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The PGY1/PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency offers candidates a very unique experience through combining administrative, clinical and informatics pharmacy learning experiences over the course of 24 months. In this unique program, the resident will support existing pharmacy informatics services and dedicate time to informatics-related quality improvement projects and research with a focus on safety, efficiency, and state-of-the-art pharmacy-related technologies. The resident will spend significant time learning clinical decision support systems, medication life-cycle technologies from ordering to administration, pharmacy financial excellence and compliance through technologies, and data mining skills.  The program includes core clinical and operational pharmacy rotations to ensure the necessary foundation to build upon for the informatics focus.

Positions available: 1

Duration: 24 months, beginning mid to late June

Application:

• Application deadline: January 2nd
• Submit all application materials through PhORCAS
• Required participation in the ASHP National Matching Program
• NMS Program Code: 276520

Licensure and employment: Texas pharmacist licensure is required within 90 days of starting the program. Failure to do so will result in termination of employment.

Houston Methodist is committed to improving the health of our patients, employees and community. As a health care provider, it is our responsibility to promote a healthier environment for our employees. Accordingly, effective January 1, 2013, Houston Methodist no longer hires tobacco users. Applicants will be tested for tobacco usage during the post-offer physical and drug screening. If an applicant tests positive for tobacco use or recreational drug use, the offer will be rescinded. 

Required Learning Experiences

Year 1 (all one month in duration, except as noted)

• Orientation (Two weeks)
• Foundations in Direct Patient Care
• Cardiology
• Critical Care
• Drug Information
• Emergency Medicine
• Infectious Diseases
• Internal Medicine
• Medication Safety
• Pharmacy Administration and Project Management

There are two selective clinical learning experiences where, depending on availability at the time, the resident will be assigned to Continuity of Care, Internal Medicine II, Neurology or Solid Organ Transplant.

Year 2 (all one month in duration, except as noted)

• Orientation/Intro to Pharmacy Informatics and Epic Willow Certification
• Clinical Decision Support (Two months)
• Informatics of Medication Dispensing, Distribution, and Administration (Two months)
• Informatics of Medication Prescribing and Preparation (Two months)
• Medication Safety II
• Medication Utilization, Analytics and DB management
• Pharmacy Administration and Project Management
• Oncology and Research Informatics
• Supply Chain management, 340B Program, and Billing 

Elective Learning Experiences

Electives may be selected from, but are not limited to, the following:

• Advanced Informatics Project Management
• Advanced Reporting and Analytics 
• Ambulatory Pharmacy Informatics
• Clinical Services Management
• Contract Management/Purchasing
• Database Management and Programming
• Formulary Management
• Hospital Administration

Longitudinal experiences
Each resident is required to complete longitudinal activities in

• Informatics on call responsibilities
• Informatics quality process improvement initiatives
• Revision of policies and procedures

Staffing

• Clinical staffing every third weekend starting in August of Year 1
• Operational staffing every third weekend starting in May of Year 1
• One evening shift every two weeks averaged over a four-week period starting in Year 2
• Pharmacy Informatics on-call for 1 week every 10 weeks starting September of Year 2
• Resident will work two holidays

Presentation opportunities (each year of program)

• Poster presentation at Vizient Pharmacy Network Meeting
• Platform presentation at Midwest Pharmacy Residents Conference
• One hour ACPE-accredited continuing education program

Projects

• The resident will complete a major research project with the guidance of a preceptor for each year of the residency. 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

Required Meetings/Conferences

• Vizient/ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• Midwest Pharmacy Residents Conference
• EPIC Willow Certification

For further information about our programs, please visit http://methodistpharmacy.org

About Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston Methodist Hospital (HMH) is located in the heart of the world renowned Texas Medical Center. Offering many opportunities for clinical and didactic teaching, it is a teaching affiliate for several top ranked universities and colleges of pharmacy. U.S. News & World Report ranked Houston Methodist Hospital nationally and the No. 1 hospital in Texas and Gulf Coast. Houston Methodist highly performs in nine of nine common conditions and procedures evaluated by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, HMH is included on Forbes magazine's list of "America's Best Employers". For more information, visit www.houstonmethodist.org/education/pharmacy/residency-programs/

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