PGY1 Hospital-Based Residency Program
Available Programs: The University of Toledo Medical Center PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program can be found
under the National Match Service ID Number 125913 in Phorcas.
Accreditation: The University of Toledo Medical Center PGY1 Residency Program is accredited by the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Duration: 12.5 months
Number of Positions: Four residents will be accepted into the program for the 2024-2025 year. The program participates in the ASHP Residency Matching Program; therefore, applicants
should be enrolled in the matching program to be considered for the residency. Applications
for the matching program may be downloaded from www.natmatch.com/ashprmp. The deadline for match registration is usually in early January.
Application Deadline: All application materials must be received by January 2, 2024
Starting Date: June 24, 2024
End Date: June 30, 2025
Estimated Stipend: $50,000 per year
On-site Interview Required: On-site and virtual interview options will be offered.
Training Site: The University of Toledo Medical Center, University of Toledo Outpatient Pharmacies, and
College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Owner/Affiliate: Government
Model Types: Teaching, Tertiary Care
Tax Status: Nonprofit
Total Beds: 320, community hospital
Clinical Staffing Requirement: Approximately one evening every week, one weekend every 3 weeks, dedicated staffing rotation.
Pharmacy Residency Fundamentals
- PGY1 residents are members of UTMC medical house staff.
- Residents interact regularly with College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty and students, in addition to UTMC clinical pharmacists and pharmacy staff.
- The ASHP Resident Learning System will be used to direct resident learning.
- A resident research project is required, with results presented at Ohio Pharmacy Resident Conference, Toledo Area of Health-system Pharmacists Research Poster Symposium, and written in manuscript form.
- Teaching opportunities include didactic lectures, small group facilitation, and precepting.
- Teaching certificate program.
Pharmacy Residency Program (PGY1) Core Rotations
The PGY1 Hospital-based Pharmacy Residency at The University of Toledo Medical Center is a patient-care focused program with a strong emphasis on teaching and learning. At UTMC, residents “Learn, Do and Teach.” Rotations are offered in a variety of areas tailored to the interests of the individual resident.
Administration
The resident shadows and works with pharmacy administration to complete quality improvement analyses. The rotation provides the opportunity to gain exposure to the ‘back end’ of pharmacy operations, including human resources, financial models, staff development and engagement, and other aspects of hospital operations.
Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infectious Disease
The resident reviews the appropriateness of prescribed antimicrobials. The rotation provides the opportunity to see a variety of indications for anti-infective medications and to develop the knowledge and skill to assess the appropriateness of the prescribed therapy. This includes ensuring patients are receiving the appropriate anti-infective therapies for the infection being treated at the appropriate dose and duration of therapy. Other responsibilities include multidisciplinary team education, targeted patient-care programs, and managing the pharmacokinetic service.
Critical Care
The core critical care experience is in the medical/neuro intensive care unit. Each resident has extensive opportunities to participate in direct patient care and global ICU management. Medical teams expect input from the residents, with emphasis on drug selection, pharmacokinetics and drug dosing, and nutrition. Critically ill patients are challenging, and residents play a direct role in pharmaceutical care for patients in the medical ICU. The resident is responsible for identifying, preventing, and resolving drug-related problems for all patients in the ICU. This rotation expands the resident’s knowledge of the important literature and landmark trials that define critical care practice.
Integrated Care/Internal Medicine
The resident participates in patient rounds as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team. The resident has direct patient contact and plays an important role in patient education and counseling. The resident provides evidence-based pharmaceutical care, including pharmacotherapeutic recommendations, pharmacokinetic dosing, drug information, monitoring for the appropriateness and cost-effectiveness of drug therapy, reporting adverse drug reactions, and assessing drug-drug, drug-disease state interactions. Experience will be gained in hematology/oncology, orthopedic and general surgery, cardiology, infectious disease, and general internal medicine.
Nephrology
The resident rounds directly with the nephrology service, learning to manage the complications that coincide with acute or chronic renal dysfunction. Exposure will be gained in various intermittent and continuous renal replacement modalities, electrolyte imbalances, pharmacokinetic changes in the renally impaired, and renal transplant. The nephrology team expects participation of the resident in development of therapeutic plans that are appropriately dosed and monitored for impaired or fluctuating renal function.
Night Float
The Night Float experience challenges the resident to 'practice independently' as the clinical pharmacist in the hospital in a fast-paced environment where they will interact with physicians, support staff, and patients to triage and treat a variety of conditions. The resident is housed in the emergency room overnight and paired with the overnight hospitalist to provide a variety of services to patients being admitted to UTMC. Activities include but are not limited to: medication reconciliation, renal dosing, discharge counseling, pharmacotherapeutic recommendations, pharmacokinetic dosing, drug information, and education to nursing and medical teams. Residents will respond to code and stroke alerts throughout the hospital during this shift.
Staffing
The resident works side-by-side with experienced pharmacists to meet the needs of the hospital related to dispensing services. Experience will be gained in the areas of order processing and clarification, teamwork and collaboration, specialty population needs (such as hemodialysis, parenteral nutrition, and outpatient infusions), and directing a work force. This experience is meant to strengthen skills developed during the longitudinal component and focus on the non-on-call components of medication distribution.
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