Thank you for your interest in our residency program. The selection of a residency program will be one of the most critical decisions you make during your pharmaceutical care training. We are thrilled that you are considering us for your next career venture.
The unique program at Ascension offers you the extraordinary opportunity to obtain outstanding administrative and clinical training in various aspects of pharmaceutical care, to a diverse patient population spread across the United States. Our program is dedicated to providing the resident with hands-on experience in a wide variety of settings.
The atmosphere is friendly and our ministry hospital leadership genuinely supports the comprehensive process we use for optimizing medication management processes across the system. This environment is complemented by collaboration with system physician, nursing and pharmacy leaders in our facilities around the nation.
What makes Ascension's 24-month residency program an exemplary place for learning is its commitment to clinical excellence in patient safety. We serve over 150 hospitals at over 1,500 sites, covering greater than 18,000 acute care patient beds. We are a federally recognized PSO, and we strengthen this effort through a formal partnership with ISMP. Our national scope and stewardship of resources allow us to contribute nearly $2 billion annually in care of persons living in poverty and for community benefit.
We hope we have an opportunity to meet with you to show you our exceptional training program.
The PGY1 portion of this combined residency program provides an in-depth clinical experience at Ascension Texas / Seton Healthcare Family, which consists of a 13-hospital network throughout central Texas. The health-system includes a large academic medical center, a children’s hospital, and number of community and critical access sites. Clinical training is tailored to the resident’s background and special interests. The resident will be a preceptor for the pharmacy clerkship students and will be involved in teaching activities through the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. The PGY2 portion of the combined program provides opportunities for the resident to be immersed in an extensive and professionally diverse leadership and management experience. The residency is conducted in a corporate environment that impacts pharmaceutical care, medication management and patient care across the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. Ascension sites of care include critical access hospitals, large academic tertiary care institutions and smaller community clinics. Ascension provides residents the opportunity to freely exchange ideas and best practices for the benefit of every patient at every facility while working with the hundreds of professionals across the country, maximizing the resident’s post-residency career opportunities.
PGY1 Rotations (1 Month)
Required rotations are in bold
Cardiac Transplant*
Cardiology*
Critical Care
Infectious Diseases*
Informatics (2-4 weeks)
Internal Medicine*
Investigational Drugs (2-4 weeks)
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit*
Oncology
Pediatrics (1 of 4 below is required)
Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Pediatrics Infectious Diseases
Pediatric Internal Medicine
Practice Management
*Rotation may be available in a community setting
PGY2 Rotations (1 Month)
Required rotations are in bold
Executive Pharmacy Leadership
Clinical Pharmacy Leadership
Pharmacy Finance
Continuity of Care Pharmacy Clinical Leadership
Continuity of Care Pharmacy Operations Leadership
Pharmacy Operations
Group Purchasing Organization Administration
340B Administration and Patient Medication Outcomes Disparity
