Required Experiences (one-month blocks)
- Administration
- Ambulatory Care
- Pulmonary/Allergy, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology/Dermatology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Cardiology, Anticoagulation, Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Cardiology
- Hospital Orientation and Operations
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Unit Based Clinical Pharmacy
- Unit assignment available in one of the following areas: Medicine, Trauma, Orthopedics, Orthopedic Surgery, Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery
Elective Experiences (one-month blocks), three from the following:
- Administration with UPHS CPO
- Ambulatory Care
- Cardiac Critical Care – Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiac Critical Care – CCU
- Emergency Medicine
- Infectious Diseases Consult Service
- Infectious Diseases Transitions Service (IDTS)
- Informatics
- Neuro Intensive Care Unit
- Trauma Surgical Intensive Care
*Additional learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability at PPMC.
*Electives in areas with available experiences in multiple patient populations must be in an area not previously experienced by the resident as part of their core required experiences.
Longitudinal Experiences
- Ambulatory Care
- 4-hour clinic session every other week August through June
- Committees (July through June)
- PPMC Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee – six months
- Medication Safety-Nursing Pharmacy Subcommittee – six months
- Emergency Response (August through June)
- Select weekday evening (14:00-21:00) coverage
- Medication Use Evaluation (July through March)
- Presentations and Practice Management (July through June)
- Research Project (July through May)
- A non-learning experience will be dedicated to research in the month of December on the residents’ schedule
- Staffing / Operations (August through June)
- The resident will staff a minimum of 24 shifts, no more than two weekends per month (two consecutive 8-hour shifts), and up to a maximum of 15 weekends (30 shifts), not including required holiday coverage (two eight-hour shifts).
- Frequency will vary throughout the year to allow for uniform pharmacy coverage while accounting for duty hours.