title: Optimizing the customized residency plan.
abstract: Residents and residency program directors (RPDs) understand that the goal of the residency year is to earn a residency certificate through achievement of established goals and objectives. The customized residency plan provides a map for the resident and RPD to follow throughout the course of the residency year, helping to keep everyone on track to accomplish the established goals and objectives of the program. It also provides information that allows preceptors to take the individual resident's plan into consideration when customizing a learning experience. This article will focus on the process for developing a customized residency plan and implementing it over the course of the residency year.
authors.affiliation: Acute Care Pharmacist Manager, PGY1 Residency Program Director, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado;
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Assistant Director - Inpatient Clinical Services, PGY-1 Residency Program Director, PGY-2 HSPA Residency Program Coordinator, The University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas;
authors.forename: Samaneh T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.affiliation: Clinical Associate Professor, University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy, Athens, Georgia. Corresponding author: Samaneh T. Wilkinson, MS, PharmD, Department of Pharmacy, The University of Kansas Hospital, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MS4040, Kansas City, KS 66160; phone: 913-588-2300; fax: 913-588-8840; e-mail: swilkinson2@kumc.edu .
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buck
keywords: goals and objectives; preceptor development; residency plan