Curriculum
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As a PGY-2 internal medicine resident, much of your time is devoted to comprehensive training as a member of the interdisciplinary team. A breadth of learning experiences has been designed to increase and refine your clinical competency, provide evidence-based pharmacotherapeutic care plans and develop your confidence as an independent practitioner.
Direct patient care services allow you to provide patient-specific pharmaceutical care services. Responsibilities include development of individualized care and monitoring plans for various patient populations. After coaching, instruction and modeling by a preceptor, you are assessed and constructively critiqued on how to further refine your delivery of evidence-based recommendations.
Drug information is provided to patients, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other allied health professionals. Feedback is provided to enhance drug information-retrieval skills using a variety of resources and modalities.
Pharmacokinetic monitoring is provided to eligible patients. You serve as an information resource by providing recommendations for appropriate assay procedures, evaluation of serum drug concentrations and appropriate documentation in the medical record.
Required learning experiences
The PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency in Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester is designed to provide a diverse experience for the future clinician. Required learning experiences include:
| Area | Length |
|---|---|
| Orientation | 4 weeks |
| Cardiology | 4 weeks |
| Gastroenterology | 4 weeks |
| Infectious Diseases | 4 weeks |
| Internal Medicine 1 | 4 weeks |
| Internal Medicine 2 | 4 weeks |
| Internal Medicine (Teaching and Precepting) | 5 weeks |
| Intensive Care Selective (select 1): Intensive Care Unit-Medical, or Intensive Care Unit-Cardiology | 4 weeks |
| Education and Presentations | Longitudinal, 12 months (average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Leadership and Professional Development | Longitudinal, 12 months (average 2 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Quality Improvement | Longitudinal, 12 months (average 4 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Research | Longitudinal, 12 months (average 12 hours per 4 weeks*) |
| Staffing and Emergency Response | Longitudinal, 12 months (average 24 hours per 4 weeks*, excluding July; total 288 hours per year) |
*This is an average and there may be more or fewer hours at different timeframes throughout the residency year.
Elective learning experiences
Elective learning experiences are available in a variety of settings that allow you to tailor the program to their needs. You will select 4 elective learning experiences to complete training needs. The schedule can accommodate three 4-week elective rotations and one 3-4 week elective rotation. Residents are only allowed to select 1 ambulatory care experience during the residency year. Ambulatory care experiences must be 4 weeks in duration to accommodate orientation to the MTM computer system and workflow.
| Area | Length |
|---|---|
| Hospital Internal Medicine (1 service) | 4 weeks |
| Hospital Internal Medicine (2 services) | 4 weeks |
| Intensive Care Unit – Surgical | 4 weeks |
| Liver Transplant and Hepatology | 4 weeks |
| Nephrology | 3-4 weeks |
| Neurology | 3-4 weeks |
| Nutrition Support | 3-4 weeks |
| Pain Management | 3-4 weeks |
| Palliative Care | 3-4 weeks |
Additional elective learning experiences may be available upon request.
Staffing commitment
All PGY-2 residents provide up to 24 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.
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.