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This 12-month residency offers experience in a variety of clinical settings. Clinical learning experiences are one month in duration. The vast majority are completed at CMC; however, residents have the opportunity to rotate through many different practice areas within the healthcare system. Residents may select electives based on their interests and tailor the program to focus on specific clinical interests and career goals. In addition to developing clinical skills, residents also have several direct teaching opportunities, are involved in the MUE process, and gain experience in clinical research through completion of a major project. All learning experiences are designed to produce a well-rounded pharmacist with strong leadership abilities, project management skills, critical thinking skills and oral and written communication skills.

Required Monthly Learning Experiences 

• Orientation
• Critical Care (must choose one of the following):
  • Medical ICU
  • Surgical/Trauma ICU
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Pharmacy Administration

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences

The following experiences are 12 months in duration and evaluated on a quarterly basis.

• Teaching and Learning Curriculum: designed to effectively develop teaching and precepting skills most essential to clinical pharmacy practitioners and preceptors of students and residents. The program is supported locally by the CMC PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Teaching and Learning Subcommittee and the Charlotte Area Health and Education Center. A certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the program. Major requirements of this learning experience include:
  • Three presentations (i.e. journal club, case presentations, topic discussions) for pharmacy noon conference
  • One lecture at a school of pharmacy
  • ACPE-accredited continuing education seminar
  • Lecture for the Center of Advanced Practice Practitioner Fellowship Program
  • Development of a teaching philosophy
  • Development of precepting skills
  • Development of a teaching portfolio
• Research: must be IRB-approved with research project results presented at the REPS regional residency research conference in the spring of the residency year.  A written manuscript suitable for publication must completed and submitted by the end of the residency year. The Wake Forest School of Medicine and High Point University provide support with study design, data management and statistics for research projects.

• Operational Core: designed to develop skills in three core areas: operational staffing, quality improvement, and medication safety.  Operational staffing will commence every third weekend as well as 4 hours every other week following a comprehensive training period. For the quality and medication safety components, learning will occur through a variety of methods including, but not limited to: self-study, topic discussions and lectures, workshops as available, attendance at relevant hospital or health-system based committee meetings, and practice experience integrated throughout.

Elective Monthly Learning Experiences

• Ambulatory Care
• Behavioral Health (Psychiatry)
• Cardiology
• Clinical Toxicology
• Emergency Medicine
• Inpatient and Outpatient Hematology/BMT
• Inpatient and Outpatient Solid Tumor Oncology
• Medication Safety
• Neonatal ICU
• Non-Malignant Hematology
• Pediatric CVICU
• Pediatric Hematology/BMT
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• Pediatric ICU
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Pharmacogenomics/Investigational Drug Services
• Specialty Pharmacy
• Supportive Care Oncology
• Solid Organ Transplant
• Transitions of Care
• Second rotation in selected area of choice 

Estimated start date: Mid-June 2024

Application deadline: January 2nd

Estimated stipend: $52,790

Positions available: 6

National Matching Service Program Code: 166613

About Carolinas Medical Center

Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is an 951-bed academic teaching hospital with residency programs in pharmacy as well as medical and dental specialties. Along with Carolinas College of Health Sciences, it provides an educational environment for more than 1,000 residents, medical students, pharmacy students, physician extenders, nursing students and other allied health professionals annually. With its updated facilities, sophisticated technology, and advanced basic science and clinical research, CMC is an exciting place for future medical professionals. This degree of technology does not replace compassion, as we emphasize human values and a spirit of caring for all who need care, regardless of status or financial ability.

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