Postgraduate Year 2 (PGY2) Pharmacy Residency Programs have the following characteristics and outcomes:
- Designed as an advanced practice experience for those with a Pharm.D. degree and possessing professional and clinical experience approximating a pharmacy practice residency
- Develop specialized knowledge and skills enabling the provision of a higher level of patient care, ultimately leading to competence commensurate with Board Certification by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties
- Build on pharmacy practice skills and experience, with a focus in an area of specialty practice
- Primary focus of experiential components is patient care; immersion into progressive clinical environments where there is substantial opportunity for direct patient care and consultation
- Involvement with one or more pharmacy services focused on advanced practice, i.e., oncology, or in providing specific high level services, i.e., drug information
- Completion of residency project provides introduction to research methodologies and/or practice/management evaluation
- Teaching opportunities in the classroom, clinical case-based laboratories, and for Pharm.D. students completing experiential rotations are offered
- Faculty and clinical practitioners are nationally recognized leaders and service innovators in their field
- At the completion of the program, receive a specialty practice residency certificate from The University of Texas and affiliated institution
Explore the residency options below to learn more about our programs.
Austin
Ambulatory Care at CommUnityCare Health Centers
This PGY2 ASHP-accredited Ambulatory Care Residency is conducted in conjunction with the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and CommUnityCare Health Centers.
Infectious Disease at Ascension Seton – Dell Seton Medical Center
Ascension Seton, in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, is offering an ASHP-accredited PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency.
Internal Medicine at Ascension Seton - Dell Seton Medical Center
The resident will be prepared for a position as a clinical specialist in an inpatient setting or a non-tenure track faculty member with a significant commitment to an internal medicine practice.
San Antonio
Ambulatory Care at South Texas Veterans Health Care System
This PGY2 residency in Ambulatory Pharmacy Practice is a flexible, directed postgraduate program of clinical experience in outpatient settings. The ambulatory care resident will gain a broad range of experience within an academic VA healthcare system.
Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency at University Health System
The program provides a challenging, well-rounded training environment that will expose residents to a variety of chronic disease states and clinical practice settings.
Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at University Health
University Health (UH) is the public hospital district for Bexar County and the primary teaching facility for UT Health San Antonio. The PGY2 critical care pharmacy resident will receive advanced clinical training in surgical/trauma ICU, neuroscience ICU, medicine ICU, emergency medicine, and cardiology.
Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency at University Health
University Health (UH) is the public hospital district for Bexar County and the primary teaching facility for UT Health San Antonio. The PGY2 emergency medicine pharmacy resident will receive advanced clinical training in emergency medicine, trauma & emergency surgery, surgical/trauma ICU, medicine ICU, and pediatric emergency medicine/ICU.
Geriatrics at South Texas Veterans Health Care System
The PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Residency at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System is accredited by ASHP. This comprehensive, post-doctoral clinical pharmacy training program is designed to build on Pharm.D. education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacy specialists in geriatrics.
Infectious Disease at South Texas Veterans Health Care System
The PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency Program at South Texas Veterans Health Care System is designed to develop the clinical skills and knowledge base to function independently as an Infectious Diseases clinician in a variety of areas (General Infectious Disease, HIV, Hepatology, Antibiotic Stewardship).
Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency at University Health
University Health (UH) is the public hospital district for Bexar County and the primary teaching facility for UT Health San Antonio. The PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Program provides a challenging, well-rounded training environment including a variety of infectious disease states seen in a multitude of clinical areas.
Internal Medicine at South Texas Veterans Health Care System
The Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency is designed to provide a training opportunity for individuals desiring to enhance their clinical competency in the field of internal medicine.
Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency at University Health
University Health (UH) is the public hospital district for Bexar County and the primary teaching facility for UT Health San Antonio. The PGY2 internal medicine pharmacy resident will receive advanced clinical training in general medicine, oncology medicine, transplant medicine, hospitalist medicine, family medicine, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, cardiology, neurology and critical care.
Oncology at South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Major areas of clinical involvement are supportive care and prevention or management of antineoplastic drug toxicity.
Pain Management and Palliative Care at South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Aims to provide comprehensive and specialized training to a motivated resident in areas of chronic pain management, opioid stewardship, and palliative care.
Pediatric Pharmacy Residency at University Health
University Health (UH) is the public hospital district for Bexar County and the primary teaching facility for UT Health San Antonio. The University Health PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program provides a challenging, well-rounded training environment including a variety of pediatric disease states seen in various clinical areas.
Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Residency at South Texas Veterans Health Care System
The Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Program at the STVHCS, in conjunction with The University of Texas College of Pharmacy, has been accredited by ASHP since 2005. The program is designed to provide a challenging training opportunity for individuals desiring to develop clinical competency in the specialized area of psychiatric pharmacy.
Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency at University Health
University Health (UH) is the public hospital district for Bexar County and the primary teaching facility for UT Health San Antonio. The PGY2 solid organ transplant pharmacy resident will receive advanced clinical training in inpatient and outpatient pre- and post-transplant pharmacotherapy management.
Temple
Population Health Management & Data Analytics Pharmacy Residency at VA Heart of Texas Health Care Network
The purpose of the VISN 17 Pharmacy Benefits Management PGY2 Pharmacy Outcomes and Healthcare Analytics Residency Program is to develop clinically proficient healthcare data analysts who will improve the quality and outcomes of patient care services.
Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice at VA Central Texas Healthcare System
VA Central Texas Healthcare System is one of the largest VA hospitals in the country with facilities in Temple, Waco, and Austin, TX.