PGY2 Emergency Medicine

Welcome

The Nebraska Medicine ASHP-accredited PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency offers a unique, comprehensive and stimulating learning environment. Residents who complete the program will become skilled practitioners in the care of emergency medicine patients by gaining knowledge, expertise, confidence, time management, complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Residents are involved with health care professionals throughout the patient care continuum, including patient education, assessment and therapeutic recommendations. Working with experienced pharmacy clinicians, residents also gain experience serving as preceptors 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

Nebraska Medical Center features a 53-bed Emergency Department with more than 65,000 annual patient visits. As a major tertiary referral center for the region, Nebraska Medicine cares for a diverse population of critically ill and medically complex patients, providing residents with exposure to a wide range of conditions and interventions.

Bellevue Medical Center, a community-based hospital within Nebraska Medicine, includes a 19-bed Emergency Department with more than 33,000 annual patient visits. This site offers exposure to a community emergency medicine setting while maintaining access to the resources of a large academic health system.

Highlights of Nebraska Medicine:

  • Ranked the No. 1 hospital in Nebraska by U.S. News & World Report for 15 consecutive years
  • Primary teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska Medical Center Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • Designated a Level I Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons
  • Designated a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
  • Accredited as a Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI by the American College of Cardiology
  • Advanced cardiovascular services, including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), cardiac catheterization laboratory, and advanced heart failure care
  • Home to an Adult Psychiatric Emergency Services Unit
  • Home to Nebraska's only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center
  • World-renowned transplant care including liver, heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, and intestinal transplants

This combination of academic, tertiary care, community, and specialty services provides residents with a comprehensive emergency medicine training experience across a broad spectrum of patient populations and disease states.

Rotational Experiences

Required Core Experiences (4-week duration unless otherwise stated)

  • Emergency Medicine Orientation
  • Introduction to Emergency Medicine I
  • Introduction to Emergency Medicine II
  • Advanced Emergency Medicine
  • Advanced Emergency Medicine (Academia/Precepting Focus)
  • Advanced Emergency Medicine (Nocturnist Focus)
  • Toxicology*
  • Pediatrics and Women’s Health
  • Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
  • Medical Critical Care
  • Heart Failure/Electrophysiology 
  • Psychiatric Emergency Services (2 weeks)

Required Longitudinal Rotations (July through June)

  • Research
  • Interprofessional Education
  • Emergency Medicine Management and Disaster Preparedness
  • Pre-Hospital Care/Emergency Medical Services
  • Service Experience (Staffing)
  • Emergency Medicine Community-Based Practice
  • Medication Use Evaluation  
  • Leadership Development Series (9 months, unless completed in PGY1)

*Note – primarily precepted by a non-pharmacist preceptor
 

Additional Experiences

  • LifeNet Air Ambulance Ride-Along (1 to 2 times per year)  
  • Omaha Fire Department Ride-Along (monthly)  
  • Emergency Medicine Resident Education Conference (weekly) 
  • 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 and at the College of Pharmacy 
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) training  
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) training  
  • ACEP Scientific Assembly  
     

Service Commitment (Staffing) Experience (July through June)

The PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident is expected to complete approximately 40 staffing shifts throughout the residency year, including two holiday shifts as determined by departmental needs.

Residents will staff:

  • Two weekends per 8-week staffing block 
    • 8-hour shifts on both Saturday and Sunday
  • Two evening shifts per 8-week staffing block 
    • 8-hour shifts at Bellevue Medical Center

Staffing responsibilities are completed in the Emergency Department at Nebraska Medical Center and/or Bellevue Medical Center, providing residents with experience in both academic and community emergency medicine practice settings.

Residents may be eligible for additional compensation for staffing completed beyond the required staffing schedule and residency learning experiences, subject to approval from the Residency Program Director (RPD) and department manager.

Contact

Leigh Gomez, PharmD, BCEMP
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

Alyssa Garner, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP
Pharmacist Specialist – Emergency Medicine 
Pharmacy Supervisor – Emergency Medicine Pharmacy
PGY2 Emergency Medicine Assistant Residency Program Director
Nebraska Medicine
981090 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-1090
Phone: 402.559.2876
Email Alyssa Garner

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