Pharmacy Residency Program: Primary Care

Primary Care

General Information:
The Department of Pharmacy at The Johns Hopkins Hospital offers an ASHP accredited PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency. This PGY2 residency in ambulatory pharmacy is designed to transition PGY1 residency graduates to specialized practice specific to the needs of ambulatory patients. With this training the resident is expected to secure the agreements necessary for the establishment of a collaborative interdisciplinary ambulatory practice. They will be able to design and implement these services and take full responsibility for their ongoing management and planning, including skills to assess their success via outcomes analyses. Graduates of the residency program are empowered to treat and appropriately triage the most complex chronic and acute illnesses presented by ambulatory patients, including those with multiple disease states and serious complications. This care is delivered from within the context of a long-term health care partnership with the patient that emphasizes health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention.

Program Specifics:
This residency provides a unique experience to highly motivated individuals interested in providing the highest level of medication therapy management in collaboration with diverse providers and patient groups. The primary practice sites are pharmacist-run, physician-supervised internal medicine and cardiovascular prevention practices where pharmacists collaborate with physicians and other health care professionals to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Through this PGY2 residency, the resident will develop advanced clinical skills as a primary care pharmacotherapy specialist and enhance teaching, writing, and research skills. The resident will also have the opportunity to plan and implement new clinical pharmacy care services or evaluate and improve existing services. Significant flexibility exists to pursue individual interests and career goals.

The program is structured to provide the resident the opportunity to monitor the safety and efficacy of drug therapy in primary care settings, including medical record review, patient interview, and physical assessment, interpretation of laboratory data, peer consultation and patient education to achieve optimal patient outcomes. The resident will work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, social workers, office staff and other health care professionals to prevent and alleviate medication-related problems and to optimize patient outcomes. Taking a holistic approach to patient care, the specialty resident will develop and refine skills in commonly treated disease states such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, heart failure, thyroid, anticoagulation, pain, asthma/COPD, smoking cessation, woman's health, hepatitis, obesity and depression. Special emphasis is placed on the continuity of care for adult general medicine patients from inpatient to outpatient services.

The resident participates in patient (eg. DM lecture series) and staff education (eg. HTN conference), presents ACPE accredited formal lectures and case presentations, precepts pharmacy students, and will complete a research project. The resident will also receive training and experience in community pharmacy operations including business planning, distribution and medication therapy management in this setting. The resident's appointment as assistant clinical professor for the University of Maryland , School of Pharmacy will include didactic, experiential and small group opportunities. The resident is encouraged to take an active role in professional societies and will have several opportunities for professional advocacy at the state and national levels.

The resident completes a core of ambulatory pharmacy experiences. In addition to the core primary care rotations, other learning opportunities include internal medicine, HIV, emergency medicine, diabetes and anticoagulation clinics, and home visits.

Benefits:
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Application Process:
The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency is a one-year ASHP-accredited specialty residency. Eligibility requirements include a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited school or college, a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, or with significant professional pharmacy experience and licensure in the state of Maryland .

Application materials include: letter of intent, current curriculum vitae, three letters of professional recommendations, and official college transcripts

Application deadline: January 6th. The sooner your information is in the better.
Onsite interviews: will occur during the months of January and early February

Start date: July 1

Program Director

Contact Information:

Jeffrey Brewer, Pharm.D., BCPS
Program Director, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency
Department of Pharmacy
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 North Wolfe Street , Carnegie 180
Baltimore , MD 21287-6180
Phone: (410) 955-6357
Email: jbrewer@jhmi.edu

Faculty:

Susan Arnold, Pharm.D.
Faculty: Primary Care Pharmacy Practice
Clinical Specialist - Primary Care/ Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Clinical Assistant Professor, Howard University School of Pharmacy

Education: Pharm.D., Medical College of Virginia, BS Engineering, Virginia Tech

Training: Primary care specialty residency, University of Maryland

Practice Area: Primary Care Adult Internal Medicine

Research Interests: Disease state management, patient outcomes, diabetes, hyperlipidemia

Paula Biscup, Pharm.D., BCPS

Titles:
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Anticoagulation Management Service
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Education: Pharm.D., University of Pittsburgh

Training:ASHP accredited Primary Care Residency, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD.

Practice Area:
Anticoagulation Management Inpatient and Outpatient Service; Primary Care Adult Internal Medicine.

Research Interests:
Anticoagulation, Diabetes

Patricia A. Ross, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist II, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Education:
Doctor of Pharmacy; Shenandoah University, Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy

Training:
Pharmacy Practice Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Primary Care Specialty Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Practice Area:
adult internal medicine

Research Interests:
hypertension, diabetes, pharmacy education