Memorial Hermann PGY1/2 Health System Pharmacy Leadership and Administration Residency with Masters

About Our Program

Memorial Hermann is one of the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas and serves the greater Houston community through 17 hospitals and specialty programming in the tertiary, community and ambulatory settings. Within this unique integrated delivery network, residents will have access to health system leadership at all levels within the division of pharmacy and throughout the enterprise.

Memorial Hermann prides itself in offering pharmacy services on the leading edge of technology, extensive clinical programs, shared system formulary, with interdisciplinary collaboration utilizing several innovative pharmacy practice models. Residents can expect rotation offerings in multiple hospitals and care delivery sites including longitudinal experiences within the office of the Division of Pharmacy System Executive.

The Health-System Pharmacy Administration (HSPA) Residency is a 24-month program with concurrent enrollment in the MS Pharmacy Administration program offered by the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. The residents PGY1 and PGY2 years are designed to allow the resident a full pharmacy practice and pharmacy administration experience, while balancing the didactic requirements of the MS degree. Residents will be challenged with rigorous clinical training in a variety of specialties throughout our health system, across many patient care areas and hospital acuities. Our dynamic program is continuously evolving to meet the needs of our current and future residents.

Upon completion of the residency program, the resident will have acquired professional, clinical, administrative, and didactic competencies needed to assume leadership roles in pharmacy administration in the health system and hospital setting.

Program Type: ASHP accredited two-year residency: PGY1 Pharmacy & PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership with Masters

Learning Experiences

PGY1 Required Learning Experiences

Residents are required to complete listed core learning experiences and 1 clinical elective during the first residency year.

• Orientation
• Drug Information
• Integrated Clinical Pharmacy
• Internal Medicine
• Infectious Diseases
• Critical Care
• Emergency Medicine
• Community Hospital Operations
• Ambulatory Care
• Home Infusion and Specialty Pharmacy
• Clinical elective options
  
  • Oncology
  • Transplant
  • Pediatrics
  • Neonatal ICU and Women’s Services
  • NeuroRehab-Post Acute Critical Care

PGY2 Required Learning Experiences

Residents are required to complete 9 core learning experiences and 2 electives during the second residency year.

• System Clinical Operations
• System Pharmacy Leadership
• 340B/Supply Chain/Revenue Cycle
• Operations II (Inpatient or Ambulatory)
• Finance/Budgeting
• System Clinical Services Management
• Quality and Patient Safety
• Large Hospital Operations
• Outpatient Operations
• Administrative Electives (2)
  • Accountable Care Organization
  • Clinical Services Management II
  • Informatics
  • Specialty Pharmacy

We look forward to getting to meet you! Please request an interview using the PPS portal to arrange a time to discuss our program further.