The Department of Pharmacy at UofL Health offers a Post-Graduate Year Two (PGY2) Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency. This comprehensive training program incorporates direct patient care, teaching and research experiences with a focus on the provision of pharmaceutical care as an integral member of the interdisciplinary health care team.
UofL Health provides care to a variety of patient populations in both acute care and ambulatory settings. The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency offers a diverse range of inter-professional outpatient clinics serving a variety of patient populations. Our collaboration with Sullivan University College of Pharmacy allows for vast small and large group teaching opportunities.
Purpose Statement
The PGY2 Ambulatory Care residency is a 12-month training program consisting of primarily longitudinal rotations to foster stronger patient-pharmacist relationships, maximize learning experiences, and provide exceptional follow-up patient care. The learning experiences below are all longitudinal unless otherwise noted.
Core Experiences
- Orientation (every day for 1 month)
- Cystic Fibrosis Clinic I (1/2 day for 5 months)
- Adult Internal Medicine Clinic (1 full day for 3 months)
- Anticoagulation Clinic (1/2 day for 5 months)
- Cardiology - Advanced Heart Failure Clinic I (1 full day for 3 months)
- Medication Management Clinic (1/2 day for 11 months)
- Gastroenterology Clinic (1 full day for 3 months)
- Hepatitis C Clinic I (1/2 day for 3 months)
- HIV Clinic I (1 full day for 2 months)
- Multiple Sclerosis Clinic I (1 full day for 3 months)
- New Ambulatory Service (½ day for 11 months
- Outpatient Oncology Clinic (1 full day for 2 months)
- Professional Development and Service (12 months/~3 hours/week)
- Research Project - Flipped Model (12 months/~3 hours/week)
- Specialty Pharmacy (1 full day for 3 months)
- Specialty Pharmacy On Call (every day for 2 months)
- Staffing + Clinical Outpatient Services (1/2 day for 5 months)
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Required if the resident did not previously complete with PGY1 program) (12 months/~3 hours/week)
Elective Experiences (all electives are ½ day per week experiences)
- Administration - Specialty Pharmacy (3 months)
- Ambulatory Care Administration (3 months)
- Academia (3 months)
- Cystic Fibrosis Clinic II (3 months)
- Cardiology - Advanced Heart Failure Clinic II (3 months)
- Emergency Medicine (1 full day for 3 months)
- Hepatitis C Clinic II (3 months)
- HIV Clinic II (3 months)
- Hypercoagulopathy and Antithrombotics Clinic (3 months)
- Medical Writing (3 months)
- Multiple Sclerosis Clinic II (3 months)
- Specialty Pharmacy II (3 months)
- Staffing and Clinical Outpatient Services II (3 months)
Important Dates
Application Deadline: Early January
Starting Date: Early July
Application Requirements
Application completed on PhORCAS - Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service. Application is required to include:
- Letter of intent
- Curriculum vitae
- 3 references with letters of recommendation
- Official transcript from ACPE Accredited College of Pharmacy
- Graduation from an ASHP Accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (or candidate status, pending accreditation)
- Pharmacist licensure/eligibility for licensure in the state of Kentucky
View the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Program Completion Requirements
Residency Program Director
Chelsey McPheeters, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Specialty Pharmacy, Rheumatology Clinic
Director, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency
UofL Health – UofL Hospital
550 S. Jackson St. Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 681-1600
Chelsey.McPheeters@UofLHealth.org
