Pharmacy Residency in Ambulatory Care - PGY1 and PGY2

The Department of Pharmaceutical Care at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics offers an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency, with a track that has an Ambulatory Care focus. In addition, UIHC offers an ASHP accredited PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency. Early committal to the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency will be available to current residents in the PGY1 Ambulatory Care focused track and may be an option for those completing a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at UIHC. However, a one year PGY2 option also exists for those candidates with a prior PGY1 Pharmacy Residency. The overall purpose of completing the UIHC PGY1 and/or PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency programs is to acquire new and more in depth knowledge of Ambulatory Care. This will allow them to become proficient in patient focused care and develop the skills necessary to become a competent clinician in this area. Overall, upon graduation from this program they will become an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and they will be able to qualify for at least a non-tenure clinical track faculty appointment associated with a Health Sciences College. Applicants for this residency must be eligible for licensure in the State of Iowa and must be graduates of an ACPE-accredited College of Pharmacy. An on-site interview is required.

This Ambulatory Care Residency provides residents with experience and training in delivering pharmaceutical care and ambulatory care services to patients in the primary care clinics. Residency core rotations include Anticoagulation Case Management Service, General Internal Medicine Clinic, Pharmaceutical Case Management Service, Geriatrics Assessment Clinic, Long-Term Care, Pharmacotherapy Clinic, and the Family Medicine Inpatient Service. In addition the following rotations will be completed during the PGY-1 residecy: Drug Information, Medication Use Evaluation, and Practice Management. Elective rotations in specialty clinics include but are not limited to, the following: Allergy/Immunology, Renal/Hypertension, Pain Management, Lipid, Pediatric Allergy/Pulmonary, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The amount of time spent in these areas may be tailored to each resident's interest. Additional required residency experiences include:

Teaching: Residents will have ample opportunity to develop their teaching and presentation skills. All residents are appointed as adjunct faculty with the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Residents participate in precepting students during Introductory and Advanced Learning Experiences. Other teaching opportunities may include didactic lectures, serving as a discussion leader, teaching in the Clinical Professional Skills course, teaching in the Pharmacy Practice Laboratory series, and presenting to medicine, pharmacy, or nursing colleagues. The option to complete a Teaching Certificate Program does exist.

Research: Research experience will involve the completion of at least one major clinical project(s) during each residency year. Selection of the resident project is a joint effort between the resident and the residency preceptors. The residency project is identified early in the year and a final report is required. The project(s) will be presented at the Midwest Pharmacy Residency Conference both years. Publication in the medical literature is strongly encouraged.

Staffing: Residents will have the opportunity to work in one of the Ambulatory Care Pharmacies at UIHC. This component of the residency is to augment experience in pharmacy operations and drug distribution. There is compensatory time provided for staffing.

Qualifications of the Resident

Residents shall be graduates of an ACPE-accredited Doctor of Pharmacy degree program or have equivalent educational qualification as determined by the residency program director.

Residents shall be licensed or eligible for licensure in Iowa by the start of the residency.  Please see the Iowa Board of Pharmacy website for complete qualifications at http://www.state.ia.us/ibpe/.

Residents shall adhere to the rules of the resident matching program process.

Current benefits include:

• A stipend of at least $43,500 for the PGY1 year and $44,500 for the PGY2 year
• Medical/dental insurance
• Nine paid holidays
• Ten days of paid vacation
• Professional leave and travel allowance to attend national and regional meetings

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Program Director, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Deanna L. McDanel, Pharm.D., BCPS  

Dr. McDanel is the Program Director for the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency and coordinator of the PGY1 Ambulatory Care focused track. She is also a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Ambulatory Care at UIHC and an Assistant Professor (Clinical) at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Her primary practice sites include the Internal Medicine, Pharmaceutical Case Management, Anticoagulation, and Allergy/Immunology Clinics. She serves as a preceptor to residents and Pharm.D. students. Dr. McDanel received her Pharm.D. degree from the University of Iowa and completed an ASHP-accredited Specialized Residency in Primary Care at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. In addition to her areas of practice, her other interests include hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular medicine.

Program Director, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
Trisha A. Smith, Pharm.D.

Trisha Smith, is the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director and Assistant Director, Financial Management and Centralized Services. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa and completed an ASHP-accredited residency in pharmacy practice at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Her areas of interest include medication safety, implementation of automation to improve safety and efficiency, and pharmacy management.

Chief Pharmacy Officer
Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., F.A.S.H.P.

Paul Abramowitz, is Director of the Department of Pharmaceutical Care at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Professor and Assistant Dean at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. He also serves as Treasurer of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Dr. Abramowitz is a Past-President of ASHP. He received his B.S. from the University of Toledo, his Pharm.D. from the University of Michigan, and completed an ASHP-accredited residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals. He has published and lectured extensively on the impact that pharmaceutical care can have on improving the quality of care and controlling the costs of care, including methods of redesigning pharmacy services to achieve these goals. In 2009, Dr. Abramowitz received the Harvey A.K. Whitney Award from ASHP

Requirements for Application:

• Completion of application form
• Letter of interest
• 3 letters of recommendation
• Official copy of Pharmacy College/University transcripts
• Up to date curriculum vitae

Questions pertaining to application should be sent to:

Deanna L. McDanel , Pharm.D., BCPS

Program Director, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and Assistant Professor (Clinical), Ambulatory Care
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Department of Pharmaceutical Care, CC101 GH

200 Hawkins Drive

Iowa City, IA 52242-1009

Tel. (319) 356-2577

deanna-mcdanel@uiowa.edu

The application deadline is January 8, 2010

Application

Letter Recommendation Form