PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Residency
The PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Residency conducted by TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Dallas, Texas is accredited by ASHP.
Purpose
PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.
Description
The Geriatric Pharmacy PGY2 program at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy Dallas/Ft. Worth Regional Campus is designed to produce practitioners who exhibit excellence in pharmaceutical care in the geriatric population. The residency provides the environment necessary to achieve the knowledge and skills needed to care for older adults with a wide range of disease states. The program will foster the development of an independent, versatile practitioner. The program is also designed to produce well rounded, independent professionals through experiences in teaching, research, and professional activities.
Practice Excellence
- Develop a mastery of knowledge base in Geriatric pharmacy
- Develop solid geriatric patient care skills in both acute and chronic care settings
- Develop a sound understanding of pharmacy practice management
- Establish oneself as an integral member of a health care team
Scholastic Excellence
- Demonstrate proficiency in teaching in both didactic and small group learning environments
- Develop effective precepting skills
- Generate new knowledge in Geriatric Pharmacy
- Interpret and disseminate knowledge in Geriatric Pharmacy
Individual Excellence
- Develop a system of self assessment and development
- Demonstrate exemplary verbal and written communication skills
- Utilize a system for balancing multiple work-related and personal responsibilities
- Understand the importance of professionalism through participation in pharmacy
For additional information, please refer to the ASHP Required Competency Areas, Goals, and Objectives for Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Geriatric Pharmacy Residencies
Residency Learning Experiences
Required Longitudinal:
- Long-term Care Patient Management
- Community Outreach
- Research Project Development
- Teaching Experiences
Required Block:
- Geriatric Psychiatry (6 weeks)
- Inpatient Rehab Service (6 weeks)
- Pain Management/Palliative Care/Hospice (6 weeks)
- Home-based Primary Care (6 weeks)
- Long-term Care Consulting (12 weeks)
Elective Opportunities:
- Alzheimer’s Clinic (6 weeks)
- Geriatrics Assessment Clinic (6 weeks)
- National organization management (1 – 2 weeks)
Other elective learning opportunities can be designed based on the resident’s interests.
Residents are appointed as Assistant Instructors with Texas Tech University HSC School of Pharmacy. Teaching activities for residents are designed to complement practice activities while allowing the resident to experience a variety of teaching methods.
Clinician-Educator Training Program
Structured throughout the residency, this program provides training for residents
who are interested in developing their academic skills. The major goal of the training
program is to supplement a strong clinical background with the skills needed to become
a successful educator. The program includes didactic and web-based teaching models,
mentored facilitator training for small-group problem-based learning, and precepting
of third and fourth-year Doctor of Pharmacy students. Residents also receive instruction
in grant writing, statistics, and clinical trial design; submit a project proposal
to the institutional review board; and collect, interpret, and publish their results.
Additional activities to enhance discovery, integration, and writing skills are described.
The program also includes innovative discussion topics based upon needs previously
identified by new faculty members. Examples include handling difficult students, writing
test questions, developing consistent evaluation methods and balancing life outside
of career.
Didactic Teaching
One to two hours of formal didactic lecturing within the school of pharmacy programs
is required of the PGY2 resident. The courses that are to be taught will be based
on availability and resident interest.
Problem-Based Learning
One semester equivalent as a group facilitator in Clinical Correlations (P3 class).
The Clinical Correlations course is an application-based course which serves to solidify
classroom knowledge in an active learning environment. It is designed to be a problem-based
learning experience and the facilitator's role is not to teach the students, but rather
to facilitate their learning. During the semester, this course meets twice a week
for two hours.
Experiential Teaching
Clerkship teaching (involving both P3 and P4 students) is integrated into the resident
practice model. Early in the program, the resident will observe faculty clerkship
preceptors and become integrated into various aspects of clerkship teaching. Within
the residency program, residents have the opportunity to independently precept clerkship
students.
