PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY - Tabula Rasa Healthcare
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PGY1
PHARMACY RESIDENCY
A pharmacy research and practice focused program
2021-2022 NMS code: 21029
Clinical pharmacology
Our goal and pharmacogenomics
The goal of this one-year post-graduate
residency program at Tabula Rasa
HealthCare is to train pharmacists to bring
During this longitudinal core learning experience, the resident
together cutting-edge clinical data,
will have a concentrated focus on learning and applying
research, and technology in order to tailor
principles of clinical pharmacology and pharmacogenomics.
medication regimens for individual patients
Specifically, the resident will learn about competitive inhibition,
from diverse backgrounds and to excel in
engage in a deep-dive into the biomedical literature to extract
their future professional endeavors.
pharmacokinetic data for individual medications, accumulate
knowledge on pharmacogenomics, and develop Medication
Rotational Safety ReviewsTM (MSRs) for individual patients based on
experiences drug-drug, drug-gene, and drug-drug-gene interactions.
The pharmacy resident will gain Additionally, the resident will collaborate with the preceptor
experiences in a fee-for-value healthcare and other team members to advance the sciences and
environment, which include the following technologies of clinical pharmacology and applied
longitudinal and block experiences: pharmacogenomics.
Required core experiences Enhanced Medication
● Clinical Pharmacology &
Pharmacogenomics*
Therapy Managment
● Enhanced Medication Therapy (EMTM)
Management The resident will learn about the Centers
● PACE Call Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services MTM
● PACE Onsite* Model and the operations of our EMTM
● PACE Clinical Initiatives * call center. The resident will be expected
● Research & Writing*
to practice patient-centered geriatric
● Teaching*
care, with a focus on risk stratification, medication risk
● Total Quality Management
mitigation, and care coordination. The resident will do so by
Elective learning experiences working with our proprietary technology and in our EMTM call
● Client & New Business center. Specifically, the resident will have the opportunity to
Development engage in telephonic consultations with high-risk Medicare
● Pharmacoinformatics & Healthcare beneficiaries; provide medication education; identify, prioritize,
Technology
and mitigate risk factors and medication-related problems;
● Practice Management & Marketing
document interventions and recommendations; create
● Regulatory Affairs
medication action plans; furnish personalized medication lists;
*longitudinal experiences and coordinate care with other healthcare professionals such as
prescribers and pharmacists.
Total Quality
PACE call center Management (TQM)
During this experience, the resident will gain an
The resident will
understanding of the role that TQM plays in patient and
learn about the
medication safety within a personalized medicine
Program of
environment. The resident will work with the TQM team
All-inclusive
to perform gap analyses in quality and performance and
Care for the
design and implement targeted interventions in order
Elderly (PACE) model of health care delivery. The
to minimize potential gaps. Further, the resident will
resident will be expected to practice
work with the TQM team to learn about developing
patient-centered geriatric care, with a focus on
policies and
reducing polypharmacy and mitigating medication
procedures, handling
risk for PACE participants. The resident will do so by
Quality Assurance
working with health care professionals in our PACE
events, and
call center and collaborating with providers at PACE
monitoring and
programs. Specifically, the resident will have the
improving staff
opportunity to verify medication orders, collaborate
performance.
with PACE providers via secure messaging and/or by
telephone, provide verbal and written
medication-related recommendations, and PACE onsite
participate in polypharmacy conference calls with
providers and other pharmacists. The resident will The resident will be expected to practice
also have the opportunity to conduct comprehensive patient-centered geriatric care, with a focus on
MSRs to personalize care and enhance his/her verbal medication adherence, medication education, and
and written communication skills. medication risk mitigation. The resident may be asked to
work onsite with PACE programs on personalizing
PACE clinical initiatives medication regimens, responding to drug information
inquiries, and designing, implementing, and evaluating
During this longitudinal core learning experience, the
services based on the PACE program’s individual needs.
resident will learn how to apply clinical knowledge and
This will include onsite activities and having one-on-one
provide recommendations for PACE participants. The
experiences with PACE participants as well as planning
resident will be expected to practice patient-centered
and participating in medication education sessions.
geriatric care, with a focus on reducing polypharmacy
and mitigating medication risk. Additionally, the
resident will gain experience applying Electives
pharmacogenomics to clinical practice. The resident Residents have the opportunity to participate in two
will do so by working with health care professionals in elective rotations that are four weeks in length. These
our PACE call center and collaborating with providers elective rotations allow our residents to experience the
at PACE programs. This may include completing roles pharmacists have within different departments of
MSRs, Falls Assessments, and Polypharmacy the company.
Conference Calls with facility providers.
Teaching Residency
director
The residency program partners with the Nishita Shah Amin, PharmD, BCGP, BCPS
Director, Pharmacy Practice Residency Programs
University of the Sciences' Teaching and
Learning Curriculum (TLC) program. Resident Dr. Amin received her Doctor of
participation in the program is mandatory and Pharmacy degree from the University
upon completion the resident receives a of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy and she completed a Post Graduate Year-1 Pharmacy
teaching certificate. It is expected that during
Practice Residency at Northport VA Medical Center in Northport, NY.
the TLC program the resident mentors at least She also is a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP), and a Board
one pharmacy student and serves as a teaching Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS). Dr. Amin joined Tabula
assistant in small group teaching sessions. Rasa HealthCare (CareKinesis) in 2014 as a clinical pharmacist,
whereby she spear-headed a transitions of care pilot program with
Other teaching opportunities may include
rehabilitation centers. During her time with the company, she also has
leading in-house journal club presentations,
worked as a clinical pharmacist, providing medication therapy
presenting continuing education/formalized management services for PACE across the country. Dr. Amin also has
teaching sessions, or presenting at national supervised medication therapy management services for
conferences. approximately five PACE organizations. She now serves as the Director
of Pharmacy Practice Residency Programs and is responsible for
mentoring pharmacists to utilize their accumulated knowledge and
Research and writing
experiences in order to practice personalized and precision medicine
and to excel in their future professional endeavors.
The resident will gain experience with data
collection, research design, and protocol The PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency
conducted by TabulaRasa HealthCare,
development. The resident will be expected
Moorestown, NJ is accreditated by ASHP.
to complete an extensive research-based
culminating project. The program will
support the resident with the dissemination
of research, including presentations at About us
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conferences. Additionally, the resident will 228 Strawbridge Dr.
gain experience with professional writing Moorestown, NJ 08057
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written MSRs, responding to drug
information inquiries, writing for newsletters,
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and collaborating with other professionals to
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help compose manuscripts, including case
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studies, to submit to leading journals.
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Application deadline: January 1, 2021
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