monograph or formulary class review
Drug Use Evaluation Residents will complete a drug use evaluation and present results as a poster at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and/or Vizient Consortium Pharmacy Network Meeting
Error Reporting Residents will submit error reports every quarter
Pharmacy Newsletter Residents will be responsible for writing and editing the department newsletter
Research Project Residents will complete an IRB-approved research project and present results as a platform presentation Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists Resident Research Conference
Staffing Residents will work every other weekend the first half of the year then switch to an every 3rd weekend rotation + 2 holidays Residents will work several weeklong weekday blocks throughout the year
Therapeutics Conference Residents will develop 4 presentations throughout the year
Teaching Certificate at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy The minimum requirements include 10 hours of didactic teaching certificate sessions, 15 hours (10 in class, 5 prep/grading) small group teaching sessions, 4-8 hours per month of feedback, reflections, portfolio development and meetings with preceptor.