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Details

Posted: 13-Oct-23

Location: Houston, Texas

Type: Residency PGY-2

Salary: 57000

Categories:

Graduate Program

Pharmacy

Job Setting:

Hospital/Institutional

Pharmacy Informatics

Requirements:

Residency Required

Specialty Practice Areas:

Informatics

Pediatrics/OB-GYN

Required Education:

PharmD

About the Residency Program

Texas Children’s Hospital Pharmacy Informatics Residency is a 12-month ASHP accredited program, focused on patient safety through implementation of technology in medication management.

The program is designed to meet the pre-defined program goals and objectives and is tailored based on the resident interests and experience. The training allows residents to gain experience and be prepared to enter practice positions in a variety of environments. They are equipped to be the pharmacy department’s source of informatics knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to serve health system information technology, automation, and data management needs. Additionally, pharmacy informatics training enables graduates to participate in broader healthcare informatics initiatives or design innovative information technology and informatics solutions for healthcare. This program begins on the first Monday in July.

Virtual Open House

November 8 and 15 - Register Below or Sign Up Here

Program Leadership

Residency Director: Shawn Mathew, PharmD, MBA - stmathew@texaschildrens.org

Residency Coordinator: Craig Lane – cdlane@texaschildrens.org

Learning Experiences

Required

• Orientation – 1 month (July)
• Fundamentals of Electronic Medical Record – 3 months (Aug-Oct)
• Instrumentation and Automation – 2 months (Nov-Dec)
• Data Analytics and Reporting – 3 months (Jan-March)
• Clinical Decision Support – 3 months (April-June)
• Longitudinal - 10 months (Sept-June)
  • Inventory Management and Database Maintenance
  • Customer Support and Service
  • Technology Implementation and Project Management
  • Informatics Committee Membership
  • Presentation

Technology Implementation and Project Management

• Work with preceptor on an interdisciplinary project with the goal of creating a sustaining impact on the quality of care for patients at Texas Children’s Hospital
• Present project to departments that are involved in the project
• Resident will have the opportunity to work with many areas of hospital practice

Presentation

• One 60-minute formal continuing education presentation
• Two 30-minute lunch and learn presentations to pharmacy informatics team
• Poster presentation of residency interdisciplinary or quality improvement project at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting

Customer Support and Service

Staffing

• Two weekend shifts on Saturday and Sunday every 3 to 6 weeks as determined at the beginning of the residency year based on pharmacy departmental needs

Technical-On-Call

• Resident will be responsible for after-hours week long on call 7 times during the year

Teaching Opportunities

• Residents may take advantage of the opportunity to complete a teaching certificate offered through the University of Houston School of Pharmacy

About Texas Children's Hospital

Texas Children's, a 959-bed teaching institution, is comprised of Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) and Texas Children's Pavilion for Women. TCH is the largest freestanding children’s hospital in the country. TCH is located in the world-renowned Texas Medical Center and is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. TCH is recognized as one of the best children’s hospitals in the country and the best in Texas by U. S. News & World Report. The Texas Children's system also includes three community hospitals, West Campus (Katy, TX), The Woodlands, and North Austin.

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