UIC College of Pharmacy Infectious Disease/HIV Care (PGY2)

Infectious Disease/HIV Care (PGY2)

The Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Ambulatory and Hospital Pharmacy Services at the University of Illinois at Chicago, are offering a one-year specialized residency in HIV care medicine. The goal of the program is to develop expert knowledge and skills in the provision of pharmacotherapy to HIV-positive patients by combining clinical service with education and scholarly activity.

Service:	7-10 months of required rotations. Areas of clinical training include: outpatient HIV clinics at various sites on- and off-campus as well as inpatient HIV ward at University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center and John H. Stroger Hospital. The resident has the opportunity to tailor their training program to fit individual needs. Additional areas for training include: HIV prenatal program, HIV/HCV co-infection clinic, pediatric and adolescent HIV clinic, adherence program, Psychiatry, Bilingual Clinic, and Correctional Continuity of Care Program. Practice/training sites are not limited to these lists; specific needs or areas can be addressed on an individual basis.
Education:	The resident will engage in the co-precepting of pharmacy students, and serve as lecturer and recitation facilitator in a variety of classes. The number of lectures and recitation sessions will be determined on an individual basis as related to past experiences and the individual's and program's workload demands. The resident will provide one continuing education seminar during the course of the residency and participate in relevant training education programs.
Scholarly activity:	The resident will have an academic appointment in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Participation in clinical research is required. Two months of the year will be designated as research/project time. The resident is expected to complete 2 publications/posters within the year. This will include completing and presenting one major residency project.

HIV Program

The University of Illinois at Chicago HIV/AIDS Program (UIC-HCCN) is a multi-center network of primary care services based in the Section of Infectious Diseases, a component of the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center (UIC-HCCN) located on Chicago's near west side. The UICHP uses a multidisciplinary approach to the comprehensive management of HIV disease to a largely indigent, minority population in Chicago's communities with some of the highest rates of HIV infection.

The UIC-HCCN consist of a main clinic located on the UIC medical campus and seven decentralized community-based clinics. Our Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) HIV Telemedicine clinic is also located on campus. This network of clinics provides services to adult HIV-infected clients in areas that historically have been underserved by traditional health care models. Clinics serve primarily people of color and have a large proportion of female patients.

A multidisciplinary team consisting of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, nutritionist, clinical social workers, case managers, gynecologist, and psychiatrist work together to offer comprehensive HIV primary care services. Pharmacists play an active role in patient care activities including: obtaining medication history, medication education and adherence monitoring, review of antiretroviral resistance testing, selection of antiretroviral therapy, comorbid disease state evaluation, management of adverse drug reactions and drug-drug interactions, prescription refills and coordination of Illinois ADAP clients medications and applications. In addition, a subset of patient will have pre-determined visits for pillbox fillings.

Pharmaceutical care needs continue to grow in HIV patients as the complexity of regimens increases and with far more severe long-term side effects requiring drug intervention. In addition, as patients are living longer, it becomes important to incorporate care for other disease states seen in the general population: diabetes, heart disease, malignancies, etc., creating a unique opportunity for pharmacists.

Requirements

Applicants should possess a Pharm.D. Degree. Completion of a postdoctoral residency is required. Appointments will be for 12 months beginning July 1. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered.

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