PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Program

Program Overview

Legacy’s PGY2 specialty residency is a one-year experience focused on ambulatory care. There are two annual PGY2 positions available. Legacy has 24 primary care clinics and over 100 specialty care clinics with clinical pharmacists embedded in each primary care clinic, endocrinology and cardiology.

Residents who successfully complete the residency program will possess the competencies that qualify them for clinical pharmacist and/or faculty positions and position them to be eligible for attainment of board certification in ambulatory care practice.

Applications are accepted via the online PhORCAS system and are due by January 3rd, 2027.

Program Structure

The 12-month specialty program is focused on comprehensive, multidisciplinary care across ambulatory settings. Core experiences are based in three primary care clinics, where residents practice under a diverse and expanding portfolio of collaborative practice agreements. In addition to core rotation experiences, each resident is assigned to a primary care clinic that is designated as their staffing site. Throughout the residency year, the resident spends one day per week working at this clinic which allows them to build longitudinal relationships with clinic staff, providers and patients. Additionally, residents have opportunities to teach multidisciplinary audiences and precept pharmacy students or PGY1 residents. Additional expectations include a research project focusing on the establishment, expansion or evaluation of an ambulatory care service.

Our clinical pharmacists practice under collaborative pharmacy practice agreements, which include:

• Anticoagulation
• Asthma
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• Chronic non-cancer related pain
• COPD
• Depression and Anxiety Related Disorders
• Diabetes
• Gout
• Heart Failure
• Hepatitis C
• HIV PrEP
• Hypertension
• Hypothyroidism
• Lipid Management
• Menopausal Hormone Therapy
• Migraine
• Osteoporosis
• Overactive Bladder
• Smoking Cessation
• Upper GI
• Weight Management

Learning Experiences

Required block learning experiences:

• Orientation (4 weeks)
• Primary Care I (8 weeks)
• Primary Care II (8 weeks)
• Primary Care III (10 weeks)
• Administration (4 weeks)
• Population Health (4 weeks)

Required longitudinal experiences:

• Practice Management
• Longitudinal Residency Project
• Staffing in a Primary Care Clinic

Residents will also complete up to three elective rotations throughout the year. Elective rotations are 4-6 weeks include:

• Advanced Primary Care
• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Infectious Disease
• Medication Management Services
• Renal Transplant
• Rural Internal Medicine
• Transitions of Care
• Other elective experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability

Teaching

Residents have opportunities to further hone teaching skills, including: a teaching certificate through a program co-sponsored by the two local colleges of pharmacy, precepting a PGY1 resident and/or pharmacy students and delivering continuing medical education to multidisciplinary audiences.