PGY2 - Geriatric Specialty Residency
Geriatric Specialty Pharmacy Residency
(PGY2)
Responsibilities and Expectations
The
University of North Carolina Hospitals and Clinics and the University
of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy offers a one-year
Geriatric Specialty Pharmacy Residency Program. The goal of the
residency program is to assist the pharmacy resident in improving and
building upon his/her skills and confidence in providing medication
therapy management services in a variety of geriatric clinical practice
sites. This includes, but is not limited to, working in
interdisciplinary geriatric clinic sites both at UNC Clinics, in a
local continuing care retirement community, and in the community of
Orange County; managing a pharmacist-run anticoagulation and medication
therapy management clinic; rounding in acute geriatric inpatient units;
and exposure to consultant pharmacy through a long-term care
experience. Multiple professional writing, teaching, and research
opportunities are available during the course of the year as
well.
Practice
Areas
The residency program is tailored
to the interests and the career goals of each resident.
A variety of established practice
settings are available through the University of
North Carolina Hospitals and
Clinics, and clinical experiences through the UNC Division of Geriatric
Medicine. The resident’s rotation schedule is determined at the
beginning of the year with a core program consisting of the
following:
Required Geriatric Ambulatory
Experience/Longitudinal* Experience (may request up to 3 one-month
block rotations throughout the year)
Geriatric Specialty Clinic Sites
(Core experience, 6 half days per
week)
Includes interdisciplinary Geriatric Specialty
Clinic at Carolina Pointe II (2 half days), as well as a
pharmacist-managed Geriatric Medication Management Clinic providing
anticoagulation and MTM services at Carolina Pointe II (2 half days)
and a local Continuing Care Retirement Community (1 half day); also an
interdisciplinary Senior Wellness Clinic at various sites in the Orange
County community (1 half day).
*One half-day of clinic at Carolina Pointe II
per week/every other week will serve as longitudinal
experience.
Required Geriatric Inpatient/LTC Experiences
(one-month blocks)
Inpatient Geriatric
Psychiatry
Geriatric Inpatient Medicine
Service
Palliative Care/Hospice Inpatient
Consult Team/Supportive Care
Clinic
Long-Term Care Experience with
local LTC company
Other Elective Experiences that may be
incorporated throughout the year (duration/frequency may
vary)
Geriatric Experience at Durham
VAMC
Senior PharmAssist
(medication mgt program for Durham county residents)
Memory and Cognitive Disorders
Clinic
Neurology Clinic/Parkinson’s
Interdisciplinary Clinic
Oncology Supportive Care
Clinic
Geriatric Oncology
Clinic
Inpatient Neurology
Service
Comprehensive Assessment of
Medications Program (CAMP)
through UNC Hospitals Pharmacy Benefit Program
Additional
Activities
Residency
Research Project
The resident is expected to
participate in our Geriatrics Health Services Research working under
the supervision of Dr. Mary Roth McClurg and Dr. Burkhart. The resident
will present a poster of the research work at a professional meeting
during the year, as well as be expected to submit the project as a
publication prior to the end of the residency program.
Teaching Responsibilities
The resident will earn an
appointment with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy as a
Clinical
Instructor. The resident will
assist with precepting Doctor of Pharmacy candidates on clinical
rotation with Dr. Burkhart. The resident will also teach as an
instructor in the Pharmacy Skills Laboratory at the Eshelman School of
Pharmacy. There will also be opportunities to lead recitation
sessions, and participate in Pharmacotherapy lectures in the School of
Pharmacy curriculum. The resident will also assist in
teaching/coordinating the Geriatric Practice Elective for third year
pharmacy students in conjunction with Dr. Burkhart in the Spring
semester if desired. Teaching experiences are integrated with
patient care experiences and the resident will assist in teaching the
geriatric medicine fellows with the UNC Division of Geriatrics
pertinent principles of geriatric pharmacotherapy.
Seminars
and Professional Meetings
The resident is expected to attend
the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists Annual Meeting (October)
and participate in the residency showcase. The resident is allowed to
attend two professional meetings during the year (as funds allow), one
of which is the ASHP Midyear meeting (December), and the second should
be to present his/her research project in poster or platform format
[e.g. the Southeastern Residency Conference (April), American
Geriatrics Society (May), NCAP Chronic Care Forum (March/April)]. Any
additional meetings beyond these two will be the financial
responsibility of the resident. The resident will be expected to attend
weekly meetings (Friday) with the Division of Geriatrics, as well as a
regular meetings as they are scheduled with the Geriatric Pharmacy
group (both clinical/research faculty) at the UNC Eshelman School of
Pharmacy to keep abreast of key clinical and research
topics.
In addition, the resident will
attend a weekly Pharmacy Ground Rounds at UNCH where fellow residents
and students present current data on various topics to an audience
consisting of pharmacy faculty and clinical specialists. The
resident will expected to present a Grand Rounds presentation in the
spring (case presentation), as well as a one-hour ACPE approved
continuing education seminar open to the public to attend
(Spring).
Pharmacy
Practice Responsibilities
Residents will receive training and
orientation to the UNCH Pharmacy department’s services during the first
month of the program, and staffing at the outpatient UNC Hospital
Pharmacy will be an expectation.
Each resident is required to become
a licensed pharmacist in the state of North
Carolina. The North Carolina State
board of Pharmacy examination is given twice each
year (January and June).
Reciprocity examinations are held on odd months (January,
March, etc.)
Staffing
A total of 400 hours of staffing is
required at UNCH for all pharmacy residents. The geriatric pharmacy
resident will be expected to staff every third weekend in the Central
Outpatient Pharmacy at UNC Hospitals, one minor holiday weekend
(Sat-Mon of Labor Day or Memorial Day), one major holiday weekend (Wed
through Sunday of Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year’s), one staffing
week block (Monday-Friday) during a rotation month, and possible days
around other major holidays.
Expectations for Program
Completion
The resident will be expected to
achieve competence on 85% of the required goals/objectives and complete
other projects deemed mandatory by the program director, in order to
earn a certificate of completion from the residency program. The
resident shall comply with ACGME work hour rules.
Benefits
The residency offers a competitive
salary of $40,000, health insurance and time for vacation
and
professional travel. Individual
health insurance is provided through the UNC Hospital’s
Graduate Medicine Office and the
UNC Hospitals provide comprehensive malpractice
insurance for all residents at no
charge.
Each
resident will be given 15 days of paid time off (PTO) for the entire
year, none of which can be taken in the last 2 weeks of the program.
These days include all vacation, sick leave, interview days, and
meeting attendance beyond the two meetings per year that are built into
the residency expectations.
Qualifications
Applicants must possess a Doctor of
Pharmacy degree and completion of an ASHP
accredited PGY1 residency or an
equivalent level of training in hospital
pharmacy practice is preferred.
Applicants without these qualifications will be reviewed on
an
individual basis to determine the
adequacy of their clinical experience. North Carolina Board of
Pharmacy licensure is required.
Selected candidates will be invited
for an on-site interview. Travel expenses for the interview are the
responsibility of the applicant.
Primary
Preceptor/Program Director:
Jena Ivey
Burkhart, PharmD, BCPS, CPP
Director, Geriatric Pharmacy
Residency Program
Geriatric Clinical Pharmacist, UNC
Hospitals and Clinics
Clinical Assistant Professor, UNC
Eshelman School of Pharmacy
The University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
CB 7574, Beard 115H
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Office: (919) 966-2626
Fax: (919) 843-3861
Pager: (919) 216-9885
Email: ivey@unc.edu
