ASHP ACCREDITATION STANDARD
FOR POSTGRADUATE YEAR ONE (PGY1)
PHARMACY RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Introduction
Purpose of this standard: the ASHP Accreditation standard for Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency Programs (hereinafter the standard) establishes criteria for training pharmacists to achieve professional competence in the delivery of patient-centered care and pharmacy services. A PGY1 pharmacy residency is a prerequisite for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residencies.
PGY1 Program Purpose: PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
Application of the standard: the requirements serve as the basis for evaluating a PGY1 residency program for accreditation.
Throughout the standard use of the auxiliary verbs will and must implies an absolute requirement, whereas use of should and may denotes a recommended guideline.
The Standard describes the criteria used in evaluation of practice sites that apply for accreditation. The accreditation program is conducted underthe authority of the ASHP Board of Directors and is supported through formal partnerships with several other pharmacy associations. The ASHP Regulations on Accreditation of Pharmacy Residencies1 describes the policies governing the accreditation program and procedures for seeking accreditation.
Overview of the Standards for PGY1 Pharmacy Residencies
The following explains the rationale and importance of the areas selected for inclusion in the standards. Standard 1: Requirements and Selection of Residents
This Standard is intended to help ensure success of residents and that exemplary pharmacists are identified for further development for the benefit of the profession and contributions to patient care. Therefore, residents must be pharmacists committed to attaining professional competence beyond entry-level practice, committed to attaining the program's educational goals and objectives, and supportive of the organization's mission and values.
Standard 2: Responsibilities of the Program to the Resident
It is important that pharmacy residency programs provide an exemplary environment for residents' learning. This area indicates policies that must be in place to help protect residents and organizations during unusual situations that may arise with residency programs (e.g. extended leaves, dismissal, duty hours).
standard 3: Design and Conduct of the Residency Program
It is important that residents' training enables them to achieve the purpose, goals, and objectives of the residency program and become more mature, clinically competent prartitioners, enabling them to address patients' needs. Proper design and implementation of programs helps ensure successful residency programs.
Standard 4: Requirements of the Residency Program Director and Preceptors
The residency program director (RPD) and preceptors are critical to the residency program's success and effectiveness. Their qualifications and skills are crucial. Therefore, the residency program director and preceptors will be professionally and educationally qualified pharmacists who are committed to providing effective training of residents and being exemplary role models for residents.
Standard 5: Requirements of the Site Conducting the Residency Program
It is important that residents learn to help institute best practices in their future roles; therefore, the organization conducting the residency must meet accreditation standards, regulatory requirements, and other nationally applicable standards, and will have sufficient resources to achieve the purposes of the residency program.
Standard 6: Pharmacy Services
When pharmacy facilities and services provide the learning environment where residents are trained, it is important that they train in exemplary environments. Residents' expectations as they leave residency programs should be to strive for exemplary pharmacy services to improve patient care outcomes. Pharmacy's role in providing effective leadership, quality improvement efforts, appropriate organization, staffing, automation, and collaboration with others to provide safe and effective medication-use systems are reviewed in this section. This section encourages sites to continue to improve and advance pharmacy services and should motivate the profession to continually improve patient care outcomes.
standard 1: Requirements and Selection of Residents
1.1 The residency program director or designee must evaluate the qualifications of applicants to pharmacy residencies through a documented, formal, procedure based on predetermined criteria.
1.2 The predetermined criteria and procedure used to evaluate applicants' qualifications must be used by all involved in the evaluation and ranking of applicants.
1.3 Applicants to pharmacy residencies must be graduates or candidates for graduation of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited degree program (or one in process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
1.4 Applicants to pharmacy residencies must be licensed or eligiblefor licensure in the state or j^isd|(^^m5wK|ch|d^^(pgr^;is^qWuctedf '■
1.5 Consequences of residents' failure to obtain appropriate licensure either prior to or within 90 days of the start date of the residency must be addressed in written policy of the residency program.
1.6 Requirements for successful completion and expectations of the residency program must be documented and provided to applicants invited to interview, including policies for professional, family, and sick leaves and the consequences of any such leave on residents' ability to complete the residency program and for dismissal from the residency program.
1.6. a. These policies must be reviewed with residents and be consistent with the organization's human resources policies.
Standard 2: Responsibilities of the Program to the Resident
2.1 Programs must be a minimum of twelve months and a full-time practice commitment or equivalent.
2.1. a. Non-traditional residency programs must describe the program's design and length used to
meet the required educational competency areas, goals, and objectives.
2.2 Programs must comply with the ASHP duty hour standards2. (http://www.ashp.org/DocLibrarv/Accreditation/Regulations-Standards/Dutv-Hours.aspx)
2.3 All programs in the ASHP accreditation process must adhere to the Rules for the ASHP Pharmacy Resident Matching Program3, unless exempted by the ASHP Commission on Credentialing.
2.4 The residency program director (RPD) must provide residents who are accepted into the program with a letter outlining their acceptance to the program.
2.4. a. Information on the pre-employment requirements for their organization (e.g., licensure and
human resources requirements, such as drug testing, criminal record check) and other relevant information (e.g., benefits, stipend) must be provided.
2.4. b. Acceptance by residents of these terms and conditions, requirements for successful
completion, and expectations of the residency program must be documented prior to the beginning of the residency.
2.5 The residency program must provide qualified preceptors to ensure appropriate training, supervision, and guidance to all residents to fulfill the requirements of the standards.
2.6 The residency program must provide residents an area in which to work, references, an appropriate level of relevant technology (e.g., clinical information systems, workstations, databases), access to extramural educational opportunities (e.g., a pharmacy association meeting, a regional residency conference), and sufficient financial support to fulfill the responsibilities of the program.
2.7 The RPD will award a certificate of residency only to those who complete the program's requirements.
2.7. a. Completion of the program's requirements must be documented.
2.8 The certificate provided to residents who complete the program's requirements must be issued in accordance with the provisions of the ASHP Regulations on Accreditation of Pharmacy Residencies1, and signed by the RPD and the chief executive officer of the organization or an appropriate executive with ultimate authority over the residency.
2.8. a. Reference must be made in the certificate of the residency that the program is accredited by
ASHP.
2. 9The RPD must maintain the program's compliance with the provisions of the current version of the ASHP Regulations on Accreditation of Pharmacy Residencies1 throughout the accreditation cycle.
Standard 3: Design and Conduct of the Residency Program
3.1 Residency Purpose and Description
The residency program must be designed and conducted in a manner that supports residents เท achieving the following purpose and the required educational competency areas, goals, and objectives described in the remainder of the standards.
PGY1 Program Purpose: PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
3.2 Competency Areas, Educational Goals and Objectives
3.2. a. The program's educational goals and objectives must support achievement of the
residency's purpose.
3.2. b. The following competency areas and all associated educational goals and objectives4 are
required by the standard and must be included in the program's design:
(1) patient care;
(2) advancing practice and improving patient care;
(3) leadership and management; and,
(4) teaching,