PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency
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Requirements and structure
The program follows the accreditation standards set forth by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). It provides in-depth training on core practice concepts in ID and broad exposure to a variety of ID practice settings. The ASHP and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) required competency areas, goals and objectives document also provides a list of key disease states and topics that will be covered during this ID PGY2 residency.
Applicants must be graduates of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy and have successfully completed an ASHP accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program (or one with candidate status). Applicants must also be eligible for licensure in North Carolina.
Applicants must be graduates of an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy and have successfully completed an ASHP accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program (or one with candidate status). Applicants must also be eligible for licensure in North Carolina.
Frequently asked questions
The PGY2 program includes the rotation experiences listed below:
The following 9 experiences are required:
- Orientation (2-4 weeks)
- Health System Antimicrobial Stewardship (4 weeks)
- Precepting Infectious Diseases (4 weeks)
- General Infectious Diseases Consult Rounding Service (4 weeks)
- Cancer/Cardiac Infectious Diseases Consult Rounding Service (4 weeks)
- Clinical Microbiology (2 weeks)
- HIV/ID Clinic (3-4 weeks)
- Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (4 weeks)
- Research Project Month (3-4 weeks)
Quality Improvement and Research Projects
Residents will complete a longitudinal quality improvement project (such as a medication use evaluation) and research project during the residency year. Projects are designed to answer discrete clinical questions and produce results suitable for presentation and publication. A rotation experience is incorporated within the residency year to aid in project completion. Dissemination of research project results through poster presentation is required at an approved pharmacy or ID meeting. Journal publication of the research project results is encouraged but not required for the completion of residency. However, completion of a manuscript suitable for publication is required. Completion of the ECU Health Residency Research Credentialing Program is also required and designed to improve project management and results.
Committees and Presentations
The PGY2 ID resident will serve as a member of and secretary for AUSS (meets monthly); manage antimicrobial stewardship program activities including quarterly evaluation of workload, outcomes and antimicrobial use data from NSHN; prepare or revise a drug class review or monograph; prepare or revise a treatment guideline or protocol; collaborate on medication use issues; participate in medication safety event reporting and review; present a 1-hour CE program to the pharmacy staff; present a 30-minute journal club to the multidisciplinary ID group; present a 1-hour presentation at the multidisciplinary ID case conference; present a preceptor development pearl to the pharmacy staff; present one in-service; present a 15-minute case presentation at the NC ID Pharmacy Conference; precept at least one pharmacy learner during their residency year; and participate in other presentation/precepting opportunities as they arise or are desired. Enrollment in a teaching certificate program is optional and only if a teaching certificate is not obtained during PGY1 residency.
Staffing
The staffing experience will include week-long blocks in the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and averages approximately on eight-hour shift per week.
Residents will complete a longitudinal quality improvement project (such as a medication use evaluation) and research project during the residency year. Projects are designed to answer discrete clinical questions and produce results suitable for presentation and publication. A rotation experience is incorporated within the residency year to aid in project completion. Dissemination of research project results through poster presentation is required at an approved pharmacy or ID meeting. Journal publication of the research project results is encouraged but not required for the completion of residency. However, completion of a manuscript suitable for publication is required. Completion of the ECU Health Residency Research Credentialing Program is also required and designed to improve project management and results.
Committees and Presentations
The PGY2 ID resident will serve as a member of and secretary for AUSS (meets monthly); manage antimicrobial stewardship program activities including quarterly evaluation of workload, outcomes and antimicrobial use data from NSHN; prepare or revise a drug class review or monograph; prepare or revise a treatment guideline or protocol; collaborate on medication use issues; participate in medication safety event reporting and review; present a 1-hour CE program to the pharmacy staff; present a 30-minute journal club to the multidisciplinary ID group; present a 1-hour presentation at the multidisciplinary ID case conference; present a preceptor development pearl to the pharmacy staff; present one in-service; present a 15-minute case presentation at the NC ID Pharmacy Conference; precept at least one pharmacy learner during their residency year; and participate in other presentation/precepting opportunities as they arise or are desired. Enrollment in a teaching certificate program is optional and only if a teaching certificate is not obtained during PGY1 residency.
Staffing
The staffing experience will include week-long blocks in the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and averages approximately on eight-hour shift per week.
Elective experiences are generally scheduled in 2-4 week blocks. New experiences may be created on a case-by-case basis if the resident has an interest in a practice area not covered by the elective experiences listed below:
- Advanced Infectious Diseases Consult Rounding Service
- Kidney/Pancreas Transplant
- Infectious Diseases in the Critically Ill Population
- Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department
- Pediatrics ID Consults Rounding Service (1 week shadowing experience)
Benefits
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