Learning Experiences

Required learning experiences (all one month in duration, except as noted)

• Orientation (Two weeks)
• Foundations in Direct Patient Care
• Critical Care
• Infectious Diseases
• Internal Medicine
• Pharmacy Management/Medication Safety
• Transitions of Care
• Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Project Management (Research/Project Focused Experience)

Elective learning experiences (all one month in duration)
Electives may be selected from, but are not limited to, the following:

• Academia
• Cardiology
• Emergency Medicine
• Hematology/Oncology (Ambulatory Care Setting)
• Medication Safety (Advanced: 2 weeks)
• Potential off-site opportunities*
  
  

Residents may also repeat any learning experience in which they have a particular interest.

 

*Additional elective learning experiences (bone marrow transplant, neurology, pain management, psychiatry, and solid organ transplant) at our system’s flagship 900-bed teaching hospital in the Texas Medical Center, based on resident’s schedule and preceptor availability.

 

Staffing

• Staffing will occur every third weekend in clinical and operational pharmacist roles
• Residents will work one major and one minor holiday
  
  

Presentation Opportunities

• Poster presentation at Vizient Pharmacy Network Meeting
• Platform presentation at Alcalde Southwest Leadership Conference and TSHP conference 
• One hour ACPE-accredited continuing education program
• Platform presentation at Houston Methodist Research Symposium

Research Experience

• Major research project with guidance of a preceptor and the Pharmacy Research Committee
• Medication use evaluation or quality analysis of existing protocols

Professional Meetings

• Vizient/ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• TSHP Conference
  
  

Optional Longitudinal Experience

• Teaching and Scholarship in Academia Certificate Program through the University of Houston College of Pharmacy