Critical Care Pharmacy Residency
Help patients recover and progress when they need it most. A Geisinger Critical Care Residency will show you how.
About us
The Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program at Geisinger Medical Center prepares you for the exciting practice of critical care pharmacy. Our residency offers a dynamic and innovative experience for pharmacists who aim to become exceptionally skilled critical care clinicians. In addition to robust, diversified experiences in bedside critical care, you’ll have opportunities to cultivate teaching and leadership skills.
As a pharmacy resident at our academic medical center, you will train in specialized intensive care units including a cardiothoracic/vascular unit, trauma unit, neonatal intensive care unit, multiple medical intensive care units, neuroscience unit, pediatric intensive care unit and surgical unit. We are a Level I Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center. You’ll learn to respond to adult code and stroke alerts as well as additional emergency bedside responses. You’ll also train in the dynamic environment of our emergency department.
At Geisinger, we take pride in being at the cutting edge of technological innovation. This residency is designed to train future leaders in critical care pharmacy practice. At our state-of-the-art simulation center, you will foster skills collaboratively with medical fellows and residents. Our electronic ICU platform allows us to provide critical care services to Geisinger hospitals throughout the state. We’re pleased to host learners from more than 15 schools of pharmacy, 5 pharmacy residency programs, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Bloomsburg University School of Nursing and numerous medical residency and fellowship programs.
As a Geisinger Critical Care Pharmacy resident, you’ll train with a diverse multidisciplinary team. Our pharmacists are board certified in critical care, cardiology, pharmacotherapy, infectious diseases, pediatrics, nutrition support, oncology and more. Our physicians are board certified in critical care medicine from fields including internal medicine, pulmonary, general surgery, trauma surgery, anesthesia, neurology and emergency medicine. You’ll learn from them as well as a team of highly skilled critical care nurses and respiratory therapists in a truly collaborative, interprofessional approach to critical care.
Program overview
PGY 2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.
Geisinger is dedicated to the development of clinical pharmacy specialists in critical care. This PGY2 residency provides you with opportunities to function independently as a practitioner. You’ll be conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge while incorporating both into the provision of patient care.
As a Geisinger Critical Care Pharmacy resident, you’ll receive innovative training and experiences. You’ll collaborate with our team as you gain competency to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care services for critically ill patients. Your strong foundation will launch your career as a clinician, educator and leader.
- Orientation to Intensive Care
- Cardiac and Medical Intensive Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Medical Intensive Care
- Neurologic Intensive Care
- Pediatric Intensive Care
- Precepting in Critical Care
- Surgical Intensive Care
- Trauma Intensive Care
As a Geisinger Critical Care Pharmacy resident, you’ll also participate in longitudinal learning experiences designed to enrich your educational experience.
- Infectious Diseases (12 Months)
- Critical Care Pharmacy Leadership and Practice Advancement (10 Months)
- Critical Care Pharmacy Staffing (12 Months)
- Self-Assessment and Personal Performance Improvement (12 Months)
In addition to your required learning experiences, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your knowledge by selecting elective learning experiences customized to your individual interests and goals.
- Advanced Cardiac and Medical Intensive Care
- Advanced Emergency Medicine
- Advanced Medical Intensive Care
- Advanced Neurologic Intensive Care
- Advanced Pediatric Intensive Care
- Advanced Surgical Intensive Care
- Advanced Trauma Intensive Care
- Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant
- International Medical Missions Trip (1 Week)
- Multiunit Intensive Care
- Neonatal Intensive Care
- Nephrology and Solid Organ Transplant
- Nutrition Support
- Pediatric Emergent and Intensive Care
- Possession of a valid pharmacist license from the Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy.
- Completion of all PGY2 critical care pharmacy R1 goals and objectives with a status of achieved for residency and completion of remaining objectives for the program with at least >75% of objectives having a status of achieved for residency. All objectives must have a minimum of satisfactory progress by the end of the residency.
- Presentation of a medication use evaluation project at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting and research project at the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Congress or similar regional conference.
- Completion of a major research project, including manuscript, and submission of the manuscript to the residency program director.
- Continuing medical education presentation at a Geisinger annual interprofessional pharmacy conference.
- Completion of institutional credentialing programs for anticoagulation, pharmacokinetics and adult code and stroke response.
- Completion of staffing requirements; every third weekend in the intensive care unit.
- Completion of the deliverables for clinical and longitudinal learning experiences including patient case presentations, journal clubs, topic discussions, order set reviews, guideline reviews, medication safety event reports, root causes analyses, or continuing medical education presentations as appropriate based on the resident’s individual customized development plan.
- Completion of the residency appendix document with attainment of the requisite in person experiential and didactic experiences as outlined by the ASHP Competency Areas, Goals and Objectives for PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Programs.