Clinical Pharmacy Residency Curriculum

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Hospital-Based Pharmacy Practice Residency (ASHP-Accredited)

The ASHP-accredited PGY1 Hospital-Based Pharmacy Practice Residency offered at Scott & White is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. The goal of the residency is to provide training and experience for individuals interested in hospital pharmacy practice. Each resident completes two three-month blocks of rotations under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor. guidelines for required and elective rotations are summarized below. Additionally, each resident completes tow three-month blocks of hospital-based advanced pharmacy practice under the supervision of Scott & White Patient Care Pharmacist preceptors..

Required Rotations

At least one month, and no more than two months, of each of the following rotations will be completed by each Pharmacy Practice Resident:

• Drug Information
• Adult Medicine
• Primary Care

Elective Rotations

Each Pharmacy Practice Resident may choose one-month rotations in each of the following areas to complete the remaining clinical rotations:

Requirements include a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and licensure or licensure eligibility in Texas. For additional information on the ASHP-accredited PGY1 Hospital-Based Pharmacy Practice Residency offered at Scott & White, contact Emory Martin, Pharm.D, BCPS .

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Community-Based Pharmacy Practice Residency

The goal of the residency is to provide training and experience for individuals interested in ambulatory care and community pharmacy practice. The residency is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.

The residency provides extensive experience in an advanced clinical pharmacy practice setting. Experiential components include community pharmacy practice and activities in pharmacy-driven ambulatory care settings. Each resident participates in a variety of longitudinal experiences including the following:

• Management of anticoagulation patients under drug therapy protocol
• Disease state management of patients with diabetes, asthma or cardiovascular risk factors
• Medication therapy management
• Retail pharmacy operations

Additionally the resident will complete required rotations in drug information and in managed care. The resident may choose two areas for one-month elective rotations. There are many inpatient (see Hospital-Based Pharmacy Practice Residency elective rotations) and ambulatory pharmacy practice areas from which to select these elective experiences. Some examples of focus areas include Primary Care, Women's Health, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Respiratory Diseases.

Opportunities are also available for collaborative research and teaching experiences for the resident. Requirements include a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and licensure or licensure eligibility in Texas. For additional information on the Community-Based Pharmacy Practice Residency offered at Scott & White, contact Tricia Tabor, Pharm.D., BCPS.

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Managed Care Pharmacy Practice Residency

The managed care residency at Scott & White Health Plan, in affiliation with The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, provides the resident with experience in a health maintenance organization environment.

The program also provides an opportunity for the resident to be involved in visits to the Scott & White regional clinics and participation in provision of information to physician providers concerning these disease management programs and other health plan pharmacy issues. The resident will also gain exposure to administrative functions and programs including: benefit design and implementation, Specialty Pharmacy management, PBM claims processor management, drug information and medication use evaluation, physician profiling, conversion programs and formulary development. In addition, the resident will attend health plan administrative meetings in which policy decisions are made regarding ongoing programs and the development of future programs.

The resident is involved in the development and implementation of a variety of disease state management programs and outcome studies involving HMO patients. These programs include:

• Outpatient services in anticoagulation therapy
• Diabetes management
• Asthma management
• Medication therapy management for Medicare Part D patients
• Smoking Cessation
• Hypertension management

Requirements include a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and licensure or licensure eligibility in Texas. For additional information on the Managed Care Pharmacy Practice Residency offered at Scott & White, contact Barry Browne, Pharm.D.

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Advanced Specialty Residency Curriculum

The Advanced Specialty Residencies offered by Scott & White in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy provide post-doctoral training in drug information and hematology/oncology.

Residents are selected each year from applicants interested in these various practice areas; a PGY-1 residency is not required.

The post-doctoral specialty residencies provide experiential rotations in a variety of practice settings in the hospital, clinic and health plan.

Opportunities are also available for collaborative research and teaching experiences for the residents; the positions provide an opportunity for appointment at the rank of Clinical Instructor with the College of Pharmacy.

