The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency at ACPHS is a one-year post-graduate program designed to develop leadership skills and provide training and experience in various areas of ambulatory care practice, research, teaching and service. This unique program provides exposure to primary care and public health pharmacy, as well as specialty areas that include rheumatology, pain management, and nephrology. Core learning experiences include outpatient primary care, rheumatology, nephrology and hypertension, public health pharmacy, pain management, academia/teaching, and research/scholarship. Electives are selected based on residents’ needs and interests and may include community pharmacy within a federally qualified health center, practice management, pharmacogenomics, and/or subspecialty ambulatory care pharmacy. The ACPHS Teaching and Learning Certificate Program is offered as an optional experience for residents who have not previously completed a teaching certificate. There are opportunities to participate in public health outreach, transitions of care, and in local and national committees and foundations. Previous residents have gone on to jobs in academia, ambulatory care pharmacy, managed care and specialty pharmacy.
Residency Purpose
PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.
Responsibilities
The resident will be responsible for providing clinical pharmacy services in various clinical settings. This will allow the resident to develop relationships with patients and practitioners, and to become adept at clinical evaluation and medication management in ambulatory practice. A customized plan will be developed for the resident on the basis of previous experience and interest areas. The resident will be involved with teaching, research, and service activities at ACPHS. Some staffing in a community pharmacy setting is expected. Residents also participate in teaching activities and professional events for pharmacy students and are expected to facilitate case-based workshops and serve as tutors throughout the training year.
https://www.acphs.edu/ambulatory-care-residency
Program Requirements
Applicants must:
Possess a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited School or College of Pharmacy
Be eligible for a license to practice pharmacy in the State of New York
Have completed or expect to complete an ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency program.
About Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Founded in 1881, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences prides itself on its tradition of excellence in teaching and research. That tradition continues to this day through our ongoing efforts to build innovative educational programs that meet the ever changing needs of our health care system.
In 2008, Albany College of Pharmacy made a strategic decision to change its name to Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The move coincided with the expansion of academic offerings at the College, and the need to have a name that was inclusive of current and future degree programs.
The addition of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs has enabled many positive changes for ACPHS – from diversifying our student body to enriching the Doctor of Pharmacy program by virtue of expanded curricular options.
With programs that now span the Basic Sciences (Pharmaceutical Sciences, Microbiology, and Molecular Biosciences), Clinical Sciences (Pharmacy, Biomedical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, and Cytotechnology/Molecular Cytology), and Population Health Sciences (Public Health, Health Outcomes Research & Informatics), ACPHS has positioned itself well to keep pace w...ith a world where these three areas are increasingly tied together.
Our academic programs are further enhanced by learning experiences unique to ACPHS. We are the only school in New York State, for example, to have its own student operated pharmacies, operating in medically underserved areas of the region. Our latest initiative - The Collaboratory - provides opportunities for the College to partner with local community organizations on the development of new or expanded health and wellness programs.
Such settings offer students across multiple disciplines the ability to apply what they have learned to real world environments while at the same time providing critical health care services to those parts of the region that need it most.
ACPHS also provides a stimulating academic environment where students have access to a high level of professional experience similar to what one might expect to find at a large research university. Yet, they benefit from our small college setting, which allows for close interaction with faculty mentors.
It all adds up to an exceptional educational experience, and that’s not just my opinion. A 2019 report by the The Wall Street Journal listed ACPHS as the top value-added school in the country in a study of nearly 1,000 colleges and universities.
We invite you to visit our College and learn more about how we are helping redefine what is possible – in our students and for all of human health.