Residency Research Project:
Residency Project: Residents will complete one research project per year. Residents
may choose any type of research project or quality improvement program, provided that
the project:
- includes generation of original data;
- is suitable for publication or presentation at a national pharmacy meeting;
- can reasonably be completed within the residency year.
Medication-use Evaluation
Residents are required to complete at least one medication-use evaluation during the
residency year.
Manuscript Preparation
Residents are required to submit one manuscript per year for publication in a refereed
journal.
Southwestern Leadership Conference (ALCALDE)
Residents participate in this regional residents meeting, also known as ALCALDE, in
the Spring. Residents have the opportunity to present their project results for evaluation.
It is also a great opportunity to interact with residents from other programs throughout
the region.
Research Days
Each Spring, TTUHSC holds Research Days in Amarillo. This invited conference is another
opportunity for the resident to showcase their residency research project, and holds
the potential of cash and other prizes for Best Poster, Best Platform and Best Research.
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Amie Taggart Blaszczyk, Pharm.D., BCGP, BCPS, FASCP Dr. Blaszczyk is a Professor of Pharmacy Practice specializing in the unique pharmacotherapeutic needs of older individuals. She is also Division Head of Geriatrics & Pediatrics, given the priority of geriatrics and pediatrics education at Texas Tech. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as a Specialty Residency in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned her Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) certification in November 2005 and became a Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists in December 2006. She earned her BCPS in 2007. Dr. Blaszczyk currently practices in geriatrics in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with Advanced Healthcare Solutions, a nursing home corporation responsible for ~40 long-term care facilities and over 4000 lives across the state of Texas. Her primary focus is on research and outcomes within this practice. She also participates in community outreach, speaking to older individuals on varied topics, throughout the DFW Metroplex. For her educational endeavors with the North Texas American Parkinson Disease Association, Dr. Blaszczyk won the chapter’s Marvin Marks Volunteer of the Year Award in 2009, and the ASCP Leadership in Education Award in 2010. She was also the recipient of the 2018 Armon Neel Senior Care Pharmacist award through ASCP for her commitment to senior care pharmacy practice. Dr. Blaszczyk developed the Advanced Geriatrics elective course for the School of Pharmacy, and continues to innovate in the area of geriatric education, most recently with her jellybean polypharmacy simulation and its impact on empathy in 3rd year pharmacy students. She is the author of several peer- reviewed manuscripts, as well as the Central Nervous System chapter in Fundamentals of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy. Her research interests include neurodegenerative diseases affecting older individuals, senior education and the impact of a clinical pharmacist working in the long-term care setting. With regard to service, Dr. Blaszczyk is an active member of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, and has served on several important national committees in these organizations, including ASHP’s Council on Therapeutics and ASCP’s Pharmacy Educators & Research Council. She the past-president of the Texas chapter of ASCP. She co-developed the BCGP prep course for ASHP, and continues to serve as a content matter expert and consultant for all BCGP programming for ASHP. She has also served on the Editorial Review Board of The Consultant Pharmacist/The Senior Care Pharmacist since graduating from residency, and will soon be the co-host of the Senior Care Pharmacist Radio podcast. |
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Scott Blaszczyk, Pharm.D., BCGP Dr. Blaszczyk is the Director of Consultant Pharmacists for Advanced Healthcare Solutions, LLC, a long-term care company serving over 4000 lives across the state of Texas. He is the consultant pharmacist of record for 8 homes, oversees a team of 3 other consultant pharmacists and serves as the liaison for consulting to the corporate office. He is a 2002 graduate of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was a community pharmacist with CVS/Caremark for 12 years before joining AHS in 2014. He has been board-certified in geriatrics since 2015, and currently serves on the Texas Medicaid DUR Board. |
