PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency
This PGY-2 residency provides the resident with advanced clinical training in critical care pharmacotherapy, as well as numerous opportunities for research, teaching, and scholarship.
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency
This PGY-2 residency provides the resident with advanced clinical training in critical care pharmacotherapy, as well as numerous opportunities for research, teaching, and scholarship.
Overview
Upon completion of the residency, the pharmacist will be a competent clinical pharmacy practitioner in critical care that engages in multidisciplinary collaboration, demonstrates advanced critical thinking skills, and is able to design and implement complex medication recommendations in this fast-paced environment. Graduates of this program will be adequately prepared to practice as a critical care specialist or in academia.
Meet the Program Director
Christy Cecil Forehand, PharmD, BCCCP
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist, MICU
Christy Forehand is a Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist for the medical ICU and the PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Director. She is also a preceptor for the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Pharmacy. Christy received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Georgia College and State University and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy in 2010. Christy was a clinical staff pharmacist for a year before completing a PGY1 pharmacy residency and PGY2 critical care pharmacy residency at the Medical College of Georgia (now AU Medical Center) and UGA College of Pharmacy. She completed a teaching certificate program during her residencies. Christy obtained her Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist (BCCCP) acknowledgement after completing her residency training and currently serves on the ACCP BCCCP Standard Setting Panel. In May 2017, the Augusta University Pharmacy team was excited to welcome Christy back to Augusta, after she had practiced as a critical care pharmacist in both Greenville, North Carolina, and Fort Myers, Florida.
Christy is responsible for providing critical care pharmacy clinical services to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU). She serves as a preceptor in the MICU for UGA pharmacy students, the PGY1 pharmacy residency, and the PGY2 critical care pharmacy residency. Christy is an active member of the Georgia Society of Health System Pharmacists (GSHP), American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). Christy has not only presented her own research but has precepted resident research projects at SCCM’s Annual Congress several times and is currently the Chair-Elect for the SCCM Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Section’s Patient Safety Committee. Christy’s professional and scholarly interests include sedation/analgesia/delirium, electrolyte abnormalities, and infectious diseases.
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