Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Pharmacy Residencies

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
• Typically 2000 hours of experience, as defined by the ASHP Standards for Pharmacy Practice Residency
• 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.