Critical Care
PGY2 Program 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.
Residents contribute to the education of pharmacy students, resident physicians, medical students, faculty physicians, and other members of the healthcare team. PGY2 residents will participate in teaching sessions, deliver at least 2 formal presentations, and serve as preceptor of record for APPE students during one learning experience. PGY2 residents have the option to receive an advanced teaching and precepting skills certificate through completion of additional requirements.
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Residency Learning Experiences
During the 12-month PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, you can take advantage of a wide range of critical care learning experiences at OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma’s only Level 1 Trauma Center. Explore extensive critical care pharmacy experiences including:
Required Rotations (Eight Months) – Orientation, Medical Intensive Care, Medical Intensive Care Student Precepting, Emergency Medicine, Trauma Intensive Care, Neurocritical Care, Surgical Intensive Care/ECMO, Research
Elective Rotations (Four Month) – Pediatric Intensive Care, Neonatal Intensive Care, Infectious Diseases Consult Service, Clinical Toxicology, Cardiac Intensive Care, Cardiac Emergencies/Intensive Care, Bone Marrow Transplant, Advanced Core Clinical Rotations
Longitudinal Experiences (Residency Year) – Code Blue Response, Clinical Research, Service Commitment (Staffing), Teaching/Precepting Skills
Program Requirements and Checklist
PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Requirements and Checklist
Current Resident
Monica Le, PharmD (2024-2025)
PGY-1: University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy/OU Health
Research Project: Continuous infusion versus intermittent vancomycin infusion for target AUC in TICU patients
Residency Program Preceptors
Kate Biddy, PharmD, BCCCP - Medical ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Andrew Conner, PharmD, BCCCP - Neurocritical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Matthew Daniels, PharmD, BCOP - Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Kara Kubbs, PharmD, BCCCP - Surgical ICU/Trauma ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Rebecca Mayes, PharmD, BCCCP - Medical ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Eszter Moore, PharmD, CSPI - Senior Certified Specialist in Poison Information
Shane Salimnejad, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP - Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Residency Program Alumni
Nichole Krug, PharmD (2023-2024): Surgical ICU/Trauma ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, OU Health
Erica Thacker, PharmD, BCCCP (2022-2023): Cardiovascular ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Rebecca Mayes, PharmD, BCCCP (2021-2022): Medical ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, OU Health
Resident Publications
Rebecca Mayes: Risk factors for positive follow-up blood cultures in critically ill adults with Gram-negative bacteraemia
https://academic.oup.com/jacamr/article/6/5/dlae144/7754362
Erica Thacker: CNS aspergillosis and cryptococcosis with cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with acalabrutinib
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/08971900241247660
Residency Program Director
Rachel Boardman, PharmD, BCCCP
Accreditation
This residency program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.