PGY2 Pain Management and
Palliative Care (PMPC)
Residency Program
About our PGY2 PMPC Residency Program
at Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
Our purpose
The purpose of postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency programs are to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in a specialized area 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.
Our mission
Our residency program’s mission is to produce pharmacists who practice with the core values of honoring patient’s voices and advocating for safe and effective evidence-based pharmacotherapy. This program will develop residents into knowledgeable and skilled practitioners in areas with increasing demands for pharmacy interventions. Our program complements the mission of Wellstar’s Palliative Care program: to honor human beings with compassion, adding to each individual’s quality of life as we provide personalized comfort. Graduates of the program will be well prepared to provide high-quality pharmaceutical care for pain, palliative, and hospice patients as a clinical pharmacy specialist in both inpatient and outpatient practice settings as well as serve as adjunct or clinical faculty for a school of pharmacy.
Residency program aims
Over the course of their experience, our residents will:
- Focus on collaborative practice where interdisciplinary healthcare teams provide safe and effective treatment for patients living with advanced illness and disease related symptoms affecting quality of life
- Utilize an interprofessional approach to enhance the educational experience
- Ensure continuity of care during patient transitions across the continuum of care
- Demonstrate pharmacists’ ability to manage formularies and medication-use processes
- Demonstrate pharmacists’ ability to investigate practice, review data and assimilate scientific evidence to improve patient care
- Provide effective medication education to patients, caregivers, health care professionals, and students
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Pharmaceutical Services at Wellstar Kennestone
Our Pharmacy Department utilizes automated drug delivery throughout the hospital. We have a Central Pharmacy, Operating Room (OR) Satellite and Outpatient Infusion Center (OPIC).
Pharmacists participate in daily physician-led interdisciplinary rounds. The clinical pharmacy team includes specialists in emergency medicine, critical care, infectious disease, pain management, internal medicine, drug information and pediatric medicine.
About Wellstar
At Wellstar, we make a difference every day by improving quality and access to healthcare in communities, big and small. With locations across metro Atlanta and beyond, Wellstar is one of the largest health systems in Georgia.
About Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
Located just north of Atlanta, Wellstar Kennestone is a 761-bed facility (including more than 100 critical care beds) and the largest hospital in Wellstar's network. The Level I Trauma Center features a state-of-the-art Emergency Department, Comprehensive Stroke Center and certified Comprehensive Cardiac Center.
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
677 Church Street
Marietta, Georgia 30060
(770) 793-5000
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Salary & benefits
- Competitive stipend estimated at $53,500
- 403(b) tax-deferred investment program for retirement
- Travel reimbursement and registration for the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Southeastern Residency Conference (SERC)
- Paid Time Off (PTO): accrual of up to 23 days per year for holidays, vacation, and sick days
- Extended Illness Bank (EIB): accrual of up to five days per year
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Onsite library services with online access to most medical journals
- Onsite fitness facility with reduced membership rates for employees
Learning experiences
Required learning experiences
Block rotations
Duration in weeks
- Orientation (6-8)
- Leadership and professional development (4)
- Advanced heart failure (4)
- Research (4)
Extended block rotation
Duration in weeks
- Inpatient acute pain management* (10-12)
- Five days (8-hour shifts) per week performing acute pain management consults at the hospital
- Comprehensive palliative care and hospice (12)
- Three days (8-hour shifts) per week at the outpatient palliative care clinic (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)
- One half day (4-hour shift) per week participating in the palliative care fellowship educational series (Tuesday)
- One-half day (4-hour shift) per week participating in the inpatient palliative care team interdisciplinary meeting and handoff to the outpatient palliative care team (Friday)
- Four observational homebound palliative care patient visits
- Four observational residential hospice house activities including clinical care and interdisciplinary meetings
Longitudinal rotations
Duration in weeks
- Code response (21)
- Five days (8-hour shifts) per month for the first five months of the year (August-December)
- Staffing** (21)
- Two days (8-hour shifts) every fourth weekend in the inpatient pharmacy for the first five months of the year (August-December)
- Teaching and precepting (25)
- Half day (4 hours) per week for 25 weeks is dedicated as administrative time for teaching and precepting
- Research (46-48)
- Half day (4 hours) per week for 42 weeks is dedicated as administrative time to dedicate to research and other rotation-specific assigned projects
- One to two weeks dedicated research block in the fall
- Three to four weeks dedicated research block in the spring
*Following the completion of the inpatient acute pain management rotation, the resident may be scheduled to perform pain management consults as a departmental responsibility
**Following the completion of the staffing rotation, the resident will be scheduled to perform staff pharmacist duties for two days (8-hour shifts) every fourth weekend in the inpatient pharmacy for the duration of the residency year as a departmental responsibility
Elective learning experiences
The resident may have an opportunity to select one elective learning experience from the list below based on preceptor availability and the resident’s performance and growth throughout the year. If necessary, the duration of the elective learning experience may be reduced, or the experience may be eliminated in lieu of extending required learning experiences to reinforce core objectives and learning activities.
Block rotations
Duration in weeks
- Internal medicine (4)
- Neurosurgery critical care (4)
- Emergency medicine (4)
- Medication safety (4)
How to apply
Requirements
Applicants must be participating in, or have completed, an ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program or one in the ASHP accreditation process (i.e., one with candidate or preliminary accreditation status).
At the start of the residency program, the resident must be licensed by or eligible for licensure with the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. If not licensed at the start of residency, the candidate must be licensed within 60 days of beginning the program.
Application instructions
The Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center PGY2 PMPC Residency program (NMS code: 657373) participates in the ASHP Resident Matching Program (the Match).
- Register with the ASHP Resident Matching Program.
- Complete all required and supplemental information in the PhORCAS Applicant Portal and upload the following documents at PhORCAS - ASHP.
- Curriculum vitae (CV)
- Letter of intent
- Copy of college of pharmacy transcript
- Three letters of recommendation (One of the letters should be from a clinical rotation preceptor within the past 12 months.)
- Writing Sample Submission (This must be submitted in PhORCAS as supplemental information.)
Writing sample expectations
The submission should be no longer than TWO pages. The submission should be a written description of any research project in progress or completed including your role, your research advisor’s name and title, primary outcomes, number of patients included, and results if available.
Interview
We are pleased to offer both virtual and in-person interview options to ensure accessibility for all candidates. We encourage in-person interviews to provide a more immersive and personal experience, including the opportunity to explore our campus.
Visa sponsorship/Graduates of foreign programs
We welcome applications from non-U.S. citizens who have a “green card” (permanent resident status) or a current visa valid through the entire duration of the residency program. Wellstar Health System PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residency programs are unable to sponsor visas for pharmacy residents. Candidates must have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the NABP.
Contact Us
For more information, please contact:- Jasmine N. Tucker Jones, PharmD, BCGP
- Residency Program Director
- 770-793-9273
- [email protected]
Preceptors
Jasmine Jones, PharmD, BCGP, Inpatient Acute Pain Management, Comprehensive Palliative Care and Hospice
Danny Basri, PharmD, BCPS, Inpatient Acute Pain Management, Comprehensive Palliative Care and Hospice
Arielle Spurley, PharmD, BCPS, Inpatient Acute Pain Management
April Britt, PharmD, BCPS, Advanced Heart Failure
Jordan Wilkie, PharmD, BCPS, Advanced Heart Failure
Amy Behimer, PharmD, BCPS, Leadership and Professional Development
The PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Pharmacy Residency conducted by Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center, Marietta, Georgia, is accredited by ASHP.