PGY-2 ONCOLOGY SPECIALTY RESIDENCY  

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy
• Successful completion of an ASHP accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy residency
• Eligibility for licensure in the state of Georgia
• Personal and leadership qualifications for successful completion of a PGY-2 residency
• Curriculum vitae
• Official pharmacy school transcripts
• PhORCAS references (see below)
• Questionnaire (see below

PhORCAS References
Submit four (4) references that will utilize the Standardized Reference form provided in PhORCAS. Three (3) references should be provided by residency preceptors and one (1) from the residency program director.

Questionnaire
Please answer the following questions and upload them to PhORCAS:
Maximum 2 pages. Singled spaced. Font size 12.

Please answer the following questions and upload them to PhORCAS:

Maximum 2 pages.  Singled spaced.  Font size 12.

• 1. List the top three reasons you are specifically interested in the PGY2 Oncology Residency Program at Grady Health System and provide detailed examples from your personal experiences that demonstrate how this program will contribute to your personal and professional development.
• 2. Describe previous experience(s) when you went above and beyond to address a health disparity or barrier to care for a patient?
• 3. Describe a time when you had to solve a problem with limited resources. How did you approach the situation, and what was the outcome?
• 4. Describe your most challenging PGY1 rotation or experience, highlighting what made it challenging and how you addressed those difficulties.
• 5. When will you complete your PGY-1 training?

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

• Orientation/Oncology Practice Management
• Hematology I – Inpatient (malignant and benign)
• Oncology I – Inpatient
• Outpatient I (oncology and hematology)
• Hematology/Oncology Infusion
• Stem cell transplant – Inpatient (Outside hospital)*·     
• Surgery Onc (1 week), Radiation Onc (1 week), Ponce de Leon Center (1-2 weeks)

*Resident may be required to pay for parking, liability insurance, and/or other fees at non-Grady rotation sites.

• Any required rotation can be repeated
• Pediatrics (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)* based on site availability
• Sickle Cell
• Palliative care
• Others based on resident needs and interests

*Resident may be required to pay for parking, liability insurance, and/or other fees at non-Grady rotation sites.

• Teaching Certificate Program via Mercer University (if not completed during PGY1)
  • Experiential and Didactic Trackso  
  • Precepting, Facilitation, Lecture, Teaching Philosophy

*Resident may be required to pay for parking, liability insurance, and/or other fees at non-Grady rotation sites.

• Oncology Practice Management
  • 4 hour weekly Cancer center pharmacy staffing shifts on weekdays (total 24 staffing shifts)*
    • §  * Formal Assessment will be completed in November to assess resident skills and experience. Once resident meets requirements on formal assessment for staffing, the resident will staff 4 hours every other week.
    • §  Once staffing is every other week, alternate weeks will include 4 hours of protected time for practice management, including operations, management, Beacon, and IDS experiences.
    • §  No oncology staffing or practice management shifts if at non-Grady offsite rotations (e.g. Stem Cell Transplant, Pediatrics)
  • Protocol/policy development
  • Beacon treatment plans and EPIC order setso  
  • Professional Development Seminars, Residency Research Advisory Committee Seminars, and Capstone at Emory School of Medicine
• Research
  • MUE
  • Research project #1 (flipped research model)
  • Research project #2 (flipped research model)
  • Research Committee and IDSo  
  • Professional development
• On-call. 24-hour hospital on-site = 13 shifts. Chemotherapy weekend on-call (from home) = 7 shifts. Inpatient Pharmacokinetics one unit coverage = 5 or 6 months
  • Seminar and Case (ACPE-accredited presentations)

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