UK HEALTHCARE Medication-Use Safety and Policy

The Medication-Use Safety & Policy (MUSP) residency at UK HealthCare is an ASHP-accredited PGY2 residency designed to train pharmacists to become experts in medication safety and medication utilization within health systems. This one-year residency program allows the resident to learn and apply medication safety concepts and best practices throughout the medication-use system to improve the quality of patient care.

The resident will participate in and lead interdisciplinary committees and projects, with areas of emphasis, including pharmacy operations, automation/informatics, formulary management/utilization, accreditation, and medication error prevention, detection, and investigation. Residents continue their clinical growth by completing one direct patient care rotation, providing longitudinal staffing, and have the option of participating in the in-house on-call program. Residents will also gain experience in teaching, precepting, and research through engagement with the UK College of Pharmacy, completing a research project, and presenting at a professional conference. Graduates of the Medication-Use Safety & Policy residency program will become experts at identifying, evaluating, and preventing medication-use issues and advocates for safe medication-use processes within health systems.