The Pharmaceutical Care Services Department recognizes the need to participate in the development of training programs necessary to ensure the ongoing availability of pharmacy practitioners with the knowledge and skills required to promote, recommend, and deliver high quality pharmaceutical care services.
Our ASHP-accredited PGY2 Oncology residency program is dedicated to providing the resident with the knowledge, attitude, and skills necessary to assure optimal drug therapy outcomes, and to nurture the life skills and professionalism required to contribute positively in the health care environment.
The PGY2 Oncology pharmacy residency seeks to prepare pharmacists to practice as an oncology specialist pharmacist in the inpatient and outpatient ambulatory clinic settings for adult and pediatric oncology patients.
The Providence Alaska Medical Center Oncology Residency Goals are as follows:
Successful completion of the residency program involves meeting the residency program goals and objectives identified at the beginning of the residency year.
ASHP standards are used to define program objectives. An assessment of the resident’s knowledge, skills, experiences, and interests will be performed prior to the beginning of the residency year. Objectives will be individualized for the incoming residents based on their previous learning experiences.
PharmAcademic is used to document the resident’s progress throughout the program. Informal assessments and review of specified longitudinal goals with the RPD will occur regularly during the year. Formative evaluations will occur during experiences and summative evaluations will occur at the end of each learning experience. Residents will self-evaluate throughout the residency. Residents will evaluate preceptors and learning experiences formally at the end of each learning experience.
A minimum of 2000 hours (one year), are required for completion of the residency program. Residents are expected to dedicate the time and effort necessary to effectively complete the program objectives. Often it requires more than a 40 hour work week to obtain the maximum benefits of the program. The preceptors are responsible for ensuring that the residents understand the time requirements for each learning experience. The resident positions are considered “exempt” (salaried) positions by PAMC and not paid per hour. Presentation of the Residency Certificate is contingent upon completion of all program objectives and the residency project.
In order for the resident to adequately gain the understanding and confidence necessary to provide pharmaceutical care, it is necessary that the resident spend time performing pharmacist staffing. The staffing requirement is every other Saturday in the Outpatient Infusion Center, and a total of eight cumulative weeks staffing a variety of clinical services including inpatient adult oncology (2 weeks), outpatient infusion (3 weeks) and pediatric oncology (3 weeks). Staffing may be as a continuous week (final week of rotation), one day weekly staffing during rotation, or a combination, based on department needs.
Effective patient-centered, clinical pharmacy practice is a philosophy that’s supported across the entire Providence organization. Join us virtually to meet our pharmacy teams, receive an overview of each program’s curriculum and details, and an opportunity for questions and answers.
