Pharmacy Residency Program Curriculum and Requirements at UPMC Central Pa.

The curriculum for UPMC in central Pa.’s Pharmacy Residency Program includes:

Required Learning Experiences

• Orientation (4 weeks).
• Introduction to Acute Care.
• Internal Medicine I (4 weeks).
• Internal Medicine II (4 weeks).
• Critical Care I (4 weeks).
• Critical Care II (4 weeks).
• Cardiology (4 weeks).
• Pediatrics (4 weeks).
• Infectious Diseases- Antimicrobial Stewardship (4 weeks).
• Pharmacy Management (4 weeks).

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences

• Research
• Includes a medication use evaluation and major research project.
• Staffing
  • Every third weekend (staffing every other weekend is required July through October or until the resident is signed off as able to staff independently).
  • One four-hour weekday shift every third week.
  • Two holidays.

Elective Learning Experiences

• Emergency Medicine.
• Solid Organ Transplant (temporarily unavailable).
• Infectious Diseases II- Consult Service.
• Oncology I.
• Oncology II.
• Pediatrics II.
• Sterile & Hazardous Product Compounding.

Need more information

Renee Bogdan, Pharm.D., BCPS
Residency Program Director
Phone: 717-782-5869
Fax: 717-782-5981
bogdanr@upmc.edu

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