PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency

Residency Purpose:

PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.

The PGY2 Infectious Diseases pharmacy residency is designed to transition PGY1 residency graduates from generalist practice to specialized practice focused on the care of patients with infectious diseases. Residency graduates are equipped to participate as integral members of interdisciplinary teams caring for patients with infectious diseases, assuming responsibility for their pharmaceutical care, and function as a member of an antimicrobial stewardship program. They are also trained to provide this care as an independent practitioner. The wealth of residency graduates’ knowledge of infectious diseases and their treatment with the anti-infectives class of medications combined with extensive care of individuals with an infectious disease produces a pharmacist who can successfully serve health care organizations as the ultimate resource for information about anti-infectives and for decision-making affecting the care of these patients. This includes leadership in formulary decision-making for anti-infectives. The care of the immunocompromised host (solid-organ transplant, bone marrow transplant, heme/onc, and the critically ill) is heavily emphasized in this program.

Exiting residents have been trained to assume responsibility for identifying and implementing opportunities to improve the medication-use system in the infectious diseases practice area, whether that practice is with a university-type teaching service or in collaboration with private or solo practitioners.

Groomed for practice leadership, infectious diseases pharmacy residency graduates can be expected to continue their pursuit of expertise in practice; to possess advanced skills to identify the pharmacotherapy and medication-use training needs of other health care professionals caring for individuals with infectious diseases; to deliver effective training to those health professionals; and to contribute to public health efforts for health improvement, wellness, and the prevention of infectious diseases. In this public health role they are trained to initiate efforts to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance and vaccine-preventable diseases.