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Program Overview:

This PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Pharmacy program is designed to provide advanced training in clinical pharmacy practice focusing on patient care and education in pain management in a variety of settings and palliative care. 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. The resident will also have opportunities to 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 and palliative care.

Program Structure:

• 2 week Orientation at beginning of academic year.
• 10 rotation blocks which are 4 to 6 weeks in duration and consists of 20 to 24 business days. Variance in duration of rotation block is due to anticipated time away from residency training including but not limited to holidays, meeting attendance, personal time off and interviews.
• Longitudinal Experiences run concurrently during the year in addition to the above described rotation blocks.
• Longitudinal staffing is not required, but learning experiences that include a required staffing component are indicated with an asterisk below.
• Previous PGY1 rotation experiences will help guide duration and order of rotations.
• Project Time of ½ day per week is built into rotation schedule and should be requested by resident if not evident.

Learning Experiences

Special Features: Local, regional, and national exposure and activities involving a special population with Veterans.

Facilities: The resident office will be located at the VA Medical Center in La Jolla, California and most activities will be coordinated from this site.

Recruitment Brochure:

CA-SanDiegoPGY2-25-26-Pharmacy-Residency-Recruitment-Brochure-508.pdf (va.gov)

APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS

• Participation in the ASHP Resident Matching Program
• United States citizenship with proof of naturalization if naturalized
• Possess a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited School or College of Pharmacy
• Completion of or be in the process of completing an ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency
• Eligible for licensure to practice as a pharmacist at VA San Diego within 120 days from the beginning of the residency program
• Must be able to show documented proof for each requirement and maintain eligibility for the duration of the VA appointment via the Am I Eligible? Checklist for Health Professional Trainees (HPTs) Training at VA Facilities: Am I Eligible? Checklist for VA Health Professional Trainees

APPLICATION PROCESS

• All application materials must be submitted through Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application (PhORCAS):
  • PHASE I DEADLINE is January 2, 2025 at 11:59PM EST
  • PHASE II DEADLINE if position available is March 24, 2025 at 11:59PM EST
• Submitted Materials must include:
  • General information requested by PhORCAS
  • 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
• Selected applicants will be invited to a personal virtual or on-site interview occurring in Candidates who are not invited for an interview will be notified via e-mail
• We hope you will join us at the VA San Diego Healthcare System for your residency year. We look forward to receiving your application!

About VA San Diego Healthcare System

VA San Diego Healthcare System KEY FACTS Provided high quality health care to 116,500+ Veterans in the San Diego and Imperial Valley counties in Fiscal Year 2022 Offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient health services at the medical center in La Jolla, seven community-based outpatient clinics located in Chula Vista, Escondido, Imperial Valley, Kearny Mesa, Rio, 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 1,441 medical interns, residents and fellows, as well as 368 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 75 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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