The PGY2 Cardiology Pharmacy Residency Program at UT Southwestern is a one-year post-graduate training program designed to prepare cardiology specialists.

Additionally, residents will be involved in the academic, administrative, formulary management, quality improvement, and clinical research activities of the department.

Purpose

The PGY2 Cardiology Pharmacy Residency Program will build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and the PGY1 pharmacy residency program to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in cardiology. Cardiology residency provides the resident with opportunities to function independently as a practitioner by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. The resident who successfully completes an accredited PGY2 Cardiology Pharmacy Residency Program is prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification.

Program Structure

The PGY2 Cardiology Pharmacy Residency conducted at UT Southwestern Medical Center is a fifty-two-week ASHP-accredited program. The program’s training and experience is based upon the ASHP Accreditation Standard for PGY2 Pharmacy Residency and the ASHP Required Competency Areas, Goals, and Objectives for PGY2 Cardiology Pharmacy Residency Programs. The program provides flexibility to meet the needs and interests of the individual resident while ensuring the achievement of foundational skills for high-quality critical care pharmacy practice.

Required Concentrated Learning Experiences

• Orientation (2-4 weeks)
• Cardiac ICU (4-6 weeks)
• Cardiovascular ICU (4-6 weeks)
• Cardiac Transplant (4 weeks)
• Advanced Heart Failure (4 weeks)

Required Longitudinal Experiences

• Pharmacy Staffing (52 weeks with 2, 8.5 hour shifts every 3rd weekend)
• Medical Emergencies (52 weeks)
• Practice Management (52 weeks)
• Research (52 weeks with 4-6 weeks of dedicated research time)
• Ambulatory Care (52 weeks)

Elective Concentrated Learning Experiences

• Inpatient General Cardiology Consults (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Congenital Heart Disease Consults (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Cardiac Oncology (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Procedural (PCI/EP/Echo) (2-4 weeks)
• Inpatient Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Neurovascular ICU (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Medical ICU (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Internal Medicine (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Transfusion Medicine (2 weeks)
• Outpatient Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Clinic
• Outpatient Cardiometabolic Clinic
• Outpatient Anticoagulation Clinic
• Teaching Certificate (available if not completed as PGY1) at the Jerry H. Hodge TTUHSC School of Pharmacy
• Other elective experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability

All other requirements and information can be found on the UTSW Pharmacy Residency Manual.

Program Expectations

• Lecture to ICU Fellows every other month
• Completion of 1-hour ACPE-accredited CE presentation
• Completion of Medication Use Evaluation
• Completion of one of the following: drug monograph, drug class review, treatment guideline/protocol or proposal for medication safety/technology improvement
• Completion of all the following at least once (any of these items may be repeated if competency not achieved): patient case presentation, journal club, drug information response, and in-service to pharmacy staff or other healthcare professionals
• Platform presentation or poster presentation of residency project at PGY2 Cardiology RAC AND local, regional or national conference
• Completion of resident major research project and submission of manuscript in publication format
• Participation in at least 1 hospital committee.
• Participation in residency recruitment, as requested