PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency - Orlando Health Cancer Institute
The PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency at Orlando Health Cancer Institute is a one-year post-graduate training program designed to develop essential knowledge and skills for contemporary health-system pharmacy practice. The residency program provides flexibility to adapt to the resident’s specifics learning needs and goals. Training is provided through rotational and longitudinal experiences.
Graduates of the Orlando Health PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency will be competent and confident practitioners of pharmaceutical care in multiple patient care environments, assuring safe, effective, and appropriate drug therapy.
Clinical rotations will be conducted at the Orlando Health Cancer Institute (OHCI). Elective rotations could take place at OHCI, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (OHORMC), Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children (OHAPH), which are all located on the main campus. Some rotations may also take place off campus at one of the regional cancer centers operated by the Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Dr. Phillips, Lake Mary, Ocoee, or St. Cloud.
PGY-2 Program Purpose
PGY-2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY-1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in advanced or specialized practice. PGY-2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care that improves medication therapy. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY-2 pharmacy residency should possess competencies that qualify them for clinical pharmacist and/or faculty positions and position them to be eligible for attainment of board certification in the specialized practice area.
Goals of the Residency
Graduating PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Residents will:
- Assure safe, effective, appropriate drug therapy and prevent, identify, and resolve drug related problems
- Present as a competent, confident, and compassionate practitioner and set and reassess goals
- Demonstrate a commitment to the advancement of the profession and continued personal growth
- Possess comprehensive health-system pharmacy skills that promote future professional growth
- Create, promote, and participate as a part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team
- Demonstrate the ability to identify opportunities for improvement within a practice and practice site
- Provide education to professional and non-professional audiences, utilizing effective communication skills
- Demonstrate a foundation of leadership skills in pharmacy practice
Residency Director
Rosemary Persaud, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS
Director, PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency
Clinical Pharmacist, Hematology/Oncology
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Education: Pharm.D., University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Orlando, FL (2014) Training: Combined PGY-1/PGY-2 Pharmacotherapy Residency, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH (2014-2016) Interest Areas: Breast Cancer, Oral Chemotherapy/Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Email: [email protected] |
Required and Elective Rotations
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Elective Rotations |
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*Each 6-week block includes two 3-week rotations in outpatient clinic settings (chosen from breast, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, gynecologic, hematology, melanoma, thoracic cancers)
**Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability
Additional Longitudinal Activities
- Oncology Practice Research Project
- Design and conduct a project to develop or enhance an aspect of patient care specific to oncology patients
- Present results at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association annual conference
- Prepare a manuscript suitable for publication
- Medication Use Evaluation (MUE)
- Design and conduct a project evaluating part of the medication use process within Orlando Health and identify areas for improvement in patient care
- Present results to the Orlando Health Medication Use Subcommittee and the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacotherapy Sub-Committee
- Evidence-Based Medicine Guideline / Protocol / Order Set
- Develop an evidence-based medicine guideline / protocol / order set related to individual and/or population-based care of oncology patients
- Quality Improvement Project
- Oncology Journal Clubs
- Organize and participate in bi-annual PGY-2 journal club
- Seminar
- Prepare and present a 1-hour ACPE-accredited seminar focusing on a controversial oncology pharmacotherapy issue
- Residency Case-Presentation
- Present a 30-minute ACPE-Accredited CE patient-case based topic review
- Teaching Experience
- Opportunities will be provided for the resident to develop / give lectures to various audiences of learners and / or precept pharmacy students throughout the year
- Oncology Pharmacy Education
- Participate in routine department-wide topic discussions reviewing the pharmacotherapeutic agents and supportive care for medications used in the care for hematology/oncology patients
- Leadership Development
- Residency Wellness Program
Weekend Experiences
Pharmacy Operations
- 10-hour shifts approximately every 4th weekend
- Responsibilities:
- Inpatient chemotherapy order processing
- Chart review and order processing for outpatient oncology infusion areas
- Supervision of technical staff in admixture preparation
- Assisting other providers with necessary information for safe administration of chemotherapy and non-chemotherapy medications
Program Specifics
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PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency Preceptors
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