PGY2 Critical Care Residency
PGY2 Critical Care Residency Purpose Statement
Our Lady of the Lake is one of the largest private medical centers in Louisiana. In a given year, we serve more than 35,000 patients in the hospital and 650,000 outpatients. We hold the designation of a level-three accredited Chest Pain Center and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and were honored with the 2015 ICU Design Citation Award. In addition, we are the area's only Level II Trauma Center and are recognized as a Primary Stroke Center. We also have a free-standing Children's Hospital with a neonatal ICU and pediatric ICU.
The PGY-2 Critical Care Residency Program at Our Lady of the Lake will prepare residents to become competent critical care pharmacy specialists with exposure to a wide variety of critically ill patient populations. Residents will have opportunities to function independently as a practitioner to provide improved patient outcomes and assist in quality improvement initiatives for the institution. Duties will include but are not limited to: a longitudinal research project, formal presentations, in-services, medication use evaluations, drug monographs, precepting of pharmacy students and PGY-1 residents, and medication safety management. The resident will provide care for patients in the following intensive care settings: medical, surgical, cardiovascular, trauma, neuroscience, pediatric, and neonatal. Residents will also gain experience in emergency medicine, infectious disease, and nutrition support.
The PGY-2 Critical Care program is a 12-month learning experience dedicated to:
- Improvement of the medication use process
- Provision of evidence-based patient-centered medication therapy management in multidisciplinary critical care settings
- Leadership and practice management development
- Enhancement of medication safety and therapeutic outcomes
- Development of sustainable pharmacy practice and educational models
Please visit Our Lady of the Lake’s Critical Care website for more information: https://ololrmc.com/services/critical-care
We are currently accepting applications, which should be submitted no later than January 4th, 2023. For more information about our program, please contact Emily Johnston, PharmD, BCCCP Pharmacy Residency Program Director via email at Emily.Johnston@fmolhs.org.
Requirements/Qualifications
- Graduate of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program
- PharmD eligible for LA licensure
- Provide the following via PhORCAS:
- Letter of intent
- Curriculum vitae
- Three letters of recommendation
- Academic transcript *pharmacy education only
Benefits
Competitive residency stipend, earned time accrual (holidays/vacation/sick leave), paid professional leave for meeting attendance, health/dental/vision/life insurance and reimbursement for travel to professional meetings are offered.
Required Core Rotations
- Orientation
- Medical Intensive Care Unit I / Medical Intensive Care Unit II
- Emergency Medicine I
- Trauma-Neuro Critical Care Unit I
- Surgical Intensive Care / Neurological Critical Care Unit I
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit I
- Heart and Vascular Critical Care Unit I
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
Required Longitudinal Rotations
- Pharmacy Practice Experience
- Staffing every 4th weekend
- Clinical PharmD On-Call Service
- Code Blue Coverage (BLS and ACLS training provided)
- Research
- Quality Improvement Projects
- Monthly Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Medication Safety Reviews
Elective Rotations
- Neonatal Intensive Care
- Emergency Medicine II
- Infectious Diseases Consult Service
- Trauma/Neuro Critical Care II
- Surgical/Neuro Critical Care II
- Pediatric Intensive Care II
- Heart and Vascular Critical Care II
- Nutrition Support
- Advanced Pharmacy Practice Management
Presentation Requirements (minimum requirements)
- ASHP Midyear Research-in-Progress poster presentation
- Fall and Spring Seminar
- Platform presentation at SERC - Southeastern Residency Conference
- Our Lady of the Lake/LSU Research and Quality Day
- Four case conferences
- Six journal club presentations
- Departmental in-services
Affiliations
- LSU Health Medical Residency Programs
- Woman’s Hospital
- University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy
- Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy
- Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital
- LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine
Required Meeting Attendance
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
- Southeastern Residency Conference