Program Overview

Residency Programs

The university offers various residency programs in pharmacy, including:

• PGY1 Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy & PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership with Masters
• PGY2 Ambulatory Care
• PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy
• PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy
• PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy
• PGY2 Pediatric Residency Program
• PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics

PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy

The PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy residency program provides advanced training in oncology pharmacy practice. The program includes:

Required Rotation Experiences

• Orientation 2 weeks
• Inpatient Adult Surgical/Medical Oncology 2 weeks
• Inpatient Adult Heme Malignancies 3 weeks
• Inpatient Adult Cellular Therapy 5 weeks
• Inpatient Pediatric Oncology and Transplant 4 weeks
• Ambulatory Adult Heme Clinic 3 weeks
• Ambulatory Adult Cellular Therapy Clinic 2 weeks
• Ambulatory Adult Solid/MultiD Clinic 6 weeks
• Ambulatory Adult Community Oncology Clinic 3 weeks
• Informatics 1-2 weeks
• Investigational Drug Service 2 weeks

Required Longitudinal Experiences

• Pharmacy Operations/Management (52 weeks)
• Project Management (major project, 52 weeks)
• Service Commitment (staffing, 52 weeks)
• Monograph, MUE, Process Improvement, and Medication Safety (52 weeks)
• Teaching, Education, and Precepting (52 weeks)
• Oral Chemotherapy Clinic (52 weeks)

Additional Required Activities

• Weekly Oncology Discussion Series
• Camp UKANDU or other community service project
• Oncology Pharmacy Newsletter (RIOT)
• P & T Oncology Subcommittee
• Professional Meeting Attendance

Residents are required to design, conduct, and evaluate a major project related to an aspect of pharmacy practice during the residency year. The resident's major project may have a clinical, research, or practice management focus. PGY2 Oncology residents will complete a flipped project handed down from the previous resident class. In the second half of the year, a new flipped project will be initiated. The Pharmacy Research Committee oversees all resident projects and reports progress to the Residency Advisory Committee. Additional experiences with the Investigational Drug Service or the Institutional Review Board are available to residents interested in research experience.

Elective Rotational Experiences

• Ambulatory Pediatric Heme/BMT Clinic 2-3 weeks
• Palliative Care Consult Service 2-3 weeks
• Precision Oncology 2-3 weeks
• Transplant Infectious Disease Consult Service 2-3 weeks