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
• Medication Safety
• Pharmacy Management
• Transitions of Care
  
  

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

• 340B Operations/Specialty Pharmacy
• Academia
• Hematology/Oncology (Ambulatory Care Setting)
• Emergency Medicine
• Potential off-site opportunities*
  
  

Residents may also repeat any learning experiences 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 3rd weekend and one evening shift every 2 weeks 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 Midwest Pharmacy Residents 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
• Midwest Pharmacy Residents Conference
  
  

Optional Longitudinal Experience

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