Learning Experiences
Required learning experiences (all one month in duration, except as noted)
Elective learning experiences (all one month in duration)
Electives may be selected from, but are not limited to, the following:
Research Experience
Professional Meetings
- Orientation (Two weeks)
- Foundations in Direct Patient Care
- Critical Care
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine
- Pharmacy Management
- Transitions of Care
- Research/Project Focused Experience
Elective learning experiences (all one month in duration)
Electives may be selected from, but are not limited to, the following:
- 340B Operations
- Academia
- Cardiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Hematology/Oncology (Ambulatory Care Setting)
- 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, cardiology, 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