These PGY2 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.
Integrated pharmacy practitioners at Tufts Medical Center are responsible for dedicated clinical practices, drug distribution, teaching and research in a variety of clinical settings.
Ambulatory Care:
Pharmacists are integrated in the care for patients with chronic conditions in a variety of specialties including primary care, endocrinology, infectious diseases, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, rheumatology, neurology, GI and hepatology, nephrology, pulmonology, and pediatrics. Residents will focus on medication-related care of patients who are prescribed chronic, costly and complex medications that require ongoing management by a pharmacist for appropriateness, access and affordability, as well as adherence.
Cardiology:
The Cardiovascular Center at Tufts Medical Center offers nationally renowned programs in advanced heart failure and heart transplantation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrhythmias, interventional cardiology, cardio-oncology, and cardiac surgery. Dedicated pharmacists provide care to patients following surgery in the cardiac surgery intensive care unit (ICU), cardiac care ICU, in the cardiomyopathy unit, on a general cardiology floor, and in the cardiology clinic. Residents will be required to rotate through core experiences and have the opportunity to select ~4 elective experiences.
Critical Care:
Tufts Medical Center is a Level 1 trauma center and is renowned for providing outstanding care to patients in more than 100 adult and neonatal intensive care beds. The Emergency Department serves more than 45,000 patients every year.
More information about all programs can be found at: https://www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/patient-care-services/departments-and-services/pharmacy/pharmacy-residency-program
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Requirements
Be a graduate of an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy
Be eligible for licensure in Massachusetts
Be registered with the National Matching Service and the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS)