Postgraduate Year Two - Emergency Medicine (PGY2 EM)

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
• Participate in and lead 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
• Review and update the emergent antidote medication list in addition to the Lee Health buprenorphine educational guide annually
• Coordinate and co-lead quarterly Emergency Medicine Work Group meetings
• Residents will have the opportunity to precept PGY1 residents during one of the required emergency medicine rotations
• Participate in informal precepting of IPPE and APPE students based on availability via grand rounds, topic discussions, rotation activities, etc.

Project Management (11 months)

Residents will submit a completed Medication Utilization Evaluation (MUE) for poster presentation at the ASHP Midyear Meeting. 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 by the resident to members of the Department of Pharmacy and at the Florida Residency Conference in the Spring.

Pharmacy Practice Experience (11 months)

The goal for the service commitment is to provide the resident experience within the medication distribution process, the pharmacy department and within the health care system to ensure understanding of the function as a health system pharmacist. The Service Commitment learning experience will have a primary preceptor and will be evaluated as part of the resident’s quarterly evaluation.

PGY2 Residents will staff a minimum of two 8-hour weekend shifts a month starting in August through June. The following weekends may be excluded from the resident staffing schedule up to the RPD’s discretion: FSHP Annual Meeting, ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and specialty area conferences. Depending on the preceptor schedule and needs of the department, a PGY2 resident may be scheduled as frequently as every third weekend. Residents will not be required to work more than 22 total weekend shifts during the residency year. The resident will be required to work one of the following holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, or New Year’s Day.

Resident Newsletter (The Dose) (10 months)

This longitudinal learning experience will require the resident to design effective written communication to disseminate education to healthcare providers. The PGY2 Emergency Medicine Resident will be the author of publications and will serve as the editor of the newsletters written by the PGY1 Residents for the Dose of Emergency Medicine. The primary audience for the newsletter is the pharmacy staff although the newsletter is also provided to other healthcare providers, such as physicians and midlevel providers. The residents will be responsible for the content, coordination and publication of each newsletter. The Dose of Emergency Medicine is published a maximum of once every month.