The Seton Family of Hospitals Pharmacy department launched a Pharmacy Residency program July 1, 2004. The Pharmacy Residency is designed to provide a recent pharmacy graduate with an intense, concentrated and diverse training program intended to cultivate an advanced pharmacy practitioner. The program exposes the pharmacy resident to a variety of experiences in numerous aspects of clinical pharmacy practice.
Pharmacy Practice Residency Program (PGY1)
The Seton Family of Hospitals Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1) is designed to provide the resident with an intense, concentrated and diverse twelve-month training program intended to develop and produce an advanced pharmacy practitione
Internal Medicine Residency Program (PGY2)
The Seton Family of Hospitals, in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, offers this one-year PGY2 Residency in Adult Internal Medicine. The residency is based at University Medical Center at Brackenridge. This program is designed to further develop the resident’s skills in internal medicine with emphasis on cardiology, infectious diseases, and critical care.
Interdisciplinary Approach to Pharmaceutical Care
Our clinical pharmacists, along with pharmacy students, attend rounds with physicians and medical residents on critical care, pediatric and medical floors. Using a decentralized model, pharmacists are in constant contact with the medical and nursing staff, which provides numerous opportunities to provide complete pharmaceutical care to each patient.
Seton has a well-established clinical program which plays an important role in formulary management and the development of network-wide clinical initiatives. The Anticoagulation Clinic at UMC Brackenridge, an outpatient, pharmacist-run clinic, provides comprehensive anticoagulation services.
Clinical Coordinator - Pharmacy
The Clinical Coordinator serves as a liaison between the department and the medical and nursing staffs, in conjunction with the Network Clinical Manager and Site Operations Manager, and is responsible for the success of the department’s clinical initiatives. The coordinator works in conjunction with the operations manager to ensure thorough education to the de-centralized pharmacy staff. The coordinator promotes cost-effective drug use by educating pharmacists, nurses, and physicians about rational drug therapy. The coordinator shares responsibility for the ASHP-accredited residency programs, Network P&T Committee (i.e. formulary management, DUE, and quality improvement), and publications / newsletters. The coordinator serves as a consultant, participating member, or chairperson of various committees within the network that involve the input of clinical pharmacy services or expertise.
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