The resident is expected to obtain pharmacy licensure within 120 days of the start date of the residency program. The resident will be responsible for seven rotational learning experiences, five elective rotations, and four longitudinal experiences. The resident may repeat additional months of required rotation experiences as electives if desired. The resident is also required to complete a research project and present their results at national and state level professional meetings, provide a manuscript for publication, obtain ACLS and BLS certifications, complete staffing requirements in inpatient, outpatient, clinical pharmacy, and complete all requirements in the Residency Skillset checklist.

• Infectious diseases
• Internal medicine I & II
• Practice management
• Residency research (December)

• Academia
• Anticoagulation
• Cardiology
• Critical Care
• Emergency Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Hematology/Oncology
• Home Based Primary Care
• Primary Care (including Community Based Outpatient Clinic)
• Psychiatry
• Solid Organ Transplant
• Surgery
• Women’s Health

• Residency research
• Medication Use Evaluation (MUE)
• Teaching certificate program
• Non-formulary consults
• Staffing (inpatient/outpatient/clinical)
• CHF Clinic*
• Community Living Center/Home Based Primary Care*
• General Mental Health Clinic*
• Infectious Diseases/HIV Clinic*
• Primary Care Clinic*

*Resident may select one of these rotations as the fourth required longitudinal learning experience.

• ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• TSHP Alcalde: Southwest Leadership Conference

• Completion of the University of Houston College of Pharmacy Teaching Certificate
• VA Houston Healthcare System pharmacists' precept more than 100 pharmacy students per year from four colleges of pharmacy
• Didactic lecture opportunities at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy
• Elective rotation in academia

• PGY1 salary: about $48,000
• 11 paid holidays
• 13 days accrued annual and 13 days accrued sick leave
• Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB)

• U.S. citizen
• Graduate from an ACPE-accredited Doctor of Pharmacy program
• Participate in a virtual interview and clinical case review

• Letter of intent
• Curriculum Vitae
• Three letters of recommendation
• VA Application form VHA-10-2850d ***Upload to supplemental application on PhORCAS***
• Official pharmacy school transcript(s) sent to PhORCAS