
Residency Program Director:
Kellie Kippes, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCACP
Michigan Medicine and the College of Pharmacy is recruiting applicants for a one-year PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency. There are 2 positions available.
General Description
The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency is designed to provide a strong clinical foundation and help the resident further develop research, teaching, leadership, and writing skills. Clinical rotations are longitudinal in nature and include core and elective experiences that focus on direct patient care in the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and specialty clinics. Each resident is offered the opportunity to customize their elective rotations to their clinical interest(s), selecting from opportunities in chronic kidney disease, cystic fibrosis, hematology/oncology, oral chemotherapy, pain/palliative care, solid organ transplant, specialty pharmacy, and transitions of care. A multitude of teaching opportunities are available to the resident, who will receive a faculty appointment as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy.
2022-23 Recruitment
We are actively recruiting for one Ambulatory Care PGY2 residency position in phase 2 of the match. Please contact Kellie Kippes (kkippes@med.umich.edu) and Emily Ashjian (eashjian@med.umich.edu) with interest. Please include your CV via email in addition to submitting the required items through PhORCAS.
Program Structure
Rotation Experiences are tailored according to resident interests in conjunction with the residency program director and coordinator in July.
Required Rotations (Longitudinal rotations unless otherwise noted)
- Orientation (July)
- Research/Writing (December)
- Independent Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
- Primary Care – PCMH Clinic (Internal Medicine and Family Medicine options; 2 longitudinal rotations)
- Anticoagulation
- Clinical Administration
- Medication Optimization
- Psychiatry
- Transitions of Care Clinic
Elective Rotations (3-4 months; 1/2 day per week)
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Hematology/oncology
- Oral chemotherapy
- Palliative Care
- Solid organ transplant
- Specialty pharmacy
- Transitions of care
Additional Required Activities
- Research project (longitudinal)
- Writing project (longitudinal)
- ACPE-Accredited 1-hour CE Presentation
- Teaching at College of Pharmacy
- Professional and/or institutional committee involvement
- Michigan Medicine Residency Committee involvement
- Attendance at pharmacy meeting (poster presentation)
- Attendance at specialty meeting (not required, but highly encouraged)
- Topic discussions (monthly)
- Journal Club (every other month)
- Student Run Free Clinic (3-4 sessions)
Other Learning Opportunities
- Teaching certificate program (optional)
Staffing
Residents will staff in the outpatient Taubman pharmacy approximately every 3rd weekend, including 1 minor holiday and one major holiday block.
Research and Publication Opportunities
The resident will participate in the development and completion of a mentored longitudinal residency research project. Experience in protocol writing, IRB submission, data collection and analysis, manuscript preparation, and publication will be provided.
Opportunities for development of writing and presentation skills are also available through completion of a writing project suitable for publication, a major pharmacotherapy continuing education presentation on a topic of the resident’s choosing, and presentation opportunities at local, regional, and national meetings.
The resident has the potential to produce at least two manuscripts suitable for peer-reviewed publication by the completion of the residency. There may be additional opportunities depending on resident interest.
Four major oral presentations:
- Research protocol
- Writing project (CE lecture)
- Research project results at Great Lakes residency conference
- Research project results to pharmacy department
Teaching Opportunities
A multitude of teaching opportunities are available to the resident, who will receive a faculty appointment as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Resident teaching opportunities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Teaching in our Pharmacy Practice Skills III Course, which focuses on management of chronic disease states in the ambulatory setting
- Precepting second year Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) students and fourth-year Advanced Pharmacy Practice (APPE) students on clinical rotations
- Facilitating small group discussions (topic discussions, journal clubs, and case presentations) for APPE students
- Didactic and Team-Based Learning teaching paradigms
- Participating in a teaching series and teaching certificate program
- Providing interdisciplinary presentations and in-services
- Teaching in courses for other health sciences disciplines (Medicine, Nursing, etc.)
- Precepting extracurricular activities in the community for our College of Pharmacy students
Resident Publications
Johengen EK, Ward KM, Coe AB, Pasternak AL. Assessing the knowledge, perceptions, and practices of primary care clinicians toward pharmacogenetics. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2020 [epub ahead of print].
Cho KH, Ashjian EJ, Smith MA, Pai AB. Approaches to medication management in patients with kidney failure opting for conservative management. Nephrol Nurs J. 2020;47(4):319-71.
Aldrich SA, Ashjian EJ. Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease. Nurse Pract 2019;44(3):20-28.
Farhat NM, Vordenberg SE, Marshall VD, Suh TT, Remington TL. Evaluation of interdisciplinary geriatric transitions of care on readmission rates. Am J Manag Care. 2019;25(7):e219-e223.
Farhat NM, Farris KB, Patel MR, Cornish L, Choe HM. Comprehensive medication reviews: Optimal delivery setting and recommendations for quality assessment. J Am Pharm Assoc 2019;59(5):642-645.
Fennelly JE, Coe AB, Kippes KA, Remington TL, Choe HM. Evaluation of clinical pharmacist services in a transitions of care program provided to patients at highest risk for readmission. J Pharm Pract. 2020;33(3):314-320.
Lindell, VA, Stencel DL, Ives RC, Ward KM, Fluent T, Choe HM, Bostwick JR. A pilot evaluating clinical pharmacy services in an ambulatory psychiatry setting. Psychopharmacol Bull. 2018;48(2):18-28.
Ashjian EJ, Kurtz B, Renner E, Yeshe R, Barnes GD. Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Led Direct Oral Anticoagulant Service. Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2017;74(7):483-89.
Ashjian EJ, Tingen JM. SGLT2 inhibitors: Expanding oral treatment options for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Nurse Pract 2017;42(4): 8-15.
Funk KA, Hudson S, TIngen JM. Use of clinical pharmacists to perform depression screening. Qual Prim Care. 2014;22(5):249-50.
Stranges PM, Marshall VD, Walker PC, Hall KE, Griffith DK, Remington T. A multidisciplinary intervention for reducing readmissions among older adults in a patient-centered medical home. Am J Manag Care. 2015;21(2):106-13.
Stranges PM, Tingen JM. End of the road: Diabetes care when insulin may not be an option. Clin Diabetes. 2014;32(2):87-9.
Preceptors
- Emily Ashjian, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES
- Heidi Diez, PharmD, BCACP
- Jessica Fennelly, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM
- Lianne Granata, PharmD
- Nghi Ha, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, CACP
- Marcy Holler, PharmD, BCPS
- Kellie Kippes, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
- Valerie Lindell, PharmD, BCACP
- Frank Pawlicki, RPh
- Elizabeth Renner, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CACP
- Nicole Rockey, PharmD, BCACP
- Amy Thompson, PharmD, BCACP
- Kristen Ward, PharmD
- Trisha Wells, PharmD
Residency Program Director Information
Kellie Kippes, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Ambulatory Care
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
2500 Green Rd, Suite 100 Room 1117
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Office: 734-615-8244
Email: kkippes@med.umich.edu
Residency Program Coordinator Information
Emily Ashjian, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES
Program Coordinator & Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Michigan Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
428 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI
Email: eashjian@med.umich.edu