The University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. UNMH is a 619-bed teaching hospital and the only level 1 trauma center in the state of New Mexico. UNM is also home to UNM Children’s Hospital, the state’s largest pediatric hospital and only pediatric level 1 trauma center, and the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center. Through close and enduring collaborations between the UNM College of Pharmacy and the UNMH Department of Pharmacy, pharmacy residency programs at UNM are unique to most others. We provide our residents with the opportunity to interact with one of the most diverse patient populations in the nation while practicing within an award-winning interdisciplinary health care setting. In addition, UNMH pharmacy residents have direct access to the knowledge and experience of nationally and internationally recognized practitioners, all within state-of-the-art facilities, situated in a geographically beautiful and culturally rich region.
Our program currently has seven traditional PGY1s, two nontraditional PGY1s, and seven PGY2s. UNMH offers several PGY2 options, including pediatrics, infectious diseases, oncology, informatics, ambulatory care, and emergency medicine.
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
The PGY1 pharmacy residency includes the following:
- Clinical practice experience through rotations and regular shifts in the UNMH Department of Pharmacy
- Teaching certificate program and delivery of lectures to pharmacy students
- Research project with a publication-ready manuscript
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification
- Statistics for pharmacy residents course
- Physical assessment certificate program (optional)
- Leadership certificate program
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Required Rotations
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Elective Rotations
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Orientation
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Academia
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Internal medicine
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Anticoagulation
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Internal medicine II – precepting focused
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Antimicrobial stewardship
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Critical care (ICU or emergency medicine)
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Cardiology
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Pharmacy administration
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Diabetes/CV risk reduction
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Pediatrics
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Geriatrics
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Research
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Hematology/oncology
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Specialty longitudinal experience
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Hepatology/ECHO
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HIV clinic
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Infectious diseases
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Informatics
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Nephrology
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Renal transplant
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Toxicology
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Transgender primary care
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And others!
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Staffing
Current staffing requirements include staffing 1 weekend per month and 1 weekday evening shift (4 hours) per week. Weekend staffing is done in the central pharmacy at the beginning of residency, with a transition to independent clinical staffing in internal medicine. Weekday staffing is done in either an adult or a pediatrics central pharmacy. We allow our PGY1 residents to create their own schedules, which allows for flexibility.
Research
Our residency program follows a traditional research model in which residents see their projects through from start to finish. Residents are provided a list of research topics to select from, or they can create their own project in conjunction with preceptors. Residents submit their project for IRB approval and will have a publication-ready manuscript prepared before completing residency.
What Makes Us Unique
- Pharmacist clinicians are advanced practice pharmacists within the state of New Mexico who collaborate with physicians to independently provide certain primary care and specialty care services, including prescribing medications, performing physical examinations, and ordering laboratory tests. Residents have the opportunity to complete a physical assessment course and pursue pharmacist clinician licensure.
- Residents have the opportunity to provide for a diverse, underserved patient population at one of the few hospitals that is a level 1 trauma center, academic medical center, and county hospital.
- The program places a strong emphasis on work-life balance.
For more information, visit https://hsc.unm.edu/pharmacy/practice/residencies-fellowships/pgy1.html.
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Submitted by:
Molly Benning, Pharm.D., BCPS
PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Resident
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