NACDS
Foundation - AFPE Pharmacy Faculty Development Fellow in Community
Pharmacy Practice
MACARY
W. MARCINIAK, PHARM.D.
|
University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy |
| Faculty
Position: |
Clinical
Associate Professor; Assistant Director, Community Pharmacy Residency
Program |
| Faculty
Mentor: |
Stephanie
P. Ferreri, Pharm.D. |
| Project
Description: |
To
design and develop a postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) community pharmacy
residency model with a focus on academia. The UNC Eshelman School
of Pharmacy will research potential partners (particularly community
pharmacy practice partners), conduct site visits, and interview
the site administrators and staff to find the best potential site
for the PGY2 residency program. Once the site is determined, recruitment
for the resident can begin. As this is a new PGY2 area, specialized
goals and objectives will be developed and specific learning experiences
that facilitate the achievement of goals and objectives will be
created. This model PGY2 Community Pharmacy Residency will include
four major components: teaching, clinical development, leadership,
and research. This faculty development project relates directly
to the current and future trends of increasing the number and
quality of community pharmacy residency programs. To date, there
are approximately 57 PGY1 community residency programs nationwide
with training conducted at approximately 100 sites in 34 states.
To our knowledge, there are no PGY2 community pharmacy residency
programs. A PGY2 community pharmacy residency program would help
to develop specialized practitioners with the expertise to address
the specific urgent national health care issues, particularly
ensuring the safe and appropriate use of medications. A PGY2 residency
program that incorporates formal training programs in teaching
and research, while growing the resident’s skills in clinical
site developments and leadership, may also help to promote residents’
interest in academia and to improve their ability to pursue an
academic position after completion of the residency. There is
a growing need for qualified community pharmacy faculty who can
develop models for clinical service delivery, conduct practice-based
research, and assist with advanced practice site development in
the community setting. A PGY2 community pharmacy residency with
a focus in academia is a mechanism to address these issues. Another
year of residency training would enable the individual to gain
expertise in beginning a new practice site and in conducting research
to document outcomes associated with clinical services. This type
of program could increase the number of sites delivering advanced
patient care and training student pharmacists, as well as produce
a graduate who is comfortable entering academia. |
Topics/Diseases
Addressed: |
Community
pharmacy residency programs; community pharmacy practice development. |
Title
of Project: |
"Design
and Development of a Postgraduate Year 2 (PGY2) Community Pharmacy
Residency Model with a Focus in Academia.”
|
Degrees
Received: |
Pharm.D.,
Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, May 2000 |
AFPE
Award: |
NACDS
Foundation - AFPE Pharmacy Faculty Development Fellowship in Community
Pharmacy Practice |
RPS,
Inc. - AFPE Pharmacy Faculty Development Fellow in Geriatric
Pharmacy
GAIL
B. RATTINGER, PHARM.D.
|
University
of Maryland School of Pharmacy |
| Faculty
Position: |
Research
Assistant Professor |
| Faculty
Mentor: |
N/A |
| Project
Description: |
To
study and evaluate the effects of clinical decision support (CDS)
at the time of prescribing antibiotics. Community acquired pneumonia
(CAP) is a serious illness, especially so in older adults. It
is imperative that older adults, often at risk for developing
CAP, be treated in a timely manner with antibiotics, despite their
potential to present clinically without symptoms often associated
with emerging bacterial infections. CDS tools for better implementation
of ABX prescribing guidelines need to insure that both unwarranted
ABX prescribing is reduced and that appropriate ABX prescribing
is maintained; evaluation with respect to these two parameters
is incorporated within this project. |
Topics/Diseases
Addressed: |
Identifying
adults at risk for drug safety monitoring, drug safety and toxicity,
pneumonia |
Title
of Project: |
The
Impact of a Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Tool at the Point
of Prescribing in Improving Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for
Acute Upper Respiratory Infections in a Veterans Affairs (VA)
Setting” |
Degrees
Received: |
Pharm.D.,
Pharmacy, University of California-San Francisco, 2007; Ph.D.
Physical Inorganic Chemistry, University of Illinois-Urbana,1984;
A. B. Chemistry, Occidental College, 1979 |
AFPE
Award: |
RPS,
Inc. - AFPE Pharmacy Faculty Development Fellowship in Geriatric
Pharmacy |
