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The PGY-2 Oncology Specialty Residency at Grady Health System (GHS) is a one-year ASHP-accredited program that offers a diverse experience for residents. The university teaching hospital environment and unique patient population provides opportunities for great learning experiences. Residents collaborate with Grady staff, as well as attendings from Emory and Morehouse Schools of Medicine and fellows from Emory School of Medicine. Experiences include inpatient rotations, as well as outpatient experiences in the Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence, Edward C. Loughlin Radiation-Oncology Center, and the Ponce de Leon Center (Comprehensive HIV/AIDs facility).  Other activities include involvement with clinical research, chemotherapy order creation and management in Beacon, guidelines, policies, formulary management, precepting, and didactic lectures.

Learning experiences available to the Oncology Specialty Resident include:

Required Experiences (4-5 weeks per learning experience)

• Orientation/Oncology Practice Management
• Hematology I - Inpatient (malignant and benign)
• Oncology I - Inpatient
• Outpatient I (oncology, malignant hematology, and benign hematology)
• Hematology/Oncology Infusion Center
• Stem cell transplant - Inpatient (outside hospital)
• Surgical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Ponce de Leon Center (Comprehensive HIV/AIDs facility)

Longitudinal Experiences

• Oncology Practice Management
• Protocol/policy development
• Beacon treatment plans and EPIC order sets
• Professional Development Seminars, Residency Research Advisory Committee Seminars, and Capstone at Emory School of Medicine
• 4-hour shift (Monday-Friday) in Cancer Center Pharmacy.  Weekly for approximately the first 5 months of residency.  Remainder of the residency, every other week. 
• Inpatient weekend chemo on-call from home.  Once per month, approximately starting November. 
• Research Committee and Investigational Drug service
• Residency Project 1 & 2 (12 months, Flipped Research Project (Presentations may include Vizient, SERC, and or HOPA)
• On-Call/and Staffing (outside the Cancer Center)
• 24-hour in-house Clinical On-Call Program (25 – 30 shifts, 12 months)
• 4-hour Staffing shifts main inpatient pharmacy for residents coming from outside institutions (3-5 shifts)
• Inpatient Pharmacokinetics coverage (5 or 6 months)
• Clinical Seminar (Grand Rounds) and Clinical Case (12 months)
• 2 ACPE-accredited presentations

Elective Experiences (#5) (4-5 weeks per learning experience)

• Outpatient II (oncology, malignant hematology, and benign hematology)
• Palliative Care
• Sickle cell
• Research Month
• Pediatrics (Children’s Health care of Atlanta) *(based on site availability)
• Others based on resident needs or interests

Other Learning Experiences

• Teaching Certificate Program via Mercer University (if not completed during PGY1)
• Experiential and Didactic Tracks
• Precepting, Facilitation, Lecture, Teaching Philosophy

• Other teaching and presentation opportunities
• Seminar or lecture
• Precepting
• Journal clubs
• In-services
• Committee participation

• Medication Use Evaluation 

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