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PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Residency
VA San Diego Healthcare System
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PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Residency

VA San Diego Healthcare System

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Posted:
November 8, 2020
Location:
San Diego, California
PGY2:
Palliative Care/Pain Management Pharmacy
Session:
Monday
Required Education:
PharmD

Program Description

This is a twelve-month postgraduate year two program that provides training and clinical experiences in Pain Management. The resident will become an integral part of our pharmacist-run outpatient Pain clinic and interdisciplinary groups such as the Opioid Safety Initiative committee and Palliative Care rounds. Additional patient care experiences include: Behavioral Health, Anesthesia Pain, Spinal Cord Injury, Oncology, Psychology, Ambulatory Care, and Academic Detailing. The resident will also precept pharmacy students from the University of California San Diego and the University of the Pacific. Following the completion of this program, residents will be prepared to assume the challenging but fulfilling role as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Pain Management.

Required Longitudinal Experiences

  • Pharmacy Pain Management
  • Palliative Care
  • Research
  • Anesthesia Pain Clinic
  • Opioid Safety Initiative Case Presentation
  • Teaching
  • Medical Center Pharmacy Services

Required Rotations

  • Pharmacy Pain Management Clinic
  • Pharmacy Oncology
  • Anesthesia/OR Pharmacy
  • Spinal Cord Injury and Geriatrics
  • Ambulatory Care
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Academic Detailing

Elective Rotations

  • Psychiatry
  • Tobacco Cessation Clinic
  • Ambulatory Care – Pharmacy Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Clinic

 

APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS

  • Register with the ASHP Resident Matching Program accessible at http://www.natmatch.com/ashprmp/
  • Possess United States citizenship; Naturalized citizens must be able to provide proof of naturalization
  • Possess a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited School or College of Pharmacy
  • PGY2 applicants must be licensed to practice pharmacy from any state at the beginning of their residency program
  • PGY2 applicants must complete or be in the process of completing an ASHP accredited PGY1 residency OR have equivalent experience

APPLICATION PROCESS

  • All application materials must be submitted through Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application (PhORCAS):
    • PHASE I DEADLINE for PGY2 Programs is January 1, 2021
    • PHASE II DEADLINE if position available is March 23, 2021
  • Submitted Materials must include:
    • Basic Demographics
    • Verified Transcripts for Schools or Colleges of Pharmacy Only
    • Personal Statement / Letter of Intent
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Three letters of recommendation using the standardized reference template in PhORCAS
    • Extracurricular Information
    • Supplemental Information
    • Application for Health Professions Trainees (VA Form # 10-2850D) accessible at http://www.va.gov/oaa/archive/VAFORM10-2850d.pdf
  • Selected applicants will be invited to a personal on-site interview occurring in February or March. Candidates who are not invited for an on-site interview will be notified via e-mail

About VA San Diego Healthcare System
VA San Diego Healthcare System KEY FACTS Provided high quality health care to 84,712 Veterans in the San Diego and Imperial Valley counties in Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient health services at the medical center in La Jolla, six community based outpatient clinics located in Chula Vista, Escondido, Imperial Valley, Mission Valley, Oceanside and Sorrento Valley and a residential rehabilitation treatment program Provides medical, surgical, mental health, geriatric, spinal cord injury, and advanced rehabilitation services Training site for 1,399 medical interns, residents and fellows, as well as 678 other health professionals from pharmacy, nursing, dental, and dietetics PROVISION OF CARE – PHARMACY SERVICE Pharmacy services provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week Decentralized unit-dose service with Barcode Medication Administration, IV Additive Service, Automated Dispensing Systems, Physician Order Entry and Automated Prescription Filling Our Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacists, Inpatient Clinical Pharmacists, and Clinical Specialists provide a wide range of pharmaceutical care services to veterans in the inpatient a...nd outpatient settings. OUR STAFF AND PRECEPTORS 74 pharmacists serve as preceptors to our resident trainees Most have greater than 5 years of experience with serving as a preceptor to residents Many are Board Certified as Pharmacotherapy Specialists (BCPS), Oncology Pharmacists (BCOP), Psychiatric Pharmacists (BCPP), Ambulatory Care Pharmacists (BCACP), Critical Care Pharmacists (BCCCP), Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (BCIDP) and Geriatric Pharmacists (BCGP) More than half possess Scopes of Practices which allow for prescriptive authority OUR TEACHING PROGRAM Multiple PGY1 and PGY2 residency training programs Have academic relationships with two Schools of Pharmacy – University of the Pacific (UOP) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Annually provide APPEs to approximately 30 students
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