Employment Information
Start Date: July 1
Term of Appointment: 52 weeks, concluding June 30
Number of positions: 1
Stipend and Benefit Information
How to Apply
Eligible candidates must have:
- Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited school of pharmacy
- Current enrollment in or completion of a PGY1 residency in pharmacy
- Licensure or eligibility for licensure within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Registered for the ASHP Residency Matching Program (NMS Code: 666969)
- Submit the standard application requirements via PhORCAS by January 2. An on-site or virtual interview is required.
Supplemental information required with application:
- PGY1 site description:
- Is this a teaching hospital? If so, what types of residents are there? (ex: internal med, surgery, emergency medicine, ophthalmology, podiatry, etc)
- Trauma center including designation (1, 2, 3, none)
- Stroke center including designation (Comprehensive, Primary, thrombectomy capable, acute stroke ready hospital, none)
- In what areas are clinical pharmacists actively involved? (ex: Medical ICU, trauma ICU, emergency department, ID etc)
- Does the hospital have any other certifications/designations? (ex: burn center, geriatric ED etc)
Program Overview
Required Learning experiences at UPMC Mercy
- Orientation
- Completed UPMC Mercy PGY1 (1 day)
- Completed PGY1 at UPMC (3 weeks)
- Completed PGY1 outside of UPMC (5 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine I – Introduction to Emergency Medicine (5 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine II (5 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine III – Teaching and Precepting (5 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine IV - Overnight EM (5 weeks)
- Critical Care (5 weeks)
- Trauma Burn ICU (5 weeks)
Required off-site rotations (5 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine - UPMC Shadyside
- Toxicology - UPMC Presbyterian
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine – Children's Hospital of UPMC
Required Longitudinal Rotations (All 45 weeks)
- Staffing
- Projects
- Professional development
- Direct Patient Care
- Pharmacokinetic consult service
- Detox education sessions (once every 4 weeks)
- Critically Ill Recovery Clinic (half day on Thursday every 3 weeks)
Requirements for Program Completion:
All residents at UPMC Mercy must:
- Obtain Pennsylvania pharmacist licensure within 120 days of the residency’s start and practice 35 weeks (i.e., twothirds of the year) as a licensed pharmacist.
- Attain a rating of “Achieved for Residency” for at least 80% of the objectives established by the residency program as outlined in the ASHP Accreditation Standards for a Postgraduate Residency Programs.
- Complete the requirements of the individualized quarterly training plans as developed by the RPD.
- Complete all required learning experiences.
- Complete all required staffing assignments (PGY1: 36 weekend shifts, 32 weekday evening shifts, 3 holiday shifts; PGY2: 24 weekend shifts, 32 weekday evening shifts, 2 holiday shifts).
- Complete a major project and medication use evaluation (MUE); prepare a project manuscript and MUE poster; and present the project at Pharmacy Resident Research Day.
- Meet the residency presentation requirements: 2 formal presentations, 2 journal club presentations, and 1 interdisciplinary meeting presentation.
Additionally, PGY2 residents must:
- Provide PGY1 residency certificate within 30 days of the residency start.
- Maintain certification in BLS and ACLS.
- Complete emergency medicine required topics listed in the Appendix.
Manual/Policy and Procedures
Residency program manual and accompanying policies will be distributed upon invitation to interview.
Contact Us
Pamela McCormick, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP
Residency Program Director
Clinical Pharmacist: Emergency Medicine
Lyonspj@upmc.edu
