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 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. Single 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 a time 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?

Selected applicants will be invited for an on-site interview in January or February. Each interviewee will be asked to give a professional presentation on a hematology/oncology clinical pharmacy practice topic of their choosing. Presentations should be 15-20 minutes long, with Q&A to follow. Interviewees may present a residency research project (assuming the topic is appropriate) if some data collection and analysis has been completed. (15-20 min presentation plus Q & A).

• Orientation/Oncology Practice Management
• Hematology I – Inpatient (malignant and benign)
• Oncology I – Inpatient
• Ambulatory Hematology/Oncology I
• Ambulatory Hematology/Oncology Infusion Center
• Stem cell transplant – Inpatient (Outside hospital)*      
• Surgery Onc (1 week), Radiation Onc (1 week), Ponce de Leon Center (HIV/AIDS) (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
• Pharmacy Research (research project, MUE, etc.)
• 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.

• Oncology Practice operations/staffing
  • Cancer Center Pharmacy staffing: One 4-hour staffing shift per week in the  Cancer Center Pharmacy
    • Includes an infusion pharmacy and a specialty/retail pharmacy
    •  These staffing shifts will be on variable weekdays (one weekday per week) for 10 months of the residency year
    • There will be no Cancer Center Pharmacy staffing shifts during months when the resident is at an off-site rotation
    • Weekend Chemotherapy call from home Friday afternoon to Monday morning (10 weekends)
    • The resident will be on call from home for urgent/emergent chemotherapy issues 
    • The resident will have some evening training shifts in the main inpatient pharmacy to prepare for weekend chemotherapy call
  • Inpatient pharmacokinetics coverage
    • While on Grady inpatient rotations, the resident will be responsible for daytime pharmacokinetics consults for one inpatient unit (four months total)
• Beacon treatment plans and EPIC orders
• Protocol/policy development
• Research
  • Medication use evaluation
  • Research project #1 (flipped research model)
  • Research project #2 (flipped research model)
  • Present research at Southeastern Residency Conference and Vizient or a Hematology/Oncology conference.
  • Cancer Center Research Committee and IDS  
  • Residency Research Advisory Committee Seminars
• Teaching, Education, and Dissemination of Knowledge
  • Clinical Seminar and Clinical Case – 2 ACPE-accredited presentations
  • Journal Club
  • Pharmacy Department Newsletter
  • Pharmacy staff development/in-service
  • Atlanta Pharmacy Resident Information Exchange (APRIE)
  • Capstone at Emory School of Medicine
  • Optional:  Teaching Certificate (Mercer College of Pharmacy – 12 months)   
  • Professional Development Series (12 months)

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