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Posted: 22-Oct-24

Location: Hines, Illinois

Type: Residency PGY-2

Salary: 57,172

Categories:

Graduate Program

Pharmacy

Job Setting:

Pharmacoeconomic Outcomes and Research

Pharmacy Benefits Management

Pharmacy Informatics

Requirements:

Residency Required

Specialty Practice Areas:

Informatics

Management/Leadership

Medication Use Safety

Required Education:

PharmD

The PGY2 Medication-use Safety and Policy Pharmacy Residency at the VA Center for Medication Safety (VA MedSAFE) is a unique program that affords residents the opportunity to improve the safe and appropriate use of medications throughout VA!

Residents from the program will be qualified for any of the following positions:

• Pharmacy medication safety officer
• Pharmacy leader responsible for monitoring and resolving ADEs in a health system, managed care area, or drug safety oversight agency (e.g., ISMP, FDA, CDC)
• Drug use management pharmacist
• Study researcher in an industry setting
• Medication-use safety/policy faculty
• Fellowships in medication-use safety

 Activities and projects:

• Longitudinal research projects and publication worthy manuscript
• Longitudinal pharmacovigilance projects
• Data validation and data analyses projects for VA MedSAFE/VA PBM & FDA
• ADE report evaluations
• National formulary management activities
• Education to health care professionals on medication-use safety issues and initiatives
• National medication-use evaluations at multiple stages of development and release
• Medication safety newsletter articles and drug safety alerts authorship / contribution
• Medical center level medication-use safety initiatives
• Presentation at a regional or national professional meeting
• Formal presentation to VA PBM/MedSAFE
• Professional portfolio

Rotations:

Required:

• Pharmacovigilance
• Medication-Use Safety Research
• Medication Use Evaluations
• VA Adverse Drug Event Reporting System
• Medication Use Risk Reduction and Population Management
• Drug Safety Alerts
• Administration
• Medical Center Medication-Use Safety

 Elective:

• Drug Information
• Informatics
• VISN Medication-Use Safety
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• And many more!

Applicant eligibility criteria:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) Degree
• Completion of a first-year residency
• U.S. Citizenship
• Pharmacy licensure in one of the States or territories of the United States or the District of Columbia

About Pharmacy Benefits Management / VA Center for Medication Safety

VA MedSAFE is a comprehensive pharmacovigilance program that has developed and implemented numerous national programs to monitor the safe and effective use of medications in VA. VA MedSAFE conducts and promotes medication safety at regional and national levels, provides interventions to decrease preventable ADEs, and educates the field on practices to minimize ADEs. The Center translates research and published evidence into national policy through its cooperative arrangements with pharmacy leaders, the Medical Advisory Panel, and other departments within VA. VA MedSAFE has received national recognition for its efforts in drug safety and, as a result, collaborates closely with the FDA to evaluate the significance of known adverse drug reactions, in addition to identifying and tracking new and emerging drug safety issues. Additionally, VA MedSAFE collaborates closely with other federal agencies and VA Research programs including Pittsburgh Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) and Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS). GRECC is one of 20 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Centers of Geriatric Exce...llence for the advancement and integration of research, education, and clinical achievements in geriatrics and gerontology into the total VA healthcare system. CHERP is a dual-site, national VA Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Innovation (COIN). A major area of focus within CHERP is concentrated on health services research to improve the quality, safety, and value of medications and other clinical therapeutics in the VA and beyond.

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