PGY-2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES SPECIALTY RESIDENCY  

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy
• Successful completion of an accredited PGY-1 pharmacy residency or ASHP candidate status PGY-1 residency
• Personal and leadership qualifications for successful completion of a specialty residency
• Eligibility for licensure in the state of Georgia

• Letter of Interest – stating why the applicant desires a specialty residency at Grady Health System     
• Current Curriculum Vitae – include completed and anticipated residency rotations and official pharmacy school transcripts
• Four (4) references – completed on the PhorCAS Recommendation Form. Three recommendations must be from preceptors who taught the resident during a PGY-1 pharmacy residency rotation. One recommendation must be from the residency director
• Completed Residency Questionnaire – please answer the following questionnaire and upload to PhORCAS:
  • 1. What do you wish to achieve by the conclusion of the residency?
  • 2. Describe the ideal PGY-2 residency program.
  • 3. Which rotation during residency did you find the most rewarding and impactful? Which did you find the least rewarding and impactful? Why?
  • 4.  What would your most recent immediate supervisor say are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • 5.  Describe a time when you had to solve a problem with limited resources. How did you approach the situation, and what was the outcome?
  • 6.  When will you complete your PGY-1 training?
  • 7.  Will you be eligible to sit for the Georgia practical exam in June? (for those applicants who do not currently have a Georgia pharmacist license)

Applicants invited for an on-site interview will be required to present a professional presentation on a topic related to clinical pharmacy practice (may present residency research project if some data collection and analysis has been completed)

Representatives will be available at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting Residency Showcase in December. On-site interviews will be scheduled in February.

4-5 weeks per learning experience unless indicated otherwise

• Orientation (2 weeks)
• Microbiology laboratory (2 weeks)
• General Infectious Diseases consult service I & II
• Antimicrobial Stewardship I & II
• Inpatient HIV service I & II
• Critical care (ICU)
• HIV Clinic (1-2 days per week over 6 weeks)
• Complex Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy (COpAT) Clinic (2 to 3 days per week over 6 weeks)
• Liver Clinic (1-2 days per week over 6 weeks)

two 4-5 weeks rotations from two of the following options

• General infectious diseases consult service
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Inpatient HIV service
• Infectious Diseases Transplant consult service (conducted at Emory University Hospital depending on availability)

• Research project
• 24-hour in house clinical on-call program
• Journal club
• Practice management, drug policy, hospital committees
• Professional development
• Inpatient pharmacy staffing
• Teaching, Educating, Presentations
  • 2 ACPE- accredited presentations (Seminar/Grand Rounds and Clinical Case)
  • 1 infectious disease lecture for second- or third-year pharmacy students  
  • Co-precepting APPE student(s) on ID rotation

Grady participates in the PhORCAS online residency application process. For more information and the application deadline, please see www.ashp.org/phorcas.