Managed Care Pharmacy (BCBSM)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), in collaboration with the Department of Pharmacy Services at the University of Michigan Health, is recruiting applicants for the PGY1 Managed Care Residency Program.
General Description
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s managed care residency program in collaboration with University of Michigan Health will provide residents with training in evidence-based clinical decision making and program design. Residents will learn and apply skills in the areas of drug information, formulary management, drug utilization review, benefit design, and clinical program implementation and assessment. Participation in research, manuscript preparation and teaching are required. Previous residents have successfully published their work in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy.
Program Purpose
PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
Residency Program Director: Christopher Bigness, PharmD, BCPS
- Minimum of 18 weekends, typically every other weekend after Labor Day
- One Major Holiday
- One Minor Holiday
Through the research and writing requirements of the program, the resident has the potential to produce at least two manuscripts suitable for peer-reviewed publication by the end of the residency.
Residents will receive a faculty appointment as Adjunct Clinical Instructor with the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Experience in rotation-related precepting and in teaching of Pharm.D. students is widely available. In addition, the Resident will gain experience in didactic teaching of Doctor of Pharmacy students at the College of Pharmacy.
Christopher Bigness, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist - Health Outcomes and Clinical Programs
600 E. Lafayette Blvd, MC 512C
Detroit, MI 48226
Email: [email protected]
- Chris Bigness
- Kelly DeJager
- Kaylin Eberhard
- James Gallagher
- Marissa Jarema
- Matt Colvin
- Millie Mo
- Allison Olmsted
- Kristen Patti
- Trevor Pike
- Amal Sobh
- Trish Stievater
- Brenda Thiel
- Tanvi Wrase
The program is structured in accordance with the ASHP Accreditation Standards and ASHP Educational Outcomes, Goals, and Objectives for a PGY1 Managed Care Pharmacy residency and utilizes the Residency Learning System model. This program has a four-part assessment strategy of learning experiences: resident evaluation of learning experience, resident evaluation of preceptor, resident self-evaluation, and preceptor evaluation of the resident’s performance during the learning experience.
- Please check out the F.A.Q. for application information & deadlines.
