PGY1 Pharmacy/PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency

National Match Code: 290520

PGY2 Informatics Program Director
Jill M Zimmerman, MS, PharmD
E-mail: [email protected]

PGY2 Informatics Program Coordinator
Brian Dekarske, PharmD
E-mail: [email protected]

Duration/Type: 24-month residency
Number of Positions: 1
Application Deadline: Jan. 2, 2025
Starting Date: July 7, 2025
Stipend: PGY1 $49,920; PGY2 $53,040

The purpose of this PGY1 residency program is to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists 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.

The purpose of this PGY2 pharmacy residency program is to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.

Features

The Pharmacy Informatics program will prepare residents to assume the role of a pharmacist and an  informaticist.

PGY1 Year

See PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (Froedtert Hospital).

PGY2 Year

During the PGY2 year the resident will complete projects and longitudinal activities related to the resident’s interest in pharmacy informatics and technology. The resident will be exposed to electronic health record management (inpatient, ambulatory and oncology), automation and operational administration, medication management and smart pump analytics, medication safety applied to technology, design and human factors, clinical decision support, operational reporting and analytics, and informatics administration.

Residents will:

• Complete a certification for Epic Willow Inpatient.
• Have exposure to multiple informatics teams.
• Have opportunities to precept residents and APPE students on pharmacy informatics rotation.
• Be encouraged to pursue external publications and presentations.

Upon graduation, residents are prepared for roles in a variety of health care related informatics disciplines. Our EHR and pharmacy informatics teams partner to support medication use throughout a regional health network composed of an academic medical center, several community hospitals and an extensive network of primary and specialty care health centers and clinics. The team has significant experience and expertise in health information technology, electronic health record management and clinical decision support.

Requirements for Acceptance

Applicants are required to submit a program application through PhORCAS. Please follow the application instructions, including the supplemental application questions.

PGY1 Learning Experiences, Requirements and Expectations

See PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (Froedtert Hospital).

PGY2 Learning Experiences

Required Non-Longitudinal Learning Experiences 

• Orientation — 4 weeks
• Electronic Health Records (Inpatient) — 4 weeks
• Automation and Operational Administration — 4 weeks
• Clinical Decision Support — 3 weeks
• Electronic Health Records (Ambulatory) — 4 weeks
• Electronic Health Records (Oncology) — 4 weeks
• Medication Management and Smart Pump Analytics — 3 weeks
• Informatics Administration — 4 weeks
• Capstone — 4 weeks

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences

• Informatics On-Call and End-User Support — 52 weeks, recurring 
  • 6 on call shifts per quarter; on call review meetings 1 week post each on call shift
  • On-call shadowing starting in the 1st quarter of the residency year.
  • Shadowing will continue during 2nd quarter with the resident progressively take more ticket follow-up over the quarter.
  • In 3rd quarter, the resident will begin carrying the on call ‘pager’ with preceptor back up.
  • Finally, by 4th quarter, the resident will have full on call responsibilities.
• Longitudinal Research Project — 52 weeks, continuous
• Staffing and Electronic Health Record Optimization — 52 weeks, recurring
  • Five staffing weeks, mix of central and decentral clinical (Monday – Friday, 8-hour PM shifts); Optimization review meetings within 1 week after each staffing week
  • Every third weekend rotation staffing as a central and/or decentral pharmacist (Saturday – Sunday, 8-hour shifts) 
  • Four additional staffing shifts 
  • Two holidays

Elective Learning Experiences—Maximum of 12 weeks**

• Operational Reporting — 2 weeks* 
• Analytics — 2 weeks
• Design and Human Factors — 1 week
• Medication Safety Applied to Technology — 3 weeks

*Operational Reporting and Analytics may be taken concurrently with the 2 learning experiences running over the course of 4 weeks for a total of 2 weeks experience for each.
**12 weeks does not account for resident-specific paid time off (PTO). PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Residents are encouraged during rotation scheduling to plan for 1-2 one-week blocks of paid time off over the course of the PGY2 year, which would equally decrease the maximum allowed weeks of elective learning experiences (eg. 1 week PTO=Maximum of 11 weeks, 2 x 1 week PTO=Maximum of 10 weeks). Paid time off requests of less than a week will not decrease the maximum allowed weeks of elective learning experiences.

PGY2 Requirements and Expectations

The following are requirements and expectations of residents in the PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency at Froedtert Hospital:

1. Licensure/Certification
   • Licensed as a pharmacist in the state of Wisconsin is required by 120 days of the residency start date
   • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification (required PGY1 year, optional PGY2 year, expires 2 years from issuance)
   • Certified in Epic Willow Inpatient is required by 90 days of the PGY2 residency start date 
   • Primary Year-long Resident Project +/- Secondary Longitudinal Project
2. Attend Pharmacy Research Committee and IRB if not exempt
3. Formal Presentations
   • Lunch n Learn Journal Club x 2
   • MCW Lecture: Health Care Systems & Patient Safety Course
   • Vizient Resident Poster Presentation
   • Epic User or Expert Group Meeting, or 
     Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference PowerPoint Presentation, or 
     WPRC Presentation
   • Grand Rounds CE Presentation
4. Conferences
   • Vizient + ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
   • Epic Expert Group Meeting and/or Epic User Group Meeting and/or Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference and/or PSW Annual Meeting
5.  Pharmacy Staffing
   • Five staffing weeks, mix of central and decentral clinical (Monday – Friday, 8-hour PM shifts); Optimization review meetings within 1 week after each staffing week
   • Every third weekend rotation staffing as a central and/or decentral pharmacist (Saturday – Sunday, 8-hour shifts)
   • Four additional staffing shifts
   • Two holidays
6. Informatics On Call and End User Support
   • 6 on call shifts per quarter; on call review meetings 1 week post each on call shift
7. Departmental Meetings
   • Epic Inpatient Pharmacy Stakeholder’s Group 
   • Pharmacy Triad 
   • Pharmacy Integration Committee
8. Other
   • Medication Safety Meeting Drug Error Review Follow-up
   • Alumni Newsletter x 2
   • Attend > 1 recruitment events
   • Manuscript Submission
   • Informally mentor PGY1 Pharmacy Informatics Resident
   • Assist with APPE student(s), or resident(s) from another Froedtert program while they are on informatics rotation (if applicable)
   • Complete minimum weeks/hours requirement for program completion/awarding of residency certificate of completion
   • At least 70% of the other required objectives must be Achieved for Residency (ACHR) and Satisfactory Progress (SP) must be made on all remaining required objectives by the end of the residency program
   • Meet with mentor approximately once monthly and advisor approximately quarterly at a minimum
   • Contact primary preceptor(s) for each rotation ~2 weeks prior to the start of the rotation with an introductory e-mail
   • Evaluations should be completed in PharmAcademic the last day of each rotation (extenuating circumstances may be allowed, but must be approved by the RPD. The resident is responsible for posting deliverables to PharmAcademic +/- Residency SharePoint (eg. PRC submissions, abstracts, posters, certifications, presentations, lectures, manuscripts, significant rotation project deliverables, evidence of progress on objectives.) 
   • Monitoring of progress on residency objectives and keeping preceptors informed about objectives that should be focused on for each rotation.
   • Attend site visits/Citywide resident events as approved by RPD
   • Duty hour tracking documentation should be updated regularly and submitted as scheduled.
   •  Resident Development Plan, Portfolio Requirements, and Documentation