PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency–Portland

OR Region Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Program

The Providence Oregon AMS Program consists of 2 infectious diseases (ID) pharmacists and 2 ID physicians that cover 8 hospitals throughout the state. Our program is divided into an east and west region with one pharmacist and one physician co-leading each region. We work to optimize care of patients with infectious diseases on a daily basis by providing direct patient review, education, and policies and procedures that support front-line clinicians.

Program Strengths

• Recipients of the ASHP Best Practices Award for our AMS program at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
• Flexible rotation schedule that can be tailored to meet individual resident interests
• Ability to work on AMS initiatives across a large integrated health system
• Opportunity to experience community hospital AMS designed to offer unique experience within the growing job market
• Strong collaboration and partnership with ID physicians
• Central laboratory experience at our core lab that services 8 hospitals throughout Oregon

Residency Program Purpose Statement

PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice (Infectious diseases). PGY2 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 or other advanced practice settings.

Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.

Residency Structure

Most resident rotations will be located at the two main hospital sites (Providence Portland Medical Center and Providence St Vincent Medical Center) with the goal of providing diverse patient care experiences across diverse patient populations.

Residents will spend the first part of the year gaining experience in antimicrobial stewardship and microbiology. Residents will then transition to the infectious diseases consult service and participate advanced electives such as pediatric infectious diseases.

Core Learning Experiences

• Microbiology laboratory (2 weeks)
• Antimicrobial stewardship I (6 weeks)
• Antimicrobial stewardship II (6 weeks)
• Antimicrobial stewardship III (2 weeks)
• Community hospital antimicrobial stewardship (5 weeks)
• Infection prevention (2 weeks)
• Infectious diseases consult service I (4 weeks)
• Infectious diseases consult service II (6 weeks)
• Infectious diseases consult service III (6 weeks)
• HIV clinic (longitudinal)
• Project management (longitudinal)

Elective Learning Experiences (2 rotations, 4 weeks each)

• Pediatric infectious diseases
• Academia • Critical care
• Emergency medicine
• Travel medicine clinic

Staffing

Every 3rd weekend the residency will provide centralized AMS services for the two main hospitals (PPMC and PSVMC)

To Apply

Complete the Online Residency Centralized Application at ashp.org/PhORCAS

Deadline to apply is January 6, 2023

For More Information

Gregory Tallman, PharmD, MS, BCIDP, BCPS
Residency Program Director
503-216-0210