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Posted: 10-Oct-25
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Type: Residency PGY-2
Salary: 52707
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The mission of the Rush PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency is to graduate compassionate internal medicine pharmacists who excel as both clinicians and scholars. The PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency at Rush University Medical Center will provide a well-rounded experience and is designed to develop the resident's clinical expertise in the care of patients through a variety of core and elective rotations. Additionally, residents will have opportunities to gain experience in teaching, research and quality improvement.
Patient Care Experience: The PGY2 internal medicine pharmacy resident will have the opportunity to participate in multidisciplinary care of patients in an academic teaching environment. The resident’s foundation will be developed through practice in a 671-bed institution with approximately 160 internal medicine beds. Core rotations include internal medicine, medical intensive care unit, nephrology and neurology. Elective opportunities available include academia, psychiatry, emergency medicine, cardiology consults, solid organ transplant, general pediatrics and infectious disease. The internal medicine resident will also participate in a weekly longitudinal pharmacotherapy half day clinic consisting of anticoagulation, diabetes and hypertension management.
Research Experience: The resident will be expected to complete a longitudinal research project suitable for publication in collaboration with an experienced preceptor. The project will be of the resident’s choice and involve an internal medicine concept. The project will be presented at a regional residency conference in April and/or other conference related to internal medicine, if accepted. A research certificate is available at Rush for the resident to pursue during the residency year if desired.
Teaching Experience: If not previously completed, the resident will have the option to participate in a teaching certificate program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Additional opportunities to provide didactic lectures will be available to the resident.
On-call program: The resident will be expected to take overnight call in the medical center roughly every 2 weeks, providing unique and challenging experiences. Responsibilities during call include, but are not limited to, pharmacokinetic drug monitoring, answering clinical questions, participation in code blue and rapid response emergencies, approval of restricted antimicrobials, factor product stewardship, and participation in acute stroke emergencies.
The resident is expected to have successfully completed an ASHP-accredited (or pre-candidate status) PGY-1 residency. Other requirements include: PharmD from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy, PhorCAS application, curriculum vitae, letter of intent, 3 letters of recommendations, academic transcripts, and eligibility for Illinois pharmacist licensure.
