CONTENTS

Reviewers .............................................................................................................................................. ix
Contributors ......................................................................................................................................... xv
Preface ................................................................................................................................................. xxi
Common Abbreviations ................................................................................................................. xxiii

SECTION I: Your GPS to Pharmacy Postgraduate Training / 1

Kelly M. Smith
1: The Maturation of Postgraduate Pharmacy Training ............................................ 3
Alison L. Apple
2: Whats in It for Me? Benefits of Postgraduate Training ...................................... 9
John S. Clark and Melissa Pleva
3: Whos in Charge? The Role of Accreditation in
Postgraduate Pharmacy Training ............................................................................. 17
Mary M. Hess and Kelly M. Smith
4: A Day in the Life: What to Expect as a Pharmacy Resident .............................. 31
Maria C. Pruchnicki and Marialice S. Bennett

SECTION II: How to Program Your GPS / 53

April Miller Quidley and P. Brandon Bookstaver
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 54
5: Selecting the Ideal Residency Program ................................................................. 55
Beth Bryles Phillips
6: The Ideal Residency Candidate ............................................................................. 77
John A. Armitstead and Suzanne Turner
7: Curriculum Vitae Preparation .................................................................................... 91
Melissa L. Theesfeld and Andrew P. Traynor
8: Recruitment Activities at Professional Meetings ..............................................121
Heather M. Draper
9: Application ProcessThe Holiday Rush................................................................139
Jacob P. Gettig

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10: Interview Process........................................................................................................163

Ann M. Philbrick and Todd D. Sorensen
11: The Match Process ..................................................................................................... 177
Tibb F. Jacobs
12: Post-Match Logistics..................................................................................................193
Nancy H. Goodbar
13: Mentorship Through the Postgraduate Training Process ............................... 201
Jeffrey J. Fong

SECTION III: Turn Left, Turn Right: Choosing the Postgraduate

Pathway for You / 207
Celeste R. Caulder and P. Brandon Bookstaver
Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 208
14: Postgraduate Year One Pharmacy Residency ................................................... 209
Colleen M. Terriff
15: Postgraduate Year One Community Pharmacy
Residency ..................................................................................................................... 225
Stefanie P. Ferreri
16: Managed Care Postgraduate Year One Pharmacy Residency ...................... 239
Jessica R. Daw
17: Unique Postgraduate Year One Residency
Opportunities and Settings ..................................................................................... 251
Michael D. Hogue
Excerpt: Further Your Training into PGY-2, Fellowships,
and/or Advanced Degrees....................................................................................... 261
Elizabeth A. Coyle, Anne M. Tucker, and P. Brandon Bookstaver
18: PGY-2Ambulatory Care and General Internal Medicine ............................... 265
Daniel M. Riche and Lena M. Maynor
19: PGY-2Acute Care Medicine ................................................................................... 273
Asad E. Patanwala
20: PGY-2 Medicine SubspecialtiesInfectious Diseases (Including HIV),
Cardiology, Oncology, Psychiatry, and Nephrology .......................................... 287
Elizabeth A. Coyle and Anne M. Tucker
21: PGY-2 in Special Patient Populations: Pediatrics,
Solid Organ Transplantation, Geriatrics and
Palliative Care/Pain Management ........................................................................ 299
Lea S. Eiland, Pamela R. Maxwell, and Sharon Jung Tschirhart

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22: PGY-2 Programs in Health-System Administration,

Drug Information, Medication-Use Safety, Informatics,
and Outcomes and Policy ........................................................................................ 311
Brad S. Fujisaki
23: PGY-2Other Specialty Residency Programs
Pharmacotherapy, Nuclear, Veterinary, Association/
Executive, and Combination Residencies ............................................................319
Ola Oyetayo
24: Pursuing Pharmacy Fellowships ............................................................................327
Melissa D. Johnson
25: Advanced Degree Programs ....................................................................................337
Morton P. Goldman

SECTION IV: Road Under Construction: The Future of Postgraduate

Pharmacy Residency Training / 345
Kelly M. Smith
Introduction .........................................................................................................................346
26: Beyond Borders: Postgraduate Pharmacy Training
from an International Perspective..........................................................................347
Charles E. Daniels
27: On the Horizon: The Future of Pharmacy Residency Training .......................355
Kelly M. Smith
Appendix 1 ........................................................................................................................................363
Appendix 2 .......................................................................................................................................367
Index ...................................................................................................................................................369