Program Overview
Morton Plant Hospital, founded in 1916, is a 599-bed community teaching hospital and part of BayCare Health System. Located in Clearwater, Florida, Morton Plant Hospital provides services in more than 50 specialty areas, including three intensive care units (medical, neuro, and cardiovascular surgical) and 59 critical care beds.
The postgraduate year two (PGY2) critical care pharmacy residency program is a 12-month ASHP-accredited program that provides highly specialized training for residents in all aspects of critical care. The critical care pharmacy residency is based at the Morton Plant Hospital campus, with opportunities to gain experience throughout the BayCare system. Residents will have opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care that improves medication therapy. The PGY2 critical care program is designed to ensure residents have competencies that qualify them for clinical pharmacist and/or faculty positions and eligibility for attainment of board certification in critical care.
PGY2 Rotations
Required rotations (4–8 weeks each)
- Orientation
- Medical ICU I and II
- Neuro ICU I and II
- Cardiovascular ICU I and II
- Emergency Medicine
- Rapid Response
Elective rotations (3 rotations, 4 weeks each)
- Trauma
- eICU
- Pediatric Critical Care
- Academia
- Emergency Medicine II
- Infectious Diseases
Longitudinal experiences
- Code Response
- Research Project
- Medication Use Evaluation
- Continuing Education presentation
- Drug Monograph development
- Guideline or Order Set design
Available Opportunities
Precepting
Precept three PGY1 residents and IPPE and APPE students from three universities
Leadership
Lead the quarterly Critical Care Service Line meetings and prepare meeting minutes
Committee Involvement
Represent pharmacy at the monthly Critical Care Committee meetings
Teaching Certificate
Available through the University of South Florida, College of Pharmacy
Mentorship Program
Paired with a mentor for the year to assist with projects and resident development
Staffing
Staff one weekend every 3 weeks, including centralized and decentralized positions
Membership
Sponsored FSHP and SCCM membership and participation in monthly journal club
Research Presentations
Presentations at the Florida Residency Conference and ASHP Midyear
Other Opportunities
ACLS and BLS training, Total Parenteral Nutrition training, Critical Care Newsletter, etc.
Things to Do in the Tampa Bay Area
Program Leadership
Residency Program Director: Hillary Phillips, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Residency Program Coordinator: Lawrence Davila, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP
Submitted by: Katelyn Butler, Pharm.D. – Current PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident
Questions?
For more information, please visit our website: https://www.baycarepharmacyresidency.com/residency-programs/post-graduate-year-2-programs/critical-care-pharmacy-at-morton-plant-hospital/