PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program
Kaweah Health PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency
Kaweah Health is committed to promoting PGY2-trained ambulatory care clinical
pharmacists that exhibit leadership, evidence-based practice and service
to the community. The Kaweah Health PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build
on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs
and contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized
areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities
to function as independent 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. Upon completion, residents will
have gained the skills and experience needed to establish advanced and
innovative services in the ambulatory clinic environment, leverage population
health and novel payment strategies to support ambulatory pharmacy services,
become a leader within the healthcare team, and effectively advocate for
the delivery of quality care and outcomes.
Learning Experiences
The resident will receive a three-week orientation before moving on to direct patient care rotations. Patient care rotations are block rotations and occur two or three days per week. One-half day per week the resident will be staffing and one-half day per week is dedicated administrative time for the resident. A research project with publication-quality manuscript, quality improvement project, and several presentations — didactic lecture to family medicine residents, assisting with a lecture to Pharm.D. students, and dissemination of research results — are all requirements for graduation.
Required Rotations
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Orientation (3-weeks, 5 days per week)
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Rural Health Clinics (8 weeks, 3 days per week)
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Specialty Clinic (24 weeks, 1 day per week)
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Family Medicine (8 weeks, 3 days per week)
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Pain Management I (24 weeks, 1 day per week)
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Primary Care (20 weeks, 2 days per week)
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Medication Assistance (8 weeks, 3 days per week)
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Staffing (longitudinal)
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Leadership and Practice Management (longitudinal)
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Scholarship and Teaching (longitudinal)
Elective Rotations - Choose 2 (10 weeks, 1 day per week)
- Advanced Leadership
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology
- Pediatrics
- Other areas of interest may be explored if available
Clinical Practice Sites for Required Rotations
Family Medicine GME Program
The Kaweah Health Tulare Clinic is the formal clinic training site for the Kaweah Health Family Medicine Residency providing primary care for an underserved population. Our clinical pharmacists provide direct patient care, patient education, and practice-based and didactic instruction to the family medicine residents.
Kaweah Health Specialty Clinic
Kaweah Health Specialty Clinic is a referral-based, high-risk clinic for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, mellitus, asthma, COPD, tobacco cessation, cardiovascular disease, and other disease states requiring resource-intensive, multidisciplinary care. There are several pharmacist-led programs, including the Medication Assistance Program, which provides patients access to brand-name medications through co-management; a pain management service that assists patients in helping manage their acute or chronic pain; and the Employee Wellness Program, which helps co-manage patients with diabetes mellitus, COPD, rheumatoid disease, and infectious diseases.
Rural Health Clinics
Kaweah Health has five rural health clinics that provide internal medicine,
family medicine, women’s health, pediatric care, and specialty services
to rural areas of Tulare County. Pharmacists in these clinics are integrated
into the primary care departments, where they see patients for a variety
of chronic diseases and provide population-health management services.
