• Designed as an advanced practice experience for those with a Pharm.D. degree and possessing professional and clinical experience approximating a pharmacy practice residency

• Typically 2000 hours of experience, as defined by the ASHP Standard for Specialty Practice Residencies

• Build on pharmacy practice skills and experience, with a focus in an area of specialty practice

• Develop specialized knowledge and skills enabling the provision of a higher level of patient care, ultimately leading to competence commensurate with Board Certification by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties

• Primary focus of experiential components is patient care; emersion into progressive clinical environments where there is substantial opportunity for direct patient care and consultation

• Involvement with one or more pharmacy services focused on advanced practice, i.e., oncology, or in providing specific high level services, i.e., drug information

• Completion of residency project, provides introduction to research methodologies; and/or practice/management evaluation

• Teaching opportunities in the classroom, clinical case-based laboratories, and for Pharm.D. students completing experiential rotations are offered

• Faculty and clinical practitioners are nationally recognized leaders and service innovators in their field

• At the completion of the program receive a specialty practice residency certificate from The University of Texas and affiliated institution

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