PGY1 | 2 HSPAL Residency Curriculum

PGY1 CURRICULUM

Core Required Rotations (4 Week Duration)

Complete All Below

• Hospital/Pharmacy Orientation (5 weeks duration)
• Adult Critical Care
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Internal Medicine
• Medication Safety
• Pediatrics
• Resident-designed Self-improvement Rotation (December: 5-6 weeks)

Elective Rotations (4 Week Duration; Choose 4)

• Academia
• Adult Critical Care II
• Ambulatory Care - Anticoagulation
• Emergency Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Hematology/Oncology
• Infectious Disease Consult Service
• Opioid Stewardship
• Pediatric Critical Care
• Renal Transplant

Longitudinal Learning Experiences

Inpatient Pharmacy Service (11 months)

• Staffing- (every third weekend and 1 evening/week)

Ambulatory Clinic/Patient Care Longitudinal (4 experiences; 8 months total)

• Pharmacotherapy: 1/2 Day/week (2 months)
• Mason Square Diabetes Clinic: 1/2 Day/Week (2 months)
• Anticoagulation Clinic: 1/2 Day/Week (2 months)
• Medication History: 1/2 Day/Week (2 months)

Pharmacy Administration Longitudinal (11 months)

• Pharmacy Administration Seminars:
  • Drug Use Policy/Regulatory
  • Management (Human Resources, Evaluations, Financials, etc.)
  • Quality/Benchmarking
  • Leadership (Leading yourself, Leading others)

Residency Quality Improvement Project (11 months)

• Project design and implementation
• Project Presentation (Vizient Pharmacy Network December Meeting, Eastern States)
• Project write-up

Education/Academia (11 months)

• Journal Club & Case Discussion Presentations
• Continuing Education Presentation
• Precept/Mentor Pharmacy Students
• Advanced Teaching: MCPHS-Worcester or Western New England University (optional)

Drug Information & Non-Formulary Requests On-Call Pager (11 months)

• Cover pager 1 week every 7 weeks

Baystate Health Pharmacy and Therapeutics (3 months)

• Complete one (1) MUE
• Complete one (1) formulary addition, drug class review or guideline/protocol review

Resident Resilience and Wellness Series (11 months)

• 45 minute meetings once monthly, topics and exercises vary

PGY2 Curriculum 

Core Required Rotations (8 week, overlapping rotations)

• Orientation
• Clinical Leadership
• Operational Leadership
• Supply Chain Leadership
• Executive Pharmacy Leadership
• Regulatory Leadership

Elective Rotations

• Outpatient Oncology Management

Longitudinal Learning Experiences

• Accreditation Pharmacy Leadership
• Inpatient Pharmacy Services
• Drug Information/Non-formulary drug approval
• Medication Safety,
• Chief Pharmacy Resident Role and Responsibilities
• ACPE continuing education presentation
• Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
• Pharmacy Administration
• Residency Project
• Education/Academia
• Resident Resilience and Wellness