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PGY2 critical care pharmacy residency builds on Doctor of Pharmacy education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in critical care. This residency provides residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification.

The program fosters growth of residents into independent, accountable, and highly skilled leaders in the profession of pharmacy and the area of critical care pharmacy. The critical care residents will obtain an in-depth knowledge of therapeutic areas of emphasis and an advanced skill set in areas of clinical practice, education, scholarship, and pharmacy leadership. Graduates of the critical care program will be able to successfully serve as an authoritative resource in a variety of settings.

This is the first PGY2 Critical Care residency in the state of Arkansas.

Required Learning Experiences (1 month each unless otherwise denoted)

• • Orientation (1-4 weeks)
  • Cardiovascular ICU I
  • Clinical Nutrition Support
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Medical ICU I
  • Medical ICU II
  • Surgical ICU I
  • Surgical ICU II
  • Infectious Diseases
    • required if no ID rotation as part of PGY1

Elective learning experiences (1 month each)

• • Clinical Toxicology
  • CVICU II
  • Emergency Medicine II
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine or ICU (at Arkansas Children's)
  • Second Shift ICU

Longitudinal (10 months each)

1. 1. Practice Management
   2. Residency Project
   3. Staffing
      • Decentralized ICU and Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Practice Experiences
      • Tuesdays staffing follow-up with Critical Care Preceptors
      • Code Blue, Code Stroke, Level 1 Trauma response
   4. Teaching, Education, and Dissemination of Knowledge

Additional requirements:

• • Completion of PGY2 Appendix
  • Completion of residency project
  • Completion of a MUE
  • Completion of Pharmacy Grand Rounds presentation
  • Completion of Pharmacy Case Conference presentations
  • Provide at least two didactic lectures on Critical Care or Emergency Medicine topics to students

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About UAMS Medical Center

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock is the only academic health sciences university in the state of Arkansas. We are the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees in 73 of Arkansas’ 75 counties. UAMS and its clinical affiliates, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the VA Medical Center, are an economic engine for the state with an annual economic impact of $3.92 billion. UAMS offers 73 baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral, professional and specialist degree programs and certificates through our Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions, Public Health and Graduate School. Students attend classes at the UAMS main campus in Little Rock and our regional campus in Northwest Arkansas. With our combination of education, research and clinical programs, UAMS has a unique capacity to lead health care improvement in the state. For more information about the campus, please visit uamshealth.com or uams.edu

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