Program Experiences

The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency at UConn Health is customized to the individual resident each year, based on goals, interests, experiences, and postgraduate pursuits.

Residents are required to complete longitudinal experiences in:

  • Orientation*
  • Adult Medicine
  • Anticoagulation Service
  • Neurology
  • Infectious Diseases/HIV
  • Medication Therapy Management
  • Population Health
  • Specialty Pharmacy
  • Practice Management
  • Clinical Service Project
  • Leadership/Personal Professional Development (PPD)
  • Teaching and Education
  • Research

*All required rotations are longitudinal with the exception of Orientation.

Residents will have the option of the following elective experiences to complete as blocks:

  • Academia
  • Ambulatory Oncology
  • Pain/Palliative Care
  • Inpatient Operations

Residents will also have additional longitudinal experiences, including:

  • IRB-approved research project to be presented at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and/or an additional major/mid-major conference
  • Clinical service project and cumulative business plan
  • Leadership and PPD work/life balance and leadership development series
  • UConn School of Pharmacy Teaching Certificate

Learning Experience Information

Required Rotations

Rotations

Preceptors

Duration

Structure Notes

Orientation

Jillian Carey, PharmD

5 weeks

Runs continuously; Starts Day 1 of Residency

Adult Medicine- DPC

Jillian Carey, PharmD

40 weeks

Quarters 1 and 4: ½ day once weekly

Quarters 2 and 3: ½ day twice weekly

Anticoagulation Service- DPC

Anuja Rizal, PharmD

40 weeks

Quarters 1-4: Full day once weekly

Clinical Service Project- DPC

Determined by Project Teams

40 weeks

Quarters 1-4: ½ day once weekly

Population Health- DPC

Jillian Carey, PharmD

30 weeks

Quarters 2-4: Full day every other week

Neurology- DPC

Kaitlyn Elliot, PharmD

40 weeks

Quarter 1: ½ day twice weekly

Quarters 2, 3 and 4: ½ day once weekly

Specialty Pharmacy-DPC

Hetal Patel, PharmD

10 weeks

Quarter 3: ½ day once weekly

Infectious Diseases - DPC

Jeff Aeschlimann, PharmD

David Banach, MD

10 weeks

Quarter 4: ½ day once weekly

Practice Management

Emmett Sullivan, PharmD

F. Bahar Matusik, PharmD

Kevin Chamberlin, PharmD

20 weeks

Quarters 1-2: ½ day once weekly

Research Project

Determined by Research Teams

50 weeks

In addition to resident-driven time spent on project, there are 2 weeks designated for research time distributed throughout the year:

-1 week in the winter (week 24 of residency)

-1 week in the spring (week 42 of residency)

Teaching & Education

Marissa Salvo, PharmD

43 weeks

Meets quarterly for 1- 2 hours, in addition to resident-driven time spent on related assignments/modules.

-Module 4 due Week 14

-Module 1 due Week 24

-Module 2 due Week 34

-Module 3 due Week 39

-Final teaching experience, reflection and philosophy due Week 47.

Leadership/Personal and Professional Development

Gillian Kuszewski, PharmD

Fabio Caetano, PharmD

Sean Johnston, Rph

42 weeks

Meets 1-2 times per month for one hour on Friday afternoon, in addition to resident driven-time spent on related presentations and assignments.

Medication Therapy Management- DPC

Maria Summa, PharmD

40 weeks

Quarter 1: Full day once weekly

Quarters 2, 3 and 4: Full day every other week

Academia

Marissa Salvo, PharmD

4 weeks

Runs continuously within Quarter 3

Elective Rotations

Rotations

Preceptors

Duration 

Structure Notes

Ambulatory Oncology-DPC

Lisa Holle, PharmD

10 weeks

Quarter 4: ½ day once weekly

Inpatient Operations

Fabio Caetano, PharmD

10 weeks

Quarter 4: ½ day once weekly

Pain/Palliative Care- DPC

Kevin Chamberlin, PharmD

10 weeks

Quarter 4: ½ day once weekly