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The postgraduate year two (PGY2) ambulatory care pharmacy residency was founded in 2015 and offers three positions at Community Health Network annually. This residency is flexible to help meet your professional goals with opportunities in academia, new service development and clinical practice experience in a variety of specialty areas. This program provides well-rounded training to prepare residents to become clinical ambulatory care pharmacists in any setting, including academia.

Community Health Network’s Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Department consists of over 45 clinical ambulatory care pharmacists practicing throughout the greater Indianapolis area in a variety of clinics, including primary care, cardiology, infectious disease, transitions of care and women’s health. Pharmacists work closely with physicians and healthcare teams to optimize medication regimens in both primary care and specialty disease states. Our extensive collaborative drug therapy management agreement has been signed by over 200 physicians and covers 20 protocols, including anticoagulation, asthma, continuous blood glucose monitoring, contraception, COPD, diabetes, dyslipidemia, GERD, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, hypertension, hypothyroidism, Medicare Annual Wellness Visits, naloxone assessment, nicotine cessation, nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid™), osteoporosis, pharmacotherapy review, seasonal allergies, weight management, and vaccinations.

Patient Care

• Six-to-seven week rotations caring for ambulatory patients in both primary care and specialty care settings
• Volunteer at the Gennesaret Free Clinic throughout the year
• Longitudinal home primary care clinic experience to build practice management skills and develop long-term relationships with patients

Administration and New Service Development

• Longitudinal quality improvement research project
• New service development project
• Population health initiatives

Teaching

• Didactic and experiential teaching for other healthcare professionals
• Serve as primary preceptor for at least one APPE student
• Elective opportunities for teaching experiences at Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Required Rotations

• Advanced Primary Care
• Ambulatory Care Administration
• Ambulatory Care Staffing
• Anticoagulation
• Medical Residency
• New Pharmacy Service
• Orientation
• Primary Care
• Research
• Teaching
• Underserved

Electives

• Academia (Butler University)
• Anticoagulation
• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Infectious Disease
• Transitions of Care
• Women's Health

Applicants will be considered eligible for recruitment if they meet the following criteria as determined from review of PhORCAS materials or early commitment materials: 

• Citizen of the United States AND
• Graduated from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy AND
• Licensed, or eligible for licensure, in Indiana AND
• Currently participating in, or have completed, and ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency or a residency in the process of being accredited OR
• Granted an ASHP-sanctioned PGY1 exemption 

About PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency

https://www.ecommunity.com/education-research/pharmacy-residency-program

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