UC San Diego Health is a university-affiliated teaching hospital which provides the unique capability to engage each of our residents in direct patient care activities, research, administration and project management, and teaching.  UC San Diego Health has eight adult ICUs where our residents learn how to make evidence-based decisions in complex clinical situations. As San Diego’s only academic, teaching health system, we serve as a primary referral center for much of Southern California. Our critical care residents have the opportunity to learn advanced critical care pharmacotherapy in our level 3 NICU, our Southern California regional burn center, and level 1 trauma center. Residents accepted into the PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy program will gain the skills to function a