Dear Prospective Resident,
Thank you for your interest in our residency training program. I applaud your motivation to complete post-graduate training and I am thrilled that you have considered our program as the next step in your education and training.
With a career that included over twenty-eight years of academia, I take pharmacy education seriously. I have built a team of residency faculty that share my passion for pharmacy practice and are eager to impart their knowledge and experiences on you. I believe that we are able to offer you one of the most dynamic, challenging, and rewarding programs in the country. Your PGY-1 residency year starts in mid- June with an orientation program. During this orientation, you will undergo training in basic and advanced cardiac life support, pediatric life support, and other areas, alongside the incoming physician house-staff. You will also begin orientation to the on-call program with various "boot camps" covering antimicrobial stewardship, pharmacokinetics, and various emergency medicine topics, while shadowing the current residents while they are on-call. The remaining months are divided into direct patient care rotations that each last six to seven weeks. These rotations are split between required and elective rotations. The PGY-2 programs in Ambulatory Care, Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases begin in July and have a condensed orientation, specific to the program. Our Infectious Diseases PGY2 and Fellowship programs are a very exciting addition to our catalog of training programs.
Our motto, “The Remedy is Experience”, reflects the overall mission of our program. Our mission is to afford residents the opportunity to gain experiences and knowledge in a pharmacotherapy model that functions as a think tank and proving ground for programs and services. This model promotes the concept of practicing at the "top of your license" within the hospital. Upon your completion of the program, it is anticipated that PGY1s will be prepared for the progression into a PGY-2 program of your choice, and PGY2s into board-eligible pharmacotherapy specialists and academicians. Ultimately, most of our our alumni become board certified and move into pharmacotherapy specialist, academic faculty positions, or positions within the pharmaceutical industry. When engaging with other institutions you will take pharmacy practice to a higher level, perhaps implementing the services that you were exposed to during the residency program at TBHC. The integration of each resident into the pharmacotherapeutic services at the hospital provides a level of experience that is often not found in residency training programs. Additionally, with five PGY-1 residents, seven PGY-2 residents, and our fellow, there are ample opportunities to share ideas, as well as the triumphant highs, and the occasional lows with a supportive group. An esprit des corps is very apparent among our residents. I urge you to spend some time talking with them as part of your interview process.
I invite you to explore all of our offerings, ask questions, and get to know us. I believe that we have a lot to offer and we are always eager to surround ourselves with even more talented individuals. We truly try to find candidates that will fit well with our program’s “personality”. Without the slightest hesitation, I can assure you that if you are a good fit for our program, you will grow more in one year than you could possibly imagine and you will enjoy the ride at the same time! Good luck in your quest and thank for considering us.
Sincerely,
Robert DiGregorio, PharmD, FNAP
Chief Pharmacotherapy Officer
Thank you for your interest in our residency training program. I applaud your motivation to complete post-graduate training and I am thrilled that you have considered our program as the next step in your education and training.
With a career that included over twenty-eight years of academia, I take pharmacy education seriously. I have built a team of residency faculty that share my passion for pharmacy practice and are eager to impart their knowledge and experiences on you. I believe that we are able to offer you one of the most dynamic, challenging, and rewarding programs in the country. Your PGY-1 residency year starts in mid- June with an orientation program. During this orientation, you will undergo training in basic and advanced cardiac life support, pediatric life support, and other areas, alongside the incoming physician house-staff. You will also begin orientation to the on-call program with various "boot camps" covering antimicrobial stewardship, pharmacokinetics, and various emergency medicine topics, while shadowing the current residents while they are on-call. The remaining months are divided into direct patient care rotations that each last six to seven weeks. These rotations are split between required and elective rotations. The PGY-2 programs in Ambulatory Care, Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases begin in July and have a condensed orientation, specific to the program. Our Infectious Diseases PGY2 and Fellowship programs are a very exciting addition to our catalog of training programs.
Our motto, “The Remedy is Experience”, reflects the overall mission of our program. Our mission is to afford residents the opportunity to gain experiences and knowledge in a pharmacotherapy model that functions as a think tank and proving ground for programs and services. This model promotes the concept of practicing at the "top of your license" within the hospital. Upon your completion of the program, it is anticipated that PGY1s will be prepared for the progression into a PGY-2 program of your choice, and PGY2s into board-eligible pharmacotherapy specialists and academicians. Ultimately, most of our our alumni become board certified and move into pharmacotherapy specialist, academic faculty positions, or positions within the pharmaceutical industry. When engaging with other institutions you will take pharmacy practice to a higher level, perhaps implementing the services that you were exposed to during the residency program at TBHC. The integration of each resident into the pharmacotherapeutic services at the hospital provides a level of experience that is often not found in residency training programs. Additionally, with five PGY-1 residents, seven PGY-2 residents, and our fellow, there are ample opportunities to share ideas, as well as the triumphant highs, and the occasional lows with a supportive group. An esprit des corps is very apparent among our residents. I urge you to spend some time talking with them as part of your interview process.
I invite you to explore all of our offerings, ask questions, and get to know us. I believe that we have a lot to offer and we are always eager to surround ourselves with even more talented individuals. We truly try to find candidates that will fit well with our program’s “personality”. Without the slightest hesitation, I can assure you that if you are a good fit for our program, you will grow more in one year than you could possibly imagine and you will enjoy the ride at the same time! Good luck in your quest and thank for considering us.
Sincerely,
Robert DiGregorio, PharmD, FNAP
Chief Pharmacotherapy Officer
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