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.
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 - Transitions of Care (4 weeks)
- Critical Care (5 weeks)
- Infectious Disease (2 weeks)
- Trauma Burn ICU (5 weeks)
Required off-site rotations (5 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine - UPMC Shadyside
- Toxicology - UPMC Presbyterian
- Pediatric Intensive Care – 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 start and practice two-thirds of the year as a licensed pharmacist.
- Complete all orientation materials including university modules and operational training requirements.
- Attain a rating of “Achieved for Residency” for 80% of the goals and objectives established by the residency program as outlined in the ASHP 2022 Standards for Postgraduate Residency Programs.
- Complete the requirements of the individualized plans as developed by the RPD.
- Complete all required learning experiences of their residency schedule.
- Complete all required weekend inpatient pharmacy staffing and clinical coverage assignments. (Twenty-four 10 hr shifts)
- Complete all required weekday staffing assignments (32 shifts from 4:30 – 8 PM in central pharmacy)
- Complete a major project and present the results at the University of Pittsburgh Pharmacy Resident Research Day.
- Prepare a manuscript based on their major project that is suitable for publication and identify a target journal with intent to submit their manuscript for review.
- Meet the residency presentation requirements: 2 formal presentations, 2 journal club presentations, and 1 noon conference or alternative interdisciplinary presentation.
- Complete a drug class review/drug monograph/treatment guideline/treatment protocol and a medication use evaluation.
- Provide PGY1 residency certificate within 30 days of the start of residency.
- Maintain certification in BLS and ACLS.
- Attain a rating of “Achieved for Residency” for all the objectives listed as critical.
- Present a poster at ASHP midyear or other approved venue.
- 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
