***NMS Code 278813 -ASHP Program Code 74128-  DHR Health PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (Track B)***

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR) Health is a 520+ bed, physician-owned health system that offers some of the most comprehensive medical care located at Edinburg, Texas, on the U.S. Southern Border. Affiliated with UTRGV Medical School and multiple schools of pharmacy, DHR Health is actively involved with teaching, including undergraduate and graduate medical education. DHR has an active clinical research program with active trials in oncology, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and women’s health.

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Health (DHR-Health), in conjunction with the faculty associated with the University Houston College of Pharmacy, is offering a Post Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) pharmacy residency program with an ambulatory care track designed to advance the practice of post graduate pharmacists.  The PGY 1 pharmacy residency is a twelve-month program designed to expose residents to a comprehensive clinical environment in which they will develop knowledge and skills in direct patient care in both ambulatory and acute care settings, teaching and research. 

Status: ASHP Candidate Status

Duration: 12 months

Number of Positions: 2 

Stipend: $45,000

Application Deadline: January 5

REQUIRED ROTATIONS: 

• Orientation/Administration
• Ambulatory Care: Endocrinology
• Ambulatory Care: Transplant
• Transitions of Care: MTM
• Adult Internal Medicine
• Emergency Medicine (ED)
• Inpatient Pediatrics / AmCare Endocrinology

ELECTIVE ROTATIONS:  (Choose 2) 

• Infectious Disease (ID)
• Cardiology ICU
• Medical ICU
• Behavioral
• Neurology
• General Adult Medicine

LONGITUDINAL ROTATIONS:

• Staffing  
• Academia: Academic Training Certification
• Research Project
• ID: Pharmacokinetics
• Protocol Development (or equivalent)

REQUIRED ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1) Drug Information

• Drug monograph  (1)
• Medication Use Evaluation (1)

2)  Education

• Journal Club Presentations  (2)
• College of Pharmacy Lecture(s) / Activities
• Case Presentations  (4)
• Mentor/Precept pharmacy students
• Pharmacy Department Newsletter

3) Service

• Community Health Fair
• ASHP Midyear presentation/attendance
• TSHP Alcalde presentation/attendance
• Residency Recruitment involvement
• Staff Development Series
• Institutional committee involvement