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University of Maryland School of Pharmacy residents Nicolas Fusco (left), Samantha Lee (center) and Mina Kim (right).
In 2008, the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Department of Pharmacy joined forces to create a combined residency training program to enhance the training of pharmacists. The University of Maryland Pharmacy Residency and Fellowship Program brings together resources of both organizations to broaden the residents’ patient care training in many specialty areas, including intensive care, trauma, psychiatry, transplant and others. The program also offers expanded training opportunities in research and pharmacy management. Dr. James Trovato, associate professor of pharmacy practice and science at the school, is director of the postgraduate year two oncology residency program. “Many of the pharmacy residency programs in the Baltimore area have developed relationships with the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy to provide reciprocal elective learning experiences for all pharmacy students,” he said. “We often take the lead on organizing educational seminars for area pharmacy residents and these are very beneficial to the hospitals.” Under the agreement, residents are also involved in teaching, usually in each resident’s area of expertise or interest. A teaching certificate program is also available to provide residents with opportunities to plan and execute classroombased and experiential learning activities, using sound principles of educational theory and instructional design. This certificate program is available for residents and fellows at the University of Maryland and from the greater Baltimore area.
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Over the past several years, the Purdue University College of Pharmacy has formed numerous collaborations with community pharmacies in the state of Indiana in an effort to improve medication use and enhance medication safety. In 2010, the college established the Center for Medication Safety Advancement. One of the initiatives of the center has been to develop the Medication Safety Research Network of Indiana (RxSafeNet), a practice-based research network of community pharmacies in the state. Purdue has also worked significantly to expand postgraduate community pharmacy residency and fellowship training opportunities. Since 2005, the college has offered a PGY1 community pharmacy residency in collaboration with Mathes Pharmacy and in July 2011, three new Purdue-affiliated PGY1 community pharmacy residency programs will launch across the state of Indiana. These new residencies are offered in collaboration with Fagen Pharmacy, Kroger and Walgreens. Purdue has also developed a new 2-year community practice research fellowship/M.S. in pharmacy practice with an emphasis in medication safety for pharmacists interested in pursuing further training after a community pharmacy residency or equivalent patient care experience.
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