PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency

National Match Code: 707065

PGY2 Ambulatory Care Program Director
Jonathan White, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology (Heart Failure)
Phone: 414-805-8129
E-mail: [email protected]

PGY2 Program Coordinator
Kaitlin Mockus, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Pharmacist, Primary Care
E-mail: [email protected]

Duration/Type: 12-month residency
Number of Positions: 2
Application Deadline: Jan. 2, 2025
Starting Date: July 7, 2025
Stipend: $53,040

The purpose of this PGY2 pharmacy residency program is to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) 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

This 12-month residency program is designed to prepare the graduate for an advanced role in an ambulatory care setting. With a focus on leadership and academic medicine, graduates are able to pursue careers in multiple areas of pharmacy practice. Through rotation and longitudinal experiences, residents gain skills in service development, practice management, and multidisciplinary education and care. Froedtert & MCW health network employs clinical pharmacists in primary care and specialty clinics throughout the enterprise, all of which offer excellent opportunities for residents. The graduate will be prepared to develop new sustainable ambulatory care services, serve as a skilled teacher, practice independently, and integrate into a variety of health care delivery models while contributing to the advancement of the pharmacy profession.

The program is affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin, which provides residents with teaching opportunities in didactic and experiential education settings. An optional teaching certificate is available. Residents will have opportunities to precept and take an active role in layered learning within the organization. Research projects, service development, and teaching activities are tailored to align with the needs and interests of the PGY2 resident.

Requirements for Acceptance

• Completion of ASHP Accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency
• Applicants are required to submit a program application through PhORCAS. Please follow the application instructions.
• Responses to the following supplemental application questions should be submitted through PhORCAS in place of a letter of intent.
  • Describe your pharmacy experiences to date and how they have shaped your desire to pursue residency training with a focus in ambulatory care.
  • Besides the general goals of board certification and preceptorship, please discuss your short and long-term career goals.
  • What characteristics are you looking for in a residency program? How does Froedtert’s PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program meet your criteria?
  • What are your goals for your PGY2 residency year?
  • Describe a significant personal challenge you have faced; one that you feel has shaped you as a person. Please include how you got through the experience and what you learned about yourself as a result.
  • What do you expect your greatest challenge to be during residency?

Learning Experiences

Required Rotations

• Orientation (6 weeks)
• Primary Care Longitudinal (one day per week for 12 months)
• Ambulatory Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (4 weeks)
• Clinical Teaching (longitudinal, 12 months)
• Service Development (longitudinal, 12 months)
• Longitudinal Residency Project (12 months)
• Ambulatory Clinic Staffing — Anticoagulation Clinic and other clinics as assigned based on resident preference and health system needs (longitudinal — typically one day per week for 12 months plus 40 additional staffing shifts per year based on departmental need)

Elective Rotations — Residents may choose up to 7 electives.

• Academia (Concordia) (5 weeks)
• Academia (Medical College of Wisconsin) (5 weeks)
• Ambulatory Pharmacy Informatics (4 weeks)
• Anemia Clinic (6 weeks)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship (5 weeks)
• Behavioral Health/Psychiatric Clinic (6 weeks, 2 days per week)
• Cardiology Clinic (6 weeks)
• Dermatology Clinic (6 weeks)
• Endocrinology Clinic (6 weeks)
• Geriatrics Clinic (6 weeks, 2 days per week)
• GI/Hepatology Clinic (6 weeks)
• Heart Failure GDMT (6 weeks)
• Hematology/Oncology Clinics (5 weeks)
• Infectious Disease/HIV Clinic (6 weeks)
• Neurology Clinic (6 weeks)
• Primary Care II (5 weeks)
• Pulmonary Clinic (5 weeks)
• Rheumatology Clinic (6 weeks)
• Transplant Clinic (6 weeks)

Requirements and Expectations

The following are some of the requirements and expectations for participants in the PGY2 Ambulatory Pharmacy Residency at Froedtert Hospital.

Drug Policy, Medication Safety and Committee Responsibilities

Each resident will complete each of the following for half the year, alternating with their co-resident:

• Attend ALM-AMB (ambulatory leadership) committee meetings
• Attend Ambulatory Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee meetings
• Attend Ambulatory Pharmacy Staff meetings
• Coordinate Ambulatory Pharmacist Education Collaborative (APEC) meetings
• Complete Medication Error Review
• Plan annual Ambulatory Pharmacy Retreat
• Write one Rx Primary Care Pages (RxPCP) article

Conference Attendance

• Vizient and ASHP Clinical Midyear (optional)
• Wisconsin Pharmacy Residency Conference (required)
• ASHP Ambulatory Conference or other national ambulatory focused conference (recommended)

Presentation Requirements

• Longitudinal residency project
  • Poster and platform presentation
• Completion of manuscript suitable for publication
• Pharmacy Grand Rounds presentation

Staffing Responsibilities

• Residents staff in Anticoagulation Clinic and other clinics as assigned
• Staff one 8 to 10 hour shift per week
• Approximately 40 additional staffing shifts scheduled during the residency year
• Wisconsin Pharmacist Licensure within 120 days of start date

*Additional activities may be required based on project and rotation selection. Satisfactory completion of the above list is intended as a minimum to earn a Froedtert Hospital residency certificate.

Past Residents