Rhode Island Hospital PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Residency

The residency program will provide the resident with specific learning/practice experiences designed to enable the resident to expand the scope of their clinical practice skills. The program objectives and goals are based on American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) standards, which reflect our program’s purpose.

Program graduates will be prepared to function independently and act as essential members of an interdisciplinary team caring for emergency department patients. Further, graduates will be prepared to function as adjunct faculty for pharmacy students on rotation and in classroom learning experiences at a college of pharmacy. Finally, graduates will be prepared for board certification in emergency medicine pharmacy.

The resident is expected to achieve the objectives of the residency program related to both administrative and professional practice skills. The resident reports to and is supervised by the rotation preceptor and the residency program director. During staffing, the resident is under the supervision of the pharmacist in charge.

Hours of practice vary according to the requirements set forth by the preceptor and director. The resident is expected to be present in body, mind, and spirit at all assigned activities of the service they are currently a part of, including medical staff rounding, clinic visits, and administrative activities. An eight-hour day is expected for physical presence on site during assigned workdays.

The residency program is the resident’s most important commitment. Working extra shifts outside the residency program requirements (moonlighting) is strongly discouraged, especially at the beginning of the residency. To work overtime, the resident must be trained in the area. Extra work moonlighting and overtime work must be requested through and approved by the residency director and hours worked will be reported on a monthly basis by each resident. Consideration will be given to residency workload and deliverables assigned and resident standing within the program.

• PharmD or BS degree from an accredited school/college of pharmacy and completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy residency
• Eligibility for Rhode Island licensure
• Application must be submitted through the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS)
  • Formal letter of intent
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Official university/college transcripts
  • Recommendation letters from three references
  • Example of completed project in PowerPoint to be uploaded in PhORCAS
• Personal interview

Core Rotations (1 Month)

• Orientation
• Community Emergency Medicine (The Miriam Hospital)
• Emergency Medicine Acute Care
• Emergency Medicine Critical Care
• Emergency Medicine General Care
• Emergency Medicine Independent Practice
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Hasbro Children’s Emergency Department)
• Toxicology
• Critical Care Triage
• Intensive Care Unit (Trauma)

Elective Rotations (2 weeks to 1 month)

• Addiction Medicine
• Alternative Intensive Care Units
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Antithrombotic Stewardship

Longitudinal Experiences

• Emergency Medicine Administration and Practice Management
• Research/MUE
• Service Commitment
• Teaching and Education

The resident will staff in the inpatient pharmacy as the emergency medicine clinical specialist every fourth weekend for two eight-hour shifts, beginning in August, for a minimum of 18 weekend shifts. The resident will also staff an eight-hour swing shift (noon to 8 p.m.) as the emergency medicine clinical specialist one weekday per month, beginning in August, for a minimum of 10 shifts. The resident will staff up to three holidays as the emergency medicine clinical specialist at the discretion of Pharmacy Department needs.  Brown University Health recognized holidays are as follows: 

• New Year's Day (observed)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day (observed)
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas (observed)

• Estimated stipend: $57,000
• Health, dental, and life insurance
• Holiday, vacation, and sick leave
• Free parking
• Workspace with computer
• Travel, continuing education allowance
• Early commitment (if offered)
• Quarterly project/resident resilience days