Curriculum

Administrative Responsibilities

As part of the longitudinal ambulatory administration rotation, the resident will have on-going responsibilities within the department such as leading weekly huddles, developing agendas, and leading/taking minutes for monthly workshops. Additional responsibilities are described in the learning experience description.

Committee Involvement

The resident will be responsible for various tasks during the monthly Ambulatory Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meeting, including taking minutes and administering polls. Residents may present at the meeting based on administrative work assigned.

Conferences

The resident is expected to attend the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting for recruitment and Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference (GLPRC) for their project presentation. Other conferences may be substituted at the request of the resident and by approval of the RPD. Registration and travel are reimbursed according to Trinity Health policy.

Residency Project

The resident will complete a quality improvement or research project suitable for presentation and submission for publication.

Staffing

Residents are expected to staff an average of 10 hours per two weeks within the anticoagulation clinic. Additionally, residents are scheduled as part of the on-call rotation. Residents will be on-call every 5 weeks from Friday at 5:30 pm through Monday morning at 7:30 am. The responsibilities of the on-call pharmacist are to respond to INRs resulting over the weekend.

Teaching

If the resident has not already received a teaching certificate during their PGY1, the resident will be expected to participate in the Pharmacy Education Development and Lecture Series (PEDALS) program through Ferris State University College of Pharmacy. Residents will have an active role in utilizing the four preceptor roles throughout the year when working with students and PGY1 residents on their rotations. The resident will also have a 6-week block in the spring to serve as the primary preceptor for a pharmacy student on their ambulatory care rotation.

Graduation Requirements

To fulfill the requirements for successful completion of the program and be awarded a certification of completion, the resident must:

• Complete all required learning experiences and have spent 52 weeks in the program
• Have marked Achieved for Residency (ACHR) in all R1 objectives and 80% of the remaining objectives
• Achieved the minimum requirements from ASHP for appendix completion (eight of fifteen areas completed, see above for additional details).
• Complete a residency research project
• Complete and present 1 internal presentation and 1 external presentation for continuing education. The residency research project must be presented as one of the two, but not for both. (Internal examples include a Lunch and Learn CE presentation and the Trinity Health Resident Research CE presentations. External examples include presenting at the Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference or another local, regional, state, or national meeting for CE such as MPA ACE or WMSHP Spring Seminar.)
• Present a poster at a local, regional, state, or national venue. Examples include the Trinity Health Muskegon Research Symposium and ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting.
• Complete at least two of the following:
  • Drug monograph
  • Medication use evaluation
  • Develop or update a medication policy for the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
  • Develop or update standard work
  • New process development/process improvement initiative
  • Service line development
• Attend and participate in leading the Trinity Health Medical Group Ambulatory Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meetings
• Lead/facilitate at least 2 student didactic topics
• Provide at least 2 clinical updates or preceptor development sessions to staff
• Write a manuscript upon completion of major residency project with the expectation that it will be submitted to a peer reviewed journal
• Attend quarterly development plan meetings and other scheduled meetings with the Residency Program Director and/or preceptors
• Participate in the precepting and teaching of pharmacy students, pharmacy staff, PGY1 residents, and/or other disciplines as assigned
• Upload or save all documents in their electronic residency folder on the shared drive by the end of their residency year