TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL/ ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS OF PHARMACY SERVICES HIV SPECIALTY RESIDENCY PROGRAM
FORMAT OF RESIDENT'S PRESENTATIONS The resident, during the course of the year,
is expected to complete a minimum of three (3) presentations (2 mandatory ambulatory care, 1 research). These should be formal presentations, of which the format may be a case presentation, a
therapeutic review, a drug review, conference update, etc.
1. Case presentations: This is a formal presentation of an interesting or difficult patient case history, disease state, and pharmacotherapeutic intervention and outcome.
Requirements:
- 45-50 minutes for presentation of material
- 10-15 minutes for questions and discussion
- overhead transparencies or slides
2. Therapeutic Reviews This is a formal presentation of a specific focused clinical question and its current pharmacotherapeutic management. This presentation is to take the format of a
continuing education talk, focusing on critical appraisal of the literature pertinent to the question asked.
Requirements:
- 45-50 minutes for presentation of material
- 10-15 minutes for questions and discussion
- overhead transparencies/slides
- handouts including references
3. Journal Clubs This is the critical review and summary of a current primary literature article. The article may be an interesting case report, case series, pharmacokinetic study, in
vitro study, or a clinical trial. The resident is expected to critique the material using principles of evidence-based medicine. The resident should also provide comments on how the results
may affect clinical practice.
Requirements:
- 25-50 minutes for presentation of material, including questions and discussion
4. Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy Presentations This is a presentation of an interesting or controversial pharmacotherapy issue within a specialty area. Principles of evidence-based medicine
are used, focusing on critical appraisal of the literature pertinent to the question asked. Refer to document on Evidence-based Pharmacotherapy Presentations for additional details.
Requirements:
- using principles of evidence-based medicine, discuss how findings from the literature (e.g., 1-2 key articles or studies) support or answer the therapeutic dilemma, and apply these observations to
clinical practice
- circulate summary of patient case, pharmacotherapy question, and reference citation to all of the practice leaders, program coordinator and residents at least 1 week prior to your scheduled
presentation.
- overhead transparencies
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