Requirements include:

1. A post-baccalaureate Doctor of Pharmacy degree or entry-level Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
2. Texas pharmacy licensure eligibility and
3. A strong interest in clinical pharmacy practice

For additional information on the advanced specialty residencies offered at Scott & White, contact Barry A. Browne, Pharm.D. , Residency Program Director.

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Specialty Residency in Hematology-Oncology

The Specialty Residency in Hematology/Oncology offered by Scott & White is a comprehensive program designed to provide extensive training in hematology/oncology.

The purpose of this residency is to provide opportunities to function independently as a practitioner by incorporating and building upon accrued experience and knowledge into enhanced patient care.

Primary hematology/oncology rotations provide an extensive experiential component for hematology/oncology clinical pharmacy practice.

The residency experience is highly individualized; rotations are chosen and designed according to needs and interests of the resident. The hematology/oncology residency is structured according to the “Educational Outcomes, Goals, and Objectives for Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Pharmacy Residencies in Oncology” prepared by ASHP.

The resident participates in multidisciplinary educational activities, including presentation of lectures and inservices, supervision of pharmacy students on clinical rotations, informal teaching of medical students and residents, and the education of pharmacists and nurses. Opportunities are available to participate in ongoing research and to publish in peer-reviewed journals.

Hematology/oncology specialty residents at Scott & White are offered an appointment as Clinical Instructor for the College of Pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin. This affiliation conveys additional educational opportunities as well as fringe benefits.

Pharmacy professionals at Scott & White include specialty clinical practitioners in adult medicine, ambulatory care, critical care, hematology/oncology, infectious disease, pediatrics, managed care, pharmacoeconomics, primary care, and drug information. In addition, patient care pharmacists are available in a variety of patient areas. Comprehensive, progressive pharmacy services are provided to both inpatients and outpatients. The clinical pharmacy specialists are faculty members of Texas A&M University Health Science Center and University of Texas College of Pharmacy.

Also provided are free copying services, professional assistance with presentation preparation, and paid expenses for attendance at one national and one regional meeting during the year.

Outstanding opportunities exist to develop clinical practice, teaching and research skills in this health care environment where a commitment to patient care, education, and research exists.

For additional information on the Specialty Residency in Hematology-Oncology offered at Scott & White, contact Jon Herrington, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCOP , Hematology-Oncology Residency Program Director

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Specialty Residency in Drug Information

This specialty residency, affiliated with the College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, is a comprehensive, individualized post-doctoral program within a clinically oriented Drug Information Center (DIC). The residency is designed to provide extensive training in provision of verbal and written drug information at Scott & White, a teaching institution also affiliated with the College of Medicine, the Texas A&M University Health Science Center. A pharmacy practice residency is not required for this Specialty Residency in Drug Information.

Drug information is provided primarily to health care professionals at the institution. The majority of queries involve direct patient care; thus, the residency has a significant clinical base. Approximately half of the inquiries come from senior staff physicians, while 50 percent of the questions come from medical residents, nurses, pharmacists and medical students.

The DIC maintains its own collection of information resources that includes textbook and journal holdings as well as computer database availability (including online search capability). The DIC is located within the Richard D. Haines Medical Library, allowing access to major indexing and abstracting services and an excellent textbook and journal collection.

Residency functions also include writing/editing responsibilities for the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Newsletter, participation in hospital adverse drug reaction monitoring programs, and involvement in the hospital, clinic and health plan (managed care) Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities.

Opportunities for clinical rotations within the residency program to supplement the drug information components are also available, along with additional educational experiences through affiliation with the University of Texas Clinical Pharmacy program. Opportunities also exist for either self-directed or collaborative research projects. Other residency activities include teaching medical students and residents as well as pharmacy students. Appointment as a clinical instructor with the College of Pharmacy is offered and conveys additional opportunities as well as fringe benefits.

Also provided are free copying services, professional assistance with poster and computer-assisted presentation preparation, and paid expenses for attendance at one national and one regional meeting during the year.
For additional information on the Specialty Residency in Drug Information offered at Scott & White, contact Barry A. Browne, Pharm.D . , Residency Program Director.

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