The UT Southwestern Medical Center Pharmacy Residency Program is an ASHP-accredited health-system pharmacy program. Our PGY1 residency program will accept three residents each year.

Residents will select five (5) elective rotations to meet their professional goals in addition to the orientation to pharmacy operations and completion of practice related required learning experiences. After training in acute care, ambulatory care, and clinical practice management, residents should attain the knowledge and skills needed to enable them to provide a high level of clinical service and pharmaceutical care throughout their careers as well-rounded practitioners and practice leaders. Available elective rotations options include: 

The following 4-week elective rotations are available: 

• Ambulatory Care (option of 1 or more of the following options) 

• • Primary Care  

• • Cardiology Focus 

• • Specialty Diseases/Inflammatory (Rheumatology & IBD Focus) 

• • Ambulatory Care- Anticoagulation: Remote Elective Rotation 

• Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit  

• Cardiac Intensive Care Unit  

• Medical Intensive Care Elective (if not completed as a required rotation for Critical Care) 

• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 

• Neurocritical Care  

• Outpatient Medical Oncology, Genitourinary  

• Surgical Critical Care Elective (if not completed as a required rotation for Critical Care) 

• Advanced Internal Medicine 

• Bone Marrow Transplant 

• Outpatient Multiple Myeloma Clinic 

• Outpatient Lymphoma Clinic  

• Clinical Administration 

• Emergency Medicine 

• Investigational Drug Services (IDS) 

• Inpatient Oncology 

• Pain & Palliative Care  

• Pediatrics  

• Pharmacy Informatics and Data Management  

• Solid Organ Transplant 

• Transplant Infectious Diseases  

• Transitions of Care  

• Trauma ICU  

Program Application Requirements:

• Graduate from an ACPE-accredited pharmacy program with a Pharm.D. degree
• Minimum GPA of 3.1 on a 4.0 scale or "Pass" grade on each class and rotation if from a "Pass/Fail" program
• Eligibility for Texas licensure
• Formal interview

About UT Southwestern PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

UT Southwestern Medical Center is a premier academic health system, with a top-ranked medical school and patient care services ranked as one of the best in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, providing a full range of patient care. The growing health system contains 900 staffed beds and serves 37,000 inpatients annually. The Department of Pharmacy maintains academic relationships with many Colleges of Pharmacy and the UT Southwestern Medical School, ensuring a strong commitment to the education of pharmacy residents and students. The Department of Pharmacy supports over 650 therapeutic clinical trials in many disease states in the acute care, oncology and ambulatory clinical settings and infusion centers.

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