RT Book, Section A1 Fujisaki, Brad S. A2 Bookstaver, P. Brandon A2 Caulder, Celeste R. A2 Smith, Kelly M. A2 Quidley, April Miller SR Print(0) ID 57842577 T1 Chapter 22. PGY-2 Programs in Health-System Administration, Drug Information, Medication-Use Safety, Informatics, and Outcomes and Policy T2 Roadmap to Postgraduate Training in Pharmacy YR 2013 FD 2013 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-178875-5 LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57842577 RD 2024/03/29 AB The majority of Postgraduate Year Two (PGY-2) residency programs aim at producing pharmacists with specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities, with the intent of caring for a targeted group of patients such as those critically ill, having an infectious disease, or with age-based needs (pediatric and geriatric populations). Then there are PGY-2 residency programs that could be categorized by some as being focused on “non-patient care” or follow a “management track” within the specialties of health-system administration, drug information, medication-use safety, and informatics. For you, this grouping of specialized residencies may conjure up feelings of aversion as your explicit goal for becoming a pharmacist was likely to one day be able to help and care for patients (note: you may have actually written this in your application for pharmacy school or responded as such during interviews). If this is the case, for the next few minutes, please suspend any apprehension you may have with regard to pursuing these types of PGY-2 programs and reflect on the following scenario: