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Kelli Keats1, Richard LaCoursiere1, Christy Cecil Forehand1
1Augusta University Medical Center, 1481 Laney Walker Blvd Professional Office Building One, Suite 1400, Augusta, GA 30912, United States.
Background And Purpose:
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) critical care pharmacy residency program offers an elective competency area, E3: Mass Casualty. Similar elective competencies are also available for PGY2 emergency medicine and postgraduate year 1/2 pharmacotherapy programs. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacist proficiency in the management of disasters is even more urgent. However, few residency programs require or include a specific learning experience to achieve this competency. This article provides examples of opportunities that residency programs can implement to offer an Emergency Preparedness/Mass Casualty (EP/MC) learning experience.
Educational Activity And Setting:
A longitudinal EP/MC learning experience was integrated into a PGY2 critical care program.
Findings:
A longitudinal EP/MC learning experience within the PGY2 critical care, emergency medicine, and pharmacotherapy residency program curricula is achievable and promotes resident development. Learning experience components included topic discussions, participation on local and state-level emergency preparedness (EP) committees, completion of certification programs, projects, and participation on statewide emergency response teams.
Summary:
Implementation of a longitudinal EP/MC learning experience formalizes topics and activities that support achievement of the ASHP elective competency area of Mass Casualty for PGY2 residency programs. EP/MC goals and objectives should be a requirement for critical care, emergency medicine, pharmacotherapy, and health-system pharmacy administration and leadership PGY2 programs. By formalizing training, pharmacists can be better prepared for EP and more integrated into multidisciplinary disaster response teams.
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