Popular Locations
- Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
- Yale New Haven Hospital - York Street Campus
- Yale New Haven Hospital - Saint Raphael Campus
The PGY2 residency in emergency medicine pharmacy is designed to transition PGY1 residency graduates from generalist practice to specialized practice, which meets the needs of patients in the emergency department setting. Upon completion of training, graduates are equipped to be fully integrated members of the interdisciplinary emergency medicine team, are able to prioritize responsibilities and utilization of resources, and are able to make complex medication recommendations in this fast-paced environment. Training focuses on developing residents’ capability to deal with a wide range of diseases and disorders that occurs in patients in the emergency environment.
The PGY2 emergency medicine residency consists of a series of learning experiences that span a 52-week period. Specific learning experiences and goals will be accomplished in discrete blocks of time, while others will occur longitudinally throughout the duration of the residency. Residency time will be generally structured as follows:
Residency duration | 52 weeks |
Orientation / Training | 2 weeks |
Residency Learning Experiences | 50 weeks |
Conferences (ACEP, ENA, ASHP, etc) | 1-2 annually |
Interviews/Holidays/Time off |
14 days plus 3 interview days weeks (not a continuous block) |
1. EM - Introduction |
4 weeks |
2. EM - Core |
8 weeks |
3. EM - Preceptorship | 4 weeks |
4. EM - SRC |
4 weeks |
5. EM - Independent Practice |
4 weeks |
6. EM - Pediatrics |
4 weeks |
7. Medical ICU |
4 weeks |
8. Trauma/Surgical ICU | 2 weeks |
9. Neuroscience ICU | 4 weeks |
The learning experiences will include a series of learning activities designed to expose the resident to many facets of pharmacy practice with guidance from the preceptor. An individual resident plan and calendar will be developed for each resident.
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