Curriculum
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Clinical and administrative training
As a combined PGY-1/PGY-2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership with Masters residency program, academic years are largely broken down into clinical (PGY-1) and administrative training (PGY-2).
The first year of the program is devoted to comprehensive clinical training as a member of an interdisciplinary team. A breadth of learning experiences has been designed to increase and refine clinical competency, provide evidence-based pharmacotherapeutic care plans, and develop your confidence as an independent practitioner. Quality improvement, research, and education-related experiences will complement other PGY-1 residents while you also begin work on a master’s degree.
The second year of the program includes a curriculum focused on development and refinement of pharmacy administration and leadership skills. As a contributing member of the Department of Pharmacy leadership team, you will rotate through a broad array of practice and operational settings while completing various projects aimed at strategic initiatives, regulatory requirements, and other high-priority needs.
Information on required and elective learning experience for the PGY-1 and PGY-2 academic year are outlined below.
Required learning experiences
PGY-1
The PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester is designed to provide a diverse experience for the future acute care clinician. Required learning experiences include:
| Area | Length |
| Orientation | 5 weeks |
| Cardiology | 4 weeks |
| Critical Care | 4 weeks |
| Infectious Diseases | 4 weeks |
| Internal Medicine | 4 weeks |
| Surgery | 4 weeks |
| Medication use evaluation and quality improvement | Longitudinal, 12 months (Average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Professional development and management |
Longitudinal, 12 months (Average 2 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Research | Longitudinal, 12 months (Average 12 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Staffing | Longitudinal, 12 months (Average 34 hours per 4 weeks excluding July; totals 368 hours over the course of the residency year*) |
| Teaching and learning certificate | Longitudinal, 12 months (Average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
*This is an average and there may be more or fewer hours at different timeframes throughout the residency year.
PGY-2
The PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency year is designed to provide a diverse experience for the future pharmacy leader. Required learning experiences include:
| Area | Length |
| Orientation | 1 week |
| Cancer Care leadership | 4 weeks |
| Community, Mail Order, and Specialty Pharmacy Operations | 4 weeks |
| Formulary, Contracting, and Managed Care | 4 weeks |
| Health System Operations | 4 weeks |
| Informatics - Medication Management | 4 weeks |
| Inpatient Clinical Operations | 4 weeks |
| Inpatient pharmacy operations | 5 weeks |
| Longitudinal Rotation (1-week blocks x 3) | 3 weeks |
| Master’s Degree (1-week blocks x 3) | 3 weeks |
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Medication therapy management/ambulatory operations |
3 weeks |
| Pharmacy Enterprise Leadership | 4 weeks |
| Pharmacy Procurement Operations | 2 weeks |
| Safety, Quality, and Compliance | 4 weeks |
| Administrative Project | Longitudinal, 12 months (Average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Financial Management | Longitudinal, 10 months (Average 2 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Human Resource Management | Longitudinal, 12 months (Average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Professional Development, Leadership, and Strategic Management | Longitudinal, 10 months (Average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Quality Improvement Project | Longitudinal, 12 months (Average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Staffing (24 hours every 4 weeks) | Longitudinal, 12 months (Average 34 hours per 4 weeks excluding July; totals 288 hours over the course of the residency year*) |
*This is an average and there may be more or fewer hours at different timeframes throughout the residency year.
Elective learning experiences
PGY-1
Elective learning experiences are available in nearly every inpatient and ambulatory care specialty, which allows residents to tailor the program to their needs. Approximately 20 weeks throughout the residency year are dedicated to elective experiences. The list below includes popular learning experiences that past PGY-1 residents completed.
- Abdominal transplantation
- Cardiovascular surgery intensive care unit
- Clinical pharmacogenomics
- Coronary intensive care unit
- Emergency medicine
- Family medicine clinic
- Gastroenterology
- General pediatrics
- Hematology
- Immunocompromised intensive care unit
- Infectious diseases clinic
- Medical intensive care unit
- Multispecialty surgical intensive care unit
- Neurology
- Neuroscience intensive care unit
- Nutrition support
- Medical oncology
- Pain management
- Pharmacy informatics
- Psychiatry
- Teaching and precepting
- Thoracic transplantation
- Transplant infectious diseases
Additional elective learning experiences may be available upon request.
PGY-2
Elective learning experiences are available in a variety of settings that allow residents to tailor the program to their needs. Approximately five weeks throughout the PGY-2 residency year are dedicated to elective experiences.
Staffing commitment
All PGY-1 residents provide 32 hours of staffing every four weeks. Staffing may include a combination of weekend and evening experiences to maintain operational and clinical pharmacy competency and knowledge. No formal on-call program exists.
In the PGY-2 year, the staffing commitment is reduced to 24 hours every four weeks. The staffing location is tailored based on resident input and departmental need.
Curriculum enhancements
The Department of Pharmacy and Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences are committed to developing and maintaining the best education programs. The curriculum and other aspects of this program are assessed constantly and changed as necessary to ensure the highest quality training.