Residency Objectives

• Provide quality patient care through collaborative working relationships with other health care providers.

• Participate in the design, recommendation, monitoring, and evaluation of patient-specific treatment regimens.

• Participate in the documentation of pharmacist patient care activities.

• Provide concise, comprehensive, applicable, and timely responses to drug information requests.

• Provide effective education to health care professionals, patients and Doctor of Pharmacy candidates.

• Demonstrate professionalism, leadership skills, responsibility, and ethical conduct during all residency activities.

• Participate in the UNMH/HSC Continuous Quality Improvement through an understanding of the identification and management of adverse medication events, an understanding of drug policy development, and completion of a mediciation use evaluation.

Residency Requirements

• Required rotations: Orientation, Internal Medicine, Pharmacy Administration, Emergency Medicine, Research, Critical Care (Adult and/or Pediatric), Pharmacy Practice Continuity Clinic.

• At least 4 elective rotations: Oncology (Adult and/or Pediatric), Nephrology, Psychiatry, Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary.

• Completion of a residency project designed to improve clinical pharmacy services and achieve a specific research objective.

• Completion of a medication use evaluation.

• Prepare a manuscript ready for publication.

• Present at the Western States Residency conference.

• Develop general pharmacy skills through 2 shifts/month of work in various pharmacy settings within the UNMH pharmacy department.

• Opportunities to provide lectures to Doctor of Pharmacy candidates are available at the UNM College of Pharmacy.

• Candidate Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an ACPE-accredited college or school or pharmacy.

• Eligible for pharmacist licensure in the State of New Mexico.