Overview

The Pharmacy Department at Lee Memorial Health System

With more than 90 pharmacists at five different campus locations, we provide Pharmacy Services 24 hours a day to inpatient and outpatients at Lee Memorial Health System. Pharmacists are involved in Team Rounds in the ICUs, PICU, and Pediatric Oncology Unit. Pharmacists also participate in General Medicine Care Management Rounds and provide decentralized services on a variety of nursing units.

Our pharmacists play an integral role in the Medication Safety Committee, Institutional Review Board, and Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee. In addition, our staff provides Kinetics Services, Nutritional Support Services, and an Anticoagulation Monitoring and Dosing Services. Lee Memorial Health System serves as a clinical clerkship site for four colleges of pharmacy in the state of Florida as well as out-of-state colleges.

Both the PGY-1 and PGY-2 Infectious Disease Lee Memorial Hosptial Pharmacy Residency Programs will be participating in PhORCAS (Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service) a web based application system. In addition to the application requirements of PhORCAS you must submit three letters of recommendation via PhORCAS. The application deadline will be January 10th. For more information on PhORCAS visit the ASHP website.

• Suzanne Turner, Pharm.D.
• Pharmacy Department, Lee Memorial Hospital
• PO Box 2218
• Fort Myers, FL 33902
• Email: suzanne.turner@leememorial.org

Postgraduate Year One (PGY-1)

Mission and Purpose Statements of PGY-1 Program

Mission Statement: The residency program at Lee Memorial Health System is committed to providing excellent training experiences that supports the resident's clinical, academic, and professional interests. The program is dedicated to preparing future pharmacy clinicians and leaders by promoting confidence, leadership and professional skills.

Purpose Statement: The purpose of the residency program is to develop pharmacy clinicians for positions in patient care or for specialty training. Pharmacists completing this residency will be competent practitioners, assisting the medical team in managing disease state outcomes and providing safe and cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients. These pharmacists will contribute to the pharmacy profession by maintaining high professional standards, involvement in professional organizations and staying abreast of current issues. Upon completion, residents will be self-directed learners possessing clinical competencies, leadership and professional skills and will have the confidence to excel in diverse practice environments.

Core Clinical Rotations

Required core rotations are four to six weeks and include the following:

• Orientation
• Clinical Services
• Internal Medicine
• Infectious Diseases
• Critical Care
• Pediatrics
• Oncology

Elective rotations may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Cardiology
• Pediatric Oncology
• Pediatric ICU
• Neonatal ICU
• General Pediatrics
• HIV
• Trauma
• Geriatrics
• Decentralized Services
• Pharmacy Administration
• Extended experiences in any of the required rotations

Completion of the Orientation program, required core rotations and one dedicated research month will allow the resident to choose three months of elective rotations. The resident may choose to do more then one rotation in a given practice area; however, the rotation must provide a different learning experience or patient population. The resident is encouraged to select elective rotations to provide a breadth of experience; therefore, a maximum of three rotations will be allowed within a specific patient population or practice area.

Longitudinal Rotations

In addition to the core clinical rotations, residents will be involved in the following core rotations as longitudinal experiences:

Project Management

Each resident is required to complete a quality research project to enhance the residents' professional growth and benefit the department through innovative changes in the way pharmacy is practiced. A primary project advisor is selected depending on the project type and location and the project advisor will help guide the resident throughout the year. Other co-investigators may be solicited as needed. The research project will be presented by the resident to members of the Department of Pharmacy and at the Southeastern Residency Conference in Athens, Ga.

During the month of July, the resident should identify an area of interest and work with the Residency Program Director to identify appropriate Residency Research Advisor(s) for the project. During the months of July and August, the resident will formulate a project proposal with their research advisor and residents will submit their proposal to the Institutional Review Board for approval in August.

Administration and Leadership

Each resident will have a Pharmacy Administration longitudinal learning experience. This learning experience will begin in the Orientation period and span the entire residency year. Each quarter will focus on one or two main areas of Pharmacy Administration and Leadership. The goals, objectives, activities and projects each quarter are specific to the focus area but are designed to build upon each other over the course of the residency year.

Focus areas for the year include but are not limited to: Medication Use Process, Medication Safety, Quality/Performance Improvement, Legal and Regulatory Compliance, Human Resources, Teambuilding and Leadership, Information Systems, and Business of Pharmacy.

Examples of projects typically completed during this longitudinal experience include: participation in a Drug Use Evaluation, completion of a drug monograph for presentation to P&T, medication error reporting process, participation in order set development, staff development and completion of a quality or performance improvement activity.

