Postgraduate Year One (PGY-1) – Cape Coral Hospital

Clinical Practice Advancement (11 months)

This learning experience will give the resident practical experience in the application of the medical literature combined with clinical judgment and input from affected disciplines to affect clinical outcomes of patients on a global level. Residents will participate in the following activities throughout the residency:

• Formulary monograph and/or drug class review development and presentation to the Pharmacy Clinical Practice Council, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee and other committees as applicable
• Quality improvement efforts in support of drug use policy including medication use evaluations, performance improvement projects, development or revisions of Lee Health pharmacy guidelines or reference documents, and other ongoing clinical projects
• Review and/or development of policies, procedures or orders sets to improve patient outcomes and/or patient safety

Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) (6 months)

Resident will participate in a medication use evaluation. The results of a Medication Utilization Evaluation (MUE) completed in the Fall by the resident will be presented as a poster at the ASHP Midyear Meeting.

Project Management (11 months)

Each resident is required to complete a quality research project to enhance the residents' professional growth and benefit the department through innovative changes in the way pharmacy is practiced. A primary project advisor is selected depending on the project type and location and the project advisor will help guide the resident throughout the year. The research project will be presented at the Florida Residency Conference in the Spring.

Pharmacy Practice Leadership Seminar (7 months)

Residents will focus on personal leadership and habits for personal success, organizational leadership and transformation change management. Residents will gain an understanding about issues in leadership and how to constructively handle their own typical human emotional responses to leadership situations. Residents will learn practical skills and analyze their own abilities in developing a personal leadership vision. Learning methods include reading, discussion, reflective writing, and ongoing interaction with managers and leaders.

Pharmacy Practice Experience (12 months)

The resident will fulfill the pharmacy practice experience requirements by providing pharmacy services at the designated campus. One mid-day shift from 4:30-8:30pm a week/3 weeks a month and two 8 hour shifts one weekend a month. Weekend pharmacy practice experience requirements do not entitle the resident to any additional time off during the week.

In addition, each resident will be required to staff one of the following holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, or New Year’s Day. Residents will be off all major holidays unless he/she chooses to work.