PGY1 & PGY2/MS
Program Type: ASHP accredited two-year residency PGY1 Pharmacy & PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration/ MS
ASHP Match Number: 163818
About Our Program
Benefits
Current and Past Residents
How to Apply
Contact Information
Meet Our Program Directors and Preceptors
Memorial Hermann is one of the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas and serves the greater Houston community through 12 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 M.S. 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. Strategic planning, policy creation, and project management are basic elements for both clinical and administrative rotations. The electives offered allow for customization of the residency experience to fit the resident’s learning needs and career aspirations.
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.
- Stipend: Competitive with similar program offerings
- Health and Insurance: Full health, dental, vision and life insurance packages are available
- Time away: Vacation and paid time off for major national holidays
- Meetings: Financial support is offered to attend ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and the ALCALDE/TSHP Meeting. Opportunities to attend other professional meetings are made available at the discretion of the program administrator
- Taxes: Texas has no state income tax
Please visit the University of Houston College of Pharmacy MS Residency homepage and follow the steps listed. All materials, with the exception of GRE scores, must be received no later than January 5, 2014.
An on-site interview is required.
Program Director and Contact
Joyce Tipton, R.Ph., MBA, FASHP
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
921 Gessner Road
Houston, Texas 77024
(713) 242-3587
Email: joyce.tipton@memorialhermann.org
For more information on the M.S. in Pharmacy Administration, please contact:
Advising Assistant
Christen Gould
University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Department of Clinical Sciences and Administration
1441 Moursund Street Suite 317
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 795-8327 office
(713) 795-8383 fax
Email: pharmad@uh.edu