Residents in our PGY2 cardiology pharmacy residency will gain experience providing evidence-based care to patients with a variety of cardiac disease states and in various practice settings. Ten rotations will be completed in different practice settings within Intermountain Medical Center.

Required Rotations (Learning experiences will be scheduled as 4 or 5-week blocks depending on learner’s schedule and preceptor availability unless otherwise specified)

  • Orientation (3-4 weeks)
  • Acute Care Cardiology
  • Coronary Intensive Care Unit - Heart Service
  • Thoracic Intensive Care Unit
  • Advanced Heart Failure I
  • Advanced Heart Failure II
  • Electrophysiology (2 weeks)
  • Cardiology Service Line (2 weeks)

Elective Rotations (4-week rotations unless otherwise specified)

  • Pediatric Cardiology at Primary Children’s Hospital
  • Advanced Heart Failure Clinic
  • Coronary Intensive Care Unit II - Heart Service
  • Thoracic Intensive Care Unit II
  • Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability

Longitudinal Experiences

  • Staffing:
    • Clinical Pharmacy Staffing on weekends and holidays: 12 months every 3rd week
    • 30 weekend staffing shifts, one minor holiday, and one major holiday
  • Advanced Heart Failure Longitudinal Clinic
    • Advanced Heart Failure Clinic: 10 months every other week on Mondays
  • Resident Research Project: 12 months
    • Manuscript suitable for publication
    • Present research at Mountain States Residency Conference
    • Submit research to major cardiology meeting for presentation
  • Practice Management:
    • Quality Improvement project: 6-12 months
    • Rapid Response/Code Blue team: 12 months
    • ACPE Accredited Presentation: one hour continuing education presentation
    • Spring Seminar: 1 hour non ACPE accredited seminar or alternative presentation as arranged
    • Twizzlers & nerds resident case presentation
    • ASHP Appendix: The resident is expected to complete and track all ASHP required topics
  • Precepting:
    • One rotation with a learner; the precepting learning experience and evaluation will be added to the primary rotation experience