PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency

PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.

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 primary stroke center. PRMC also features specialty centers for orthopedics, women's and children's health, cancer and cardiovascular care.

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
• 196 patient beds in the main Parkview Hospital Randallia facility, with an additional 83 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

The Department of Pharmacy at PRMC and PVH 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 have 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.

• PGY1 annual stipend – $48,900 
• PGY2 annual stipend – $57,000
• See ASHP residency directory 
• 22 days paid time off (vacation, illness, holidays, jury duty, bereavement, etc.) 
• 2 days volunteer/mental health paid time off per calendar year as per Parkview Health benefits 
• $1,000 stipend for approved expenses at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting (hotel accommodations arranged by Parkview Health Residency Programs) 
• All approved expenses for the regional pharmacy residency conference paid for by Parkview Health Residency Programs

Required experiences (4 weeks in length unless otherwise noted)

• Orientation (2 – 4 weeks)
• Internal Medicine Teaching Team (4 – 8 weeks)
• Internal Medicine Hospitalist
• Internal Medicine Expanded Services
• Internal Medicine Precepting
• Medical Intensive Care Unit

Required longitudinal experience

• Leadership & Education
• Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • Every 4th weekend with blend of clinical and operational shifts
  • 1 minor holiday
  • 1 week of clinical staffing during either fall break, winter break, or spring break
• Research
• Internal Medicine Journal Club
• Pharmacy Resident Afternoon Report
• Internal Medicine Resident Clinic
  • 1 week of training followed by 1 day every other week for 6 months
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee

Required activities

• Internal Medicine Journal Club
• Pharmacy Resident Morning Report
• Internal Medicine Pharmacist Committee

Elective learning experiences

• Cardiology
• Infectious Diseases
• Neurology
• Inpatient Oncology
• Academia/Clinical Academia
• Cardiovascular/Coronary ICU
• Medication Use Policy
• Pediatrics
• Emergency Medicine

Requirements for attendance at professional meetings

• ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• Regional pharmacy residency conference
• Medication use evaluation/quality improvement project with poster presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• Major research project with results presented at regional pharmacy resident conference and a written manuscript