Pharmacy residency program - PGY1 Curriculum

• Orientation (6 weeks)
• Internal Medicine (2 months)
• Advanced Acute Care* (1 month)
• Geriatrics** (1 month)
• Primary Care (1 month)
• Anticoagulation Clinic (1 month)
• Pharmacy Administration (1 month)
• Electives (2 months)

* For Advanced Acute Care, resident will be assigned to Emergency Department, SICU, or MICU.

** For Geriatrics, resident will be assigned to Long-Term Care or Geriatrics Evaluation and Management

• Professional Practice Management
• Pharmacy Committees
• Education/Teaching
• Practice Advancement Project
• Inpatient Pharmacy Operations

• CHF/Liver Clinic
• Emergency Department
• Geriatrics Evaluation and Management, and Physical Rehabilitation
• Geriatrics Long Term Care
• Geriatrics Primary Care
• Hematology/Oncology and Supportive Care
• Home-based Primary Care
• Infectious Disease/Antimicrobial Stewardship
• MICU
• Outpatient Mental Health
• Pain Service
• Palliative Care
• Primary Care with behavioral health component
• Primary Care with women's health component
• SICU

• Pharmacist licensure within 120 days of start of program.
• Completion of 52 weeks of residency.
• Objective Achievement: Minimum of  75% ASHP objectives rated as Achieved for the Residency (ACHR).  And no objectives rated as "needs improvement" on final rating.
• Participate in a medication-use evaluation and present at MUE workgroup meeting.
• Complete one drug monograph.
• Present at journal club sessions as assigned.
• Present at pharmacy grand rounds as assigned.
• Staffing in dispensing areas as assigned.  Residents will complete a minimum of 20 weekend shifts (maximum of 36 shifts).
• Facilitation of one semester of Therapeutics Recitation at the UAMS College of Pharmacy.
• Projects, presentation, and other work projects saved in designated electronic file.
• Complete a practice-related project.
  • Complete a pre-designed project.
  • Associated manuscript must be submitted in format suitable for publication to the Residency Program Director by assigned deadline.
  • Present project results at venue as determined by program.
  • Develop new project and submit to IRB for "inverted project model" in second part of year.
  • Demonstrate appropriate storage of all project-related data and documents at the end of the year.
  • Closure of residency project with the IRB and VA R&D committee, and completion of your research audit (if applicable).

Optional but encouraged:

• Completion of UAMS Teaching Certificate Program.
• Completion of the UAMS Research Certificate Program.