Program Structure

PGY1 learning experiences

Required learning experiences

  • Orientation
  • Ambulatory care
  • Critical care (medical, surgical, cardiac)
  • Drug information
  • Integrated practice experience
  • Internal medicine
  • Practice management

Selective learning experiences (select at least 1)

  • Critical care - 2 (different population)
  • Emergency medicine
  • Infectious diseases consult service
  • Nutrition support
  • Inpatient hematology/oncology
  • Solid organ transplant

Elective learning experiences (select up to 3)

  • Academics
  • Ambulatory care - 2
  • Antimicrobial stewardship
  • Informatics
  • Investigational drug service
  • Medication safety
  • Operation room pharmacy
  • Pediatric ICU (PICU)
  • Pediatric infectious diseases
  • Specialty pharmacy
  • Transitions of care

Required longitudinal experiences

  • Continuing education lecture
  • Medication use evaluation (MUE) research project
  • On-call program
  • Staffing

Staffing

  • Pharmacy clinical and operational staffing every 3rd weekend 

PGY2 learning experiences

Required learning experiences

  • Business services
  • Clinical pharmacy management
  • Direct supervision
  • Pharmacy informatics
  • Pharmacy operations – academic medical center
  • Pharmacy operations – community hospital
  • Pharmacy supply chain management 

Elective learning experiences

  • Ambulatory care management
  • Compounding management and compliance
  • Home infusion management
  • Managed care
  • Medication safety
  • Pediatric management
  • Pharmacy training and education management
  • Specialty and retail pharmacy management 

Required longitudinal experiences

  • Committee involvement
  • Continuing education
  • Human resource management
  • Manager on-call
  • Medication safety
  • Research project
  • Staffing 

Professional meeting requirements & presentations

  • ASHP midyear clinical meeting 
  • ASHP Conference for Leaders in Health-System Pharmacy (PGY-2)
  • ASHP resident poster session
  • Regional pharmacy conference presentations 
  • Michigan Society of Health System Pharmacists Annual Meeting 
  • Southeastern Michigan Society of Health System Pharmacists Regional Pharmacy Residency Conference

Staffing

  • Every 3rd weekend as the central lead pharmacist

Licensure / eligibility for program

  • Licensed pharmacist or eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan (including controlled substance license)

Contact us

Arslan Aslam, PharmD
PGY1/PGY2 health system pharmacy administration and leadership