Required learning
Required teaching
Teaching experiences are integrated throughout our program, including precepting, lectures, and practica within PittPharmacy. Required minimum experiences include:
- Serve as primary preceptor for one APPE student.
- Simulation Evaluation - two sessions.
- Small Group Facilitation - two sessions.
- Large Group Instruction (excludes PULSE).
- 1-30 min. session to pharmacy students.
- 1-30 min. session to pharmacists/pharmacy staff.
- 2-30 min. session to non-pharmacy health care providers/learner.
Residents may also elect to participate in the Pitt Pharmacy Mastery of Teaching Certificate Program (didactic instruction, mentor groups, and teaching portfolio).
Deliverables:
- PULSE Presentation.
- Research Project and Presentations.
- Formal Precepting Rotation.
Electives
Elective rotation may be block or longitudinal based on the resident’s interest and site capacity.
- Academia: University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy.
- Community experience: UPMC Second Avenue Commons Health Center.
- Infectious Diseases: PACT HIV Clinic.
- International experiences: Honduras, Namibia.
- Population Health: Allegheny Health Department.
- Psychiatry: UPMC Western Psychiatric Mental Health Clinic or Hospital.
Requirements for program completion
Pharmacist licensure obtained in the state of Pennsylvania by October 31 of the residency year and successful completion of all learning experiences.
- Receiving at least 80% of program objectives are “Achieved for Residency” with R1 Patient Care being 100%.
- No objectives in any domain that “need improvement.”
UPMC/PittPharmacy competencies and other required learning modules as specified by the Department of Pharmacy Completion and documentation of all required teaching and research experiences.
Completed Residency portfolio (i.e., documentation of completed projects, presentations, evaluations, etc.) in PharmAcademic® Updated resident Academic and Professional Record form and CV at program completion.