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 Eskenazi Health ASHP-accredited PGY2 Critical Care Residency prepares residents to successfully manage the pharmacotherapy of critically ill patients and demonstrate effective leadership skills. Upon completion of this program, the resident will be qualified to practice as a critical care clinical pharmacy specialist, clinic staff pharmacist or faculty member.
The PGY2 Critical Care program is designed to help residents gain knowledge in pharmacotherapy, pharmacokinetics, drug utilization and the pathophysiology of critically ill patients as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team. The residents’ training sites include, but are not limited to, the Smith Level I Shock Trauma Center at Eskenazi Health, Richard M. Fairbanks Burn Center at Eskenazi Health and the Michael & Susan Smith Emergency Department at Eskenazi Health, one of the busiest emergency departments in the state of Indiana.
Upon completion of the PGY2 residency program, residents shall be able to practice as a specialist in critical care pharmacotherapy by achieving the following outcomes:
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Interact effectively with health care teams to manage critically ill patients’ medication therapy
- Interact effectively with critically ill patients, family members, and caregivers
- Collect information on which to base safe and effective medication therapy for critically ill patients
- Analyze and assess information on which to base safe and effective medication therapy for critically ill patients
- Design, or redesign, safe and effective patient-centered therapeutic regimens and monitoring plans (care plans) for critically ill patients
- Ensure implementation of therapeutic regimens and monitoring plans (care plans) for critically ill patients by taking appropriate follow-up actions
- For critically ill patients, document direct patient care activities appropriately in the medical record, or where appropriate
- Demonstrate responsibility to critically ill patients for patient outcomes
- Manage transitions of care effectively for critically ill patients
- Facilitate delivery of medications for critically ill patients following best practices and local organization policies and procedures
- Manage aspects of the medication-use process related to formulary management for critically ill patients
- Participate in a medication-use evaluation related to care for critically ill patients
- Identify opportunities for improvement of the medication-use system related to care for critical care patients
- Identify and/or demonstrate understanding of a specific project topic to improve care of critically ill patients or a topic for advancing the pharmacy profession or critical care pharmacy
- Develop a plan or research protocol for a practice quality improvement or research project for the care of critically ill patients or a topic for advancing the pharmacy profession or critical care pharmacy
- Collect and evaluate data for a practice quality improvement or research project for the care of critically ill patients or for a topic for advancing the pharmacy
- Effectively develop and present, orally and in writing, a final project or research report suitable for publication related to care for critically ill patients or for a topic related to advancing the pharmacy profession or critical care pharmacy at a local, regional, or national conference
- Demonstrate personal, interpersonal, and teamwork skills critical for effective leadership in the provision of care for critically ill patients
- Apply a process of ongoing self-evaluation and personal performance improvement in the provision of care for critically ill patients
- Contribute to critical care pharmacy departmental management
- Use effective presentation and teaching skills to deliver education related to critical care pharmacy
Early Commitment: The PGY2 Critical Care Program at Eskenazi Health will decide and communicate to internal residents whether the program will be pursuing early commitment that year. This does not guarantee an internal resident will be offered early commitment. Internal PGY1 residents may only apply to early commit to one PGY2 program within Eskenazi Health.
We invite you to learn more about our program through the following events. Dates and times will be forthcoming.
- Residency Showcase at ASHP Midyear
- Virtual Informational Interviews scheduled via ASHP CareerPharm Listing - Please see ASHP CareerPharm position listing to request a virtual interview with the RPD and/or RPC and to discuss the program and application process
This PGY2 Pharmacy Residency conducted by Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, IN is accredited by ASHP.