Welcome
The Nebraska Medicine ASHP-accredited PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency offers a unique, comprehensive and stimulating learning environment. A resident completing this program will become a competent practitioner in the care of emergency medicine patients by gaining knowledge, expertise, confidence, time management, complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
The resident will be integrally involved with health care professionals throughout the patient care continuum, including patient education, assessment and therapeutic recommendations. Working with experienced pharmacy clinicians, the resident will gain experience serving as a preceptor for pharmacy students and PGY1 pharmacy residents. Residents will provide compassionate, evidence-based, progressive medical care. The program allows tailored instruction for the individual based on interests and past experiences.
Emergency Medicine Specific Practice Environment
- The Nebraska Medicine main campus has a 48-bed emergency department (with a flex capacity of up to 59) with over 61,000 emergency room visits per year.
- As the primary referral center for the region, Nebraska Medicine sees a multitude of diverse, complex and acute patient cases.
- Designated by the American College of Surgeons as a Level One Trauma Center.
- Designated as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the American Heart Association and the American Associates Brain Attack Coalition.
- Extracorporeal life support (ECMO) and cardiac cath lab services.
Adult Psychiatric Emergency Services Unit. - Bellevue Medical Center is a community and sister hospital of Nebraska Medical Center with a 17-bed emergency department (with a flex capacity of up to 26) and over 33,000 emergency room visits per year.
Rotational Experiences
EM PGY2 Required Rotations
- EM PGY2 Required – Emergency Medicine Orientation (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Introduction to Emergency Medicine I (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required — Introduction to Emergency Medicine II (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Toxicology* (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Pediatrics and Women’s Health (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Advanced Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Advanced Emergency Medicine (Academia/Precepting Focus) (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Advanced Emergency Medicine (Nocturnist Focus) (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Trauma/Surgical Critical Care (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Medical Critical Care (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Heart Failure/Electrophysiology (4 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Psychiatric Emergency Services (2 weeks)
EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required Rotations (July through June)
- EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Research
- EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Interprofessional Education
- EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Emergency Medicine Management and Disaster Preparedness
- EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Pre-Hospital Care/Emergency Medical Services
- EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Staffing and On-Call Experience
- EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Emergency Medicine Community-Based Practice
- EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Medication Use Evaluation
- EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Leadership Development Series (if not completed during PGY1 year)
EM PGY2 Elective Rotations (one -2- week block)
- EM PGY2 Elective - Psychiatry Emergency Services
Additional Experiences
- LifeNet Air Ambulance Ride Along (1 to 2 times per year)
- Omaha Fire Department Ride Along (monthly)
- Emergency Medicine Education Conference (weekly)
- Omaha Metropolitan Healthcare Coalition (varied activities throughout the year)
- Sports/Event Medicine (varied activities throughout the year)
- Multidisciplinary simulations with emergency medicine residents/staff (varied activities throughout the year)
- Teaching opportunities within the multidisciplinary emergency medicine group
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) training
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) training
- ACEP Scientific Assembly
Service Commitment (Staffing) Experience (52 weeks, July through June)
The PGY2 Emergency Medicine resident will staff ~50 to 60 total shifts throughout the year, including on-call shifts. This will include two holiday shifts. The RPD will pre-determine the shifts for the Emergency Medicine resident based on staffing needs. Additionally,
- The Emergency Medicine pharmacy resident will staff one Friday evening (week 8) and two weekends (weeks 5 and 8) per 8-week schedule for a total of approximately 30 shifts.
- The Emergency Medicine pharmacy resident will cover approximately 20 PharmD on-call shifts (one Thursday per month).
- Any necessary or desired alterations to the scheduled weekend staffing must be approved by the manager and RPD.
- The Emergency Medicine resident will be eligible for additional pay for any staffing or on-call shifts outside of the pre-specified staffing requirements and residency rotational responsibilities, pending RPD and manager approval.
Staffing will occur in the Emergency Department pharmacy (Nebraska Medical Center ED and/or Bellevue Medical Center’s ED). Shifts at Bellevue Medical Center will count toward the Longitudinal Community Emergency Medicine rotation rather than resident staffing shifts, as this longitudinal experience has replaced a 4-week Community Emergency Medicine Rotation.
Contact
Leigh Gomez, PharmD, BCCCP
Pharmacist Specialist - Emergency Medicine
PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director
Nebraska Medicine
981090 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-1090
Phone: (402) 559-2876
Email Leigh Gomez