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Kalin Clifford, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP Dr. Clifford is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Division of Geriatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy in Dallas, Texas. He currently teaches in Clinical Correlations series, Advanced Geriatrics and Advanced Infectious Disease electives, and Grand Rounds courses. His current practice site is within the North Texas Veterans Affairs Hospital within the Community Living Center (CLC-A), a sub-acute rehab facility. Dr. Clifford also precepts students on the required Geriatric Clerkship rotation during their Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) year. Prior to beginning his career at Texas Tech, Dr. Clifford received his degree from Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2011. He also completed a PGY-1 in Pharmacy Practice from Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Indiana in 2012 and a PGY-2 in Geriatric Pharmacy Practice from the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland in 2013. He also became a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist in 2014 and Board Certified Geriatrics Pharmacist in 2016. His research interests include geriatric infectious diseases, geriatric cardiology, geriatric nephrology, and outcomes post- hospitalizations due to infectious diseases and surgery. |
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Nakia Duncan, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP Dr. Duncan is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice specializing in geriatric pharmacotherapy. She currently practices with UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Palliative Care service. She is responsible for inpatient rounding, outpatient palliative care visits, transitions of care, and opioid stewardship. Dr. Duncan earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. Dr. Duncan has since completed a pharmacy practice residency at Xavier University College of Pharmacy in New Orleans, Louisiana, as well as a Specialty Residency in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland. Completed an advanced pain/palliative care traineeship in 2012, earned BCGP in 2013, and BCPS in 2016. She actively participates in professional societies including the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Her research interests include pain management, palliative care, hospice, transitions of care and opioid stewardship within the older adult population. |
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Brittany Johansen, Pharm.D. Dr. Johansen is an Outpatient Clinical Pharmacist with the Home Based Primary Care program at the Dallas VA Medical Center. She is originally from Austin, but graduated from the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy as a Doctor of Pharmacy in 2006. She then completed an ASHP accredited Pharmacy PGY1 Residency at the Dallas VA Medical Center & Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy in 2007. Her practice interests include Geriatrics, Ambulatory Care and Mental Health. Dr. Johansen is appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy and precepts pharmacy students in their 4th professional year, along with PGY1s from the Dallas VA on their Geriatrics learning experience and PGY2s specializing in Geriatrics. |
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Monica Mathys, Pharm.D., BCGP, BCPP Dr. Monica Mathys is an associate professor for Texas Tech School of Pharmacy. Her clinical practice site is the Dallas VA Medical Center where she serves as the clinical pharmacy specialist for the geriatric psychiatry team. Dr. Mathys is a faculty preceptor for third and fourth year students. She is also involved in the neurology and psychiatry courses, case studies, and grand rounds. Dr. Mathys received her Pharm.D. degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. After graduation, she completed a geriatric specialty residency at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Mathys’ research interests include geriatric and general neurology/psychiatry. |
Resident positions available: 1
Application deadline: January 1
NMS Code: 610454
Starting date: July 1, 2022
Program length: 12 months
Estimated annual salary: $49,000
Benefits:
Health insurance coverage, dental coverage (additional fee) and retirement benefits.
12 days of vacation leave, 10 days of professional leave and 12 days of sick leave.
Travel funds or compensation for Professional Meetings.
Requirements:
Residency applicants must have a Pharm.D. degree, be eligible for licensure in Texas,
and be eligible for enrollment in Texas Tech University HSC School of Pharmacy. A
PGY1 residency is also required.
How to apply:
All Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy
affiliated residency programs are participating in the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized
Application Service (PhORCAS). More information on PhORCAS can be found on the ASHP-PhORCAS webpage.
The components of the application include:
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Letter of intent (describe your interest in the residency program and your professional goals and objectives)
- Three (3) letters of recommendation forms (located in PhORCAS)
- Official transcripts from all pharmacy education
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Julia Smith, Pharm.D.PGY2 Geriatrics Pharmacy ResidentEmail: Julia.Smith@ttuhsc.edu Residency Program: About Julia: Professional interests: Personal interests outside of the residency program: |
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Amie Taggart Blaszczyk, Pharm.D., BCGP, BCPS, FASCP 5920 Forest Park Road, Suite 500 |