Pharmacy Residency Program: Pharmacy Informatics

Program Type: Two year residency (PGY1 and PGY2); ASHP accredited
ASHP Match Number: 153720

Purpose:  PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.

PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.

Program Overview: This two-year residency training program in Pharmacy Informatics is defined as an organized, directed postgraduate program of practical experience in pharmacy clinical practice and informatics. The residency is designed to develop expert skills and competencies in pharmacy practice and informatics. The primary objective of the program is to prepare pharmacists to assume informatics positions in health care related informatics fields. The PGY1 year will be structured as a Pharmacy Practice residency with focus in pharmacy informatics and the PGY2 year will be structured as a specialty in pharmacy informatics. Participants will gain the tools and knowledge to understand and analyze the changing nature of today's complex medical delivery systems, plus the resources and savvy to anticipate and respond to those changes.

Training Experience:

• Opportunity to provide pharmaceutical care to patients in multiple settings and develop independent learning skills
• Provide effective drug education to others, understand research methods and opportunities, and recognize the principles and application of drug use control
• Assume personal responsibility for effecting change in clinical practice
• Interdisciplinary problem solving and decision making skills
• Knowledge and expertise in managing cost-effective utilization of technology and clinical applications through the application of economic principles
• Strategies in the prevention of medication errors and adverse events
• Knowledge to identify, analyze, and evaluate technology trends
• Application of technology and clinical informatics
• Role of pharmacy in conducting and supporting information technology
• Integration of technology with pharmacy practice in order to provide clinically focused, safe, and efficient patient care
• Integration of information technology across the organization

Rotations:

• Core and Elective rotations for the PGY1 year
  Rotations consistent with PGY1 Pharmacy Practice requirements (see PGY1 Pharmacy webpage).
  Note: Pharmacy Informatics residents, during the PGY1 year, will complete a required rotation for Epic Willow Inpatient Certification.
   
• Core Rotations for PGY2 year:
  Epic Willow Inpatient I
  Systems Change Management
  Clinical Informatics
  Pharmacy Automation and Technology
  Medication Safety
  Pharmacy Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
  Alternative Informatics Site
  Educational experience
  Clinical Informatics Subcommittee and TRAP (Pharmacy Triage Review and Prioritization) - Longitudinal
   

• Elective Rotations for PGY2 Year:
  Oncology Clinical Decision Support
  Order Set Management and Build
  Epic Willow Inpatient II
  Ambulatory Informatics
  Healthcare IT Security and Privacy
  Pharmacy Billing and 340b
  Supply chain management
  Research/Project

Benefits: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacy/residents/benefits/index.html

Staffing: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacy/residents/about/staffing.html

On-Call: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacy/residents/about/on-call.html

Application Deadline: January 1
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacy/residents/application/index.html

Program Director

Alix Dabb, PharmD. 

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