Residency Showcase Program Listings

The KCVA Medical Center has Primary Care services for all veteran patients.  The Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) housed in Lenexa, Shawnee & Paola, Kansas, and in Belton, Cameron, Excelsior Springs, Kansas City, Nevada, & Warrensburg, Missouri provide an extension of these services to veterans in  rural areas.     Specialty Care is also available to patients for evaluation and management of cardiac,          endocrine, geriatric, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, mental health and pulmonary disorders. Clinical Pharmacy Practitioners function as licenses individual practitioners and work under a scope of practive to enhance care to veterans.

As a principal teaching hospital, the KCVAMC is affiliated with the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Pharmacy and the University of Kansas Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy.    

Residency program

This 52 week ambulatory care residency provides the resident exposure to commonly encountered disease states in an ambulatory care setting. The resident is afforded the opportunity to acutely and longitudinally manage patients’ clinical progress through pharmacy run clinics. Additionally, the resident will gain valuable experience in population health, local and national level practice management,  academic detailing, and developing clinical programs.  

Rotations

Structurally the residency is divided into rotations of varying length.  The rotations are arranged to combine  required experiences along with electives to allow for growth of skills  throughout the year.  The resident is simultaneously expected to prioritize and work on ongoing requirements in longitudinal clinical, didactic, management and residency project rotations.

The resident works closely with the residency director and the primary preceptor to develop goals and objectives that will assist the resident in expanding skills for current and future practice.  Regular meetings with the residency director ensure that long-term goals of the residency program are fulfilled.

Benefits

Benefits include health , annual leave (vacation), days off for illness/appointments/ family care and paid federal holidays.  The annual stipend is $53, 460.      

Eligibility

Applicants must be a graduate of an American Council of Pharmaceutical Education accredited School of Pharmacy with a Pharm.D. degree and complete a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice residency.  Applicants must be U.S. citizens – a requirement to be employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Application

The following items are required to be submitted for application to the program:

• Letter of intent
• Curriculum vitae
• Pharmacy school transcripts
• Three references completing appropriate template in PhORCAS

 A personal interview is required of all selected candidates. This program participates in the ASHP Matching Program.

Website: PGY2 Ambulatory Care website

About VA-Kansas City

The KCVA Medical Center currently provides services to over 55,000 of the veterans that reside in the Kansas City primary service area. The Medical Center is a tertiary care hospital that serves as a referral center for the Kansas VA Medical Centers in Leavenworth, Topeka, and Wichita as well as the Columbia, Missouri VA Medical Center. This integrated health care system is dedicated to providing quality health care to veterans of Mid-America. In addition to acute care medicine and surgery services, the Medical Center has Primary Care services for all veteran patients. The Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) housed in Overland Park & Paola, Kansas, and in Belton, Cameron, Excelsior Springs, Kansas City, Nevada, & Warrensburg, Missouri provide an extension of these services to veterans in rural areas. Sub-specialists or Specialty Care is also available to patients for evaluation and management of endocrine, pulmonary, gastroenterology, nephrology, cardiology, hematology/oncology, ID and geriatric disorders. Clinical Pharmacy Specialists play an integral role by enhancing care to all patients at the KCVAMC. As a principal teaching hospital, the KCVAMC is affili...ated with the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Pharmacy and the University of Kansas Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy. The Pharmacy Service provides 24-hour coverage seven days a week. Patient care is provided by a staff of more than 65 pharmacists, residents, students, and technicians practicing in the inpatient and outpatient care settings. Ambulatory Care The clinic pharmacy staff provides pharmaceutical services for primary care and specialty care clinic patients. Pharmacists in these areas provide drug information, observations on patient response to therapy, and appropriate recommendations regarding treatment alternatives or additional interventions to maximize patient care outcomes. The pharmacists in these clinics function as mid-level practitioners and work under a scope of practice. The decentralized inpatient pharmacy staff provides pharmaceutical care to veterans using a systematic process designed to ensure patients are educated and drug therapy is monitored. New orders are evaluated with attention to drug dosing, drug interactions, and drug allergies. Pharmacists’ recommendations are communicated on patient care rounds or directly to the medical, surgical, psychiatric, and critical care teams. Drug distribution is accomplished through centralized unit dose and IV admixture services.

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