PGY2 Infectious Diseases
The pharmacy residency in infectious diseases builds on experiences gained in the PGY1 year and is designed to provide a well-rounded experience leading to the development of expert knowledge, skills, and clinical leadership in the practice of infectious diseases pharmacy. This 12-month program offers training opportunities through a variety of clinical rotations and interactions with multidisciplinary healthcare teams. Designated as an Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence, the antimicrobial stewardship program provides high quality care through numerous approaches aimed at improving antimicrobial use and patient outcomes including prior approvals, prospective audit and feedback, integration of rapid diagnostics, pharmacodynamic dose optimization, medical provider education, and over 35 antimicrobial use clinical guidelines. We offer a flexible program that focuses on the goals of the resident, but is intended to provide clinical, research, and teaching experience. Graduates of the program should be prepared to pursue employment as an infectious disease/antimicrobial stewardship pharmacotherapy clinical specialist in the acute care setting.
Required Rotations (4 weeks)
- Orientation
Required Rotations (5 weeks; 2 electives)
- Adult infectious diseases consult service (3 rotations)
- Clinical microbiology / Antimicrobial stewardship 1
- Antimicrobial stewardship 2 (additional rotation and a longitudinal experience)
- Transplant infectious diseases
- Critical care
Elective Rotations (5 weeks)
- Pediatric infectious diseases
- Inpatient HIV (ID) service
- Hematology/oncology/HSCT
- Solid organ transplant
- Adult infectious diseases consult service 4
- Transplant infectious diseases 2
- Antimicrobial stewardship 3
Longitudinal Rotations (52 weeks)
- Antimicrobial stewardship (including ASP/MUE project) (2-3 days per month and 4 dedicated project weeks)
- Antimicrobial subcommittee (meets every 2 months)
- Research project (4 dedicated project weeks)
- ID professional development (2 days per month)
- Weekend/on-call activities (Sat/Sun every 3rd weekend and on-call 7-day coverage once every 9 weeks)
Concentrated Experiences
- Case presentations (1 presentation during the year)
- Grand Rounds (1 presentation during the year)
- Journal Clubs (2 in total during the year)
- Resident Topic Series (1 presentation during the year)
The resident will develop teaching skills by providing presentations to pharmacy staff and other health care providers, including infectious diseases attendings and fellows, precepting PGY1 residents and pharmacy students, leading case-based clinical discussions, and critically evaluating literature.
Please refer to the Supplementary Information for additional learning experiences PGY2 residents participate in during the residency year.
Compensation and Benefits
Residents earn an annual stipend of $60,000. Paid time off is allotted for vacation/personal time, holidays, interviews, and professional meetings. Additional benefits include travel stipend for professional meetings, comprehensive health insurance, and subsidized housing (pending availability). This residency program participates in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Residency Matching Program and is fully-accredited by ASHP.
Staffing Coverage
PGY2 infectious disease resident work on-site every third weekend. Resident responsibilities include therapeutic drug monitoring/PK and alert monitoring, patient care rounds, and antimicrobial stewardship.
To Apply
For more information on the requirements for submitting an application to our program, please visit our To Apply page.
