Learning experiences

• Orientation x 1 month
• Cardiovascular Surgery ICU (CVICU) x 2 months
• Medical ICU (MICU) x 2 months
• Cardiac ICU (CICU) x 1 month
• Surgery & Liver ICU (SLICU) x 1 month
• Neurosurgical ICU (NICU) x 1 month
• Research & Management I x 1 month
• Research & Management II x 1 month
• Critical Care Recovery Clinic (CCRC) - longitudinal
  
  

Residents will see patients in the CCRC 1-2 afternoons per month as part of this learning experience. The resident will interview the patient, assess for medication-related complications and regimen adherence, provide pharmacotherapy counseling, and recommend regimen changes to the medical team. The resident will work collaboratively with the clinic intensivist, nurse practitioner, respiratory therapist and dietitians to provide 360 wrap-around care for critically ill patients upon discharge. 

Elective Learning Experiences
Up to two elective learning experiences may be selected. All electives are 1 month learning experiences and may include (but are not limited to the following):

Internal Electives

• Bone Marrow Transplant
• Emergency Department
• Infectious Diseases
• Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
• Solid Organ Transplant
  
  

External Electives - subject to availability

• Academia
• Pediatric ICU
• Medical ICU (Houston Methodist Sugar Land)
• Neuro Trauma ICU
• Medical Oncology ICU
• Nutrition
• Shock Trauma ICU
  
  

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

Administrative Responsibilities
The resident will participate in the department’s continuous quality improvement programs. The resident also participates in recruitment for the PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program.

• Clinical staffing every third weekend in the ICU setting and one weekday evening shift every two weeks averaged over a four week period. 
• Resident will work two holidays.
• In December, the resident will provide 40 hours of traditional pharmacy staffing in the ICU satellite pharmacy.  
• Resident will serve as the code blue primary pharmacy preceptor on the average of one week every month.
  
  

Presentation Opportunities

• Optional poster presentation at Vizient Pharmacy Network Meeting
• Platform presentation at the Texas Medical Center Critical Care Research Forum
• One hour ACPE-accredited continuing education program
  
  

Projects

• The resident will complete a major research project with the guidance of a preceptor. The manuscript from this project must be in publishable form by the end of the residency year. The resident will also plan and design a major research project for the next year’s residency class in collaboration with a preceptor.
• A quality improvement project is also required which is often a Medication Use Evaluation. 
• One writing assignment for publication, in addition to the major project, will be completed within the residency year.

• ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress
• Society of Critical Care Medicine Texas Chapter Symposium
• Texas Medical Center Critical Care Research Forum