PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at Baptist Hospital

This specialized residency in Critical Care is a 52-week training program accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP). The purpose of the program is to develop well-rounded critical care practitioners who can provide high-level clinical care in a variety of ICU settings and effectively share their knowledge and promote learning among students and other residents.

The focus of the program is clinical practice, involving experiences with an interdisciplinary critical care team in medical, surgical, neurological and cardiovascular ICU environments. The training is coordinated to allow the resident to master each of the disease states established within the ASHP Practice Standards for the PGY2 Residency in Critical Care. Residents will develop skills in managing drug therapy for patients with multiple disease states in the critical care setting, educating students and residents, and participating in clinical research.

Listed below are some of the unique features and patient care opportunities afforded at the practice site:

• 24 hours/7 days a week in-house Intensivist Service with daily rounding with multi-disciplinary team. Pharmacists attend codes hospital wide and are part of the rapid response teams.
• Miami Neuroscience Institute on campus with a dedicated Neuro ICU with Neuro Intensivists, Neuro Interventional Radiologists and Neurosurgery in attendance at multi-disciplinary rounds in the ICU.
• Dedicated Cardiothoracic ICU with employed Cardiothoracic Surgeons where complex hybrid surgeries are performed in conjunction with Interventional Cardiologist and Interventional Radiologists.
• Miami Cancer Institute (MCI) with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer alliance affords the resident many opportunities in hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplant.
• Neonatology Intensive Care Units (Level II and Level III)
• Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute (MCVI): Leading vascular and cardiac research and clinical trials
• Multi-hospital formulary management system through the BHSF Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee

The Critical Care PGY2 residency program at Baptist Hospital is designed to train a pharmacist for a clinical specialist role in a critical care-centered practice setting such as medical, surgical, neuroscience and cardiac intensive care. Program graduates will possess necessary skills to function as an advanced practitioner in clinical and academic settings. The pharmacy residency program builds upon the Doctor of Pharmacy education and the PGY1 pharmacy residency experience to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in the intensive care unit. Residents will have opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge into the provision of patient care of critically ill patients. Residents who successfully complete the residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification in critical care.

Program Accreditation

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) | ID: 33005

Program Size

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