Inova Fairfax Medical Campus PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program: Overview

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Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency

Graduates of the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency program will be empowered to treat and appropriately triage a wide range of ED patients from complex acute illnesses to routine ambulatory concerns. Emphasis is placed on the provision of bedside care with graduates being well equipped to function as an integrated member of the interdisciplinary emergency medicine team. In addition, the resident will acquire the experiences necessary to exercise leadership in emergency medicine pharmacy practice at a local and healthcare-system level and provide experiential and didactic education to a variety of healthcare professionals and those training to be healthcare professionals.

Curriculum

I. Orientation (2 – 4 weeks)

Comprehensive orientation to the operational and clinical services provided by the Department of Pharmacy; includes departmental competencies, aseptic technique, online learning modules
Electronic medical record (i.e., EPIC) training
Resident lecture series
PALS certification (if not already certified); ATLS course audit

II. Clinical Rotations

Residents will be exposed to a wide variety of required and elective experiences, 5 weeks in duration unless noted otherwise below, as well as longitudinal experiences that last the duration of residency. The schedule will be determined by the resident and the residency program director during the orientation period but can always be subject to change.

Required		Elective*
Emergency Medicine (Adult/Pediatric) – Trauma/Resuscitation, Critical Care, Urgent Care (approximately 8 weeks each)		Adult Critical Care (if not taken as required) CVICU CICU NSICU TICU MSICU
Medical/Surgical Critical Care (1 required) Trauma ICU (TICU) Medical/surgical ICU (MSICU)		Pediatrics General Pediatrics PICU
Specialty Critical Care (1 required) Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) Cardiac ICU (CICU) Neurosurgical ICU (NSICU) Pediatric ICU (PICU)		Internal Medicine
Toxicology at National Capitol Poison Center		Infectious Diseases
		Prehospital Care (1 week)
		Academia

III. Pharmacy Practice Experience

Participation in decentralized ED staffing every 3rd weekend
Participation in clinical on call (COC) program (~ every 6th week)

IV. Practice Management (two 3-month longitudinal blocks)

Committee membership and participation
Policy and protocol development and revision
Quality improvement projects
Emergency management
Monograph (if applicable)

V. Project Requirements

(2) formal case presentations
(2) clinical controversy journal clubs
Continuing education presentation, ACPE accredited
Medication use evaluation
Research project
- IRB submission
- Presentation of results at national conference(s) (e.g., ASHP Midyear, SAEM)
- Development of manuscript suitable for publication
Participation in ED nursing education and training for new hires

VI. Precepting Requirements

Co-preceptorship of pharmacy students and PGY1 residents
(2) 5-week blocks serving as primary preceptor to APPE student or PGY1 resident
Faculty appointment at VCU School of Pharmacy - IFH Campus
Participation in Shenandoah University School of Pharmacy Teaching and Learning Certificate (optional if completed in PGY1)

How to Apply

Apply to the PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program:
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