Welcome!
The ASHP-accredited PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency at Nebraska Medicine 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 healthcare professionals throughout the continuum of patient care, 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
- Nebraska Medicine’s main campus has a 48-bed emergency department (with flex capacity of up to 59) with over 61,000 emergency room visits per year
- As the main 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 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 Medicine with a 17-bed emergency department (with 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 (8 weeks)
- EM PGY2 Required – Toxicology/Poison Control Center (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 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 (1-2 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)
- Multi-disciplinary simulations with emergency medicine residents/staff (varied activities throughout the year)
- Teaching opportunities within the multi-disciplinary emergency medicine group
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) training
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) training
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
- ACEP Scientific Assembly
Service Commitment (Staffing) Experience (52 weeks, July through June)
PGY2 residents are required to fulfill the service commitment (staffing) designed to ensure that residents gain experience and can function as competent clinical practitioners. Each resident will train with preceptors and basic training will take place during the first month of residency.
As part of the service commitment for PGY2 emergency medicine residents, the following staffing requirements apply:
- The PGY2 emergency medicine resident will cover approximately 18-22 overnight on-call shifts (shift 2200-0600)
- The PGY2 emergency medicine resident will staff approximately 30-40 shifts in the emergency department
- One evening Bellevue ED shift per 8-week schedule
- Two weekends per 8-week schedule (one main campus weekend on day shift and one main campus weekend on evening shift)
- One Friday evening main campus ED shift per 8-week schedule
- Two holiday shifts (based on schedule need and RPD/ARPD discretion, typically one summer holiday and one winter holiday)
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
Hannah Stonewall, PharmD
Pharmacist Specialist - Emergency Medicine
PGY2 Emergency Medicine Assistant Residency Program Director
Nebraska Medicine
981090 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-1090
Phone: (402) 559-2876
Email Hannah Stonewall