Service Experience

The goal for the service commitment is to provide the resident experience within the medication distribution process, the pharmacy department, and within the health care system to ensure understanding of the function as a health system pharmacist. The Service Commitment learning experiences will have a primary preceptor and will be evaluated as part of the resident's quarterly evaluation.

Residents are required to staff four shifts a month starting in August through June. In addition, each resident will be required to staff one of the following holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day.

Teaching Activities

Residents are expected to participate in various teaching activities. The purpose of such activities is to foster development and refinement of the resident's therapeutic knowledge base, communication/presentation skills, literature evaluation skills, and to promote the effectiveness of the resident as a teacher/presenter. Teaching activities may include but are not limited to the following:

• Residents prepare and present an ACPE-accredited continuing education program to the pharmacy department
• Residents will serve as co-preceptor to PharmD students during early and advanced rotation experiences
• Residents will complete a Teaching Certificate Program

Facts

• PGY-1 Residency Program Director:
• Suzanne Turner, Pharm.D.
• Pharmacy Department, Lee Memorial Hospital
• PO Box 2218
• Fort Myers, FL 33902
• Phone: 239-343-2232
• Fax: 239-343-3431
• Email: suzanne.turner@leememorial.org

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Duration/Type:	12-month residency
Number of Positions:	2
Application Deadline:	Jan. 10
Starting Date:	Week of July 1
Estimated Stipend:	$41,400
Interview Required:	Yes
Training Site Type:	Hospital
Owner Affiliate:	Private
Model Type(s):	Community, Acute Care
Patients Enrolled:	N/A
Tax Status:	Non-Profit
Professional Staff:	110
Non-Professional Staff:	75
Number of Acute Care Medical Centers:	4
Total Beds:	1,363
Average Daily Census:	900+

Salary and Benefits

• Medical insurance
• 7.39 hours PTO accrued per pay period
• Discounted meals
• Professional travel reimbursement
• On-site ACPE-accredited continuing education.

Postgraduate Year Two - Infectious Diseases (PGY-2)

Mission and Purpose Statements of PGY-2 Program

Mission Statement: The residency program at Lee Memorial Health System is committed to providing excellent training experiences that supports the resident's clinical, academic and professional interests. The program is dedicated to preparing future pharmacy clinicians and leaders by promoting confidence, leadership and professional skills.

Purpose Statement: The purpose of the residency program is to develop pharmacy clinicians for a specialty position in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy in either a community or academic setting. Upon completion of the ID residency, the resident will have achieved a level of expertise in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy to function independently as a practitioner/educator.

Core Clinical Rotations

Required core rotations are four to six weeks and include the following:

• Orientation
• Inpatient Infectious Disease Consult Service (adults)
• Inpatient HIV
• Microbiology Laboratory
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Critical Care

Elective rotations may include but are not limited to the following:

• Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Oncology
• Extended Research

Longitudinal Responsibilities

• Research Project
• HIV Clinic (one half day each week)
• Medication Use Evaluations
• New Drug Monograph
• Participation in Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee
• In-services (nursing, pharmacy and physician staff)
• Two formal ACPE accredited lectures
• Co-precept pharmacy students on rotation
• Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate

Service Experience

The goal for the service commitment is to provide the resident experience within the medication distribution process, the pharmacy department and within the health care system to ensure understanding of the function as a health system pharmacist. The Service Commitment learning experiences will have a primary preceptor and will be evaluated as part of the resident's quarterly evaluation.

Residents are required to staff every third weekend starting in August through June. In addition, each resident will be required to staff one of the following holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day.

Facts

• PGY-2 Residency Program Director:
• Sandy Estrada, Pharm.D., BCPS (AQ-ID)
• Pharmacy Department, Lee Memorial Hospital
• P.O. Box 2218
• Fort Myers, FL 33902
• Phone: 239-343-3737
• Fax: 239-343-2086
• Email: Sandy.Estrada@LeeMemorial.org

Duration/Type:	12-month residency
Number of Positions:	1
Application Deadline:	Jan. 10
Starting Date:	Week of July 1
Estimated Stipend:	$45,000
Interview Required:	Yes
Training Site Type:	Hospital
Owner Affiliate:	Private
Model Type(s):	Community, Acute Care
Patients Enrolled:	N/A
Tax Status:	Non-Profit
Professional Staff:	110
Non-Professional Staff:	75
Number of Acute Care Medical Centers:	4
Total Beds:	1,363
Average Daily Census:	900+

Salary and Benefits

• Medical insurance
• 7.39 hours PTO accrued per pay period
• Discounted meals
• Professional travel reimbursement
• On-site ACPE-accredited continuing education.

Residents

Current Residents

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Past Residents

Faculty