PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

The purpose of the Parkview Health PGY1 pharmacy residency program is to 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.

Benefits to program residents:

• The program correlates with the needs of the resident, based on previous experience, pharmacy practice interests and individual aspirations.
• The residency program is divided into individual learning experiences, with approximately the first six weeks devoted to orientation in the operational, clinical and longitudinal services.
• An individualized development plan is created for each resident and evaluated continually throughout the year.
• Each resident receives individual attention from the residency program coordinator, as well as supervision on all major residency projects. This individual helps guide the resident’s professional development throughout the year. This individual's attention from the residency coordinator is highly valued within the program. The mentoring relationship is established early in the residency year and continues on a weekly basis for the duration of the program.  The residency coordinator focuses on weekly discussions on the resident’s rotation program, project management, residency goals, and career planning.
• Multiple teaching opportunities exist within the program. Residents will participate in the precepting of APPE pharmacy students. Residents have the option of participating in the Indiana Pharmacy Teaching Certificate Program. Nearby Manchester University College of Pharmacy offers the opportunity to participate in didactic and laboratory teaching environments.

Parkview Regional Medical Center

 Located on an expanded north Fort Wayne campus, Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC) provides medical services to patients in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. PRMC provides over 550 private acute care rooms. The facility is a level II adult and pediatric trauma center, an accredited pain center and a certified comprehensive stroke center. PRMC also features specialty centers for orthopedics, women's and children's health, cancer and cardiovascular care.

The Department of Pharmacy at PRMC provides state-of-the-art comprehensive pharmaceutical care services. The pharmacy practice model includes both clinical pharmacy generalists and clinical pharmacy specialists. The Department of Pharmacy has a strong presence in the inpatient setting and has clinical pharmacists rounding on 20 multidisciplinary health care teams Monday through Friday and 13 multidisciplinary health care teams seven days a week. Multidisciplinary teams include Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Trauma, Emergency Medicine, Oncology, and Infectious Diseases. Other clinical services include inpatient pharmacokinetic dosing, nutrition support, targeted drug therapy monitoring, antimicrobial stewardship, and more.

Parkview Hospital Randallia

This community hospital has been serving patients at its current location in the heart of Fort Wayne since 1953. Parkview Hospital Randallia (PVH) continues to be a full-service center of healthcare activity and excellence dedicated to expanding access to care for patients across the region. Features include:

• 13 buildings, including a 1,000,000-square-foot facility, on a 71-acre campus
• 204 patient beds in the main Parkview Hospital Randallia facility, with an additional 105 beds at the Parkview Behavioral Health Institute
• A full-service, 24-hour Emergency Department including two trauma bays
• A modern Intensive Care Unit equipped with telemedicine connections to intensivist services at PRMC
• The Parkview Rehabilitation Center, which is CARF-accredited for Comprehensive Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation, and Stroke and Brain Injury programs
• Dedicated specialty centers for women and children, surgery care, outpatient therapy, wound healing and behavioral health

• PGY1 annual stipend - $50,750
• PGY2 annual stipend - $58,500
• See ASHP residency directory
• 22 days paid time off (vacation, illness, holidays, jury duty, etc.)
• $1,100 stipend for approved expenses at ASHP Midyear Clinical meeting (or equivalent national conference); hotel accommodations arranged by Parkview Health Pharmacy Residency Programs
• All approved expenses for the regional pharmacy resident conference paid for by Parkview Health Pharmacy Residency Programs

Parkview Health pharmacy residents are required to complete a minimum of 53-weeks of practice experience during their residency. No more than one-third of the PGY1 pharmacy residency program may deal with one specific patient disease state and population (e.g., critical care, oncology, cardiology). Residents must spend two thirds (or more) of the program in direct patient care activities.

Required learning experiences (5 weeks in length, unless otherwise specified)

• Orientation
• Adult Internal medicine & Surgery
• Cardiology
• Infectious Diseases
• Selective Critical Care (Cardiology ICU, Medical ICU, or Surgical/Trauma ICU)
• Formulary management (4 weeks)
• Clinical & Distribution Services – Communication Intensive (last two weeks of calendar year)

Required longitudinal rotations

• Comprehensive Medication Management Clinic (2 weeks of training followed by every other week for 6 months)
• Leadership & Education (L&E)
• Projects
• Practice Experience (Staffing)
• Transitions of Care (TOC) (1 week of training followed by every other week for 6 months, opposite of CMMC)

Elective learning experiences (4 weeks in length)

• Academia
• Administration
• Advanced Internal Medicine
• Ambulatory Cardiology
• Ambulatory Gastroenterology
• Ambulatory Infectious Diseases
• Clinical Informatics
• Indiana Pharmacy Teaching Certificate Program (longitudinal)
• Investigational Drug Services
• Medication Safety
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Neurology/Neuro Progressive Care
• Oncology (acute)
• Oncology (ambulatory)
• Pediatrics and Academia
• Pediatrics
• Population Health
• Primary Care Clinic

May choose no more than two of the following electives:

• Cardiology Intensive Care (CICU)
• Emergency Medicine
• Medical Intensive Care (MICU)
• Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care (STICU)

Required activities

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support training and certification
• Process improvement project with poster presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• Major research project with results presented at regional pharmacy residency conference and a written manuscript
• Practice experience:
  • Every 3rd weekend
  • One major and 1 minor holiday
  • 2.5 days during spring break

Attendance at professional meetings

• ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting (required)
• Regional pharmacy residency conference (required)
• Various Parkview-sponsored symposiums per resident interest