Rotations

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 at different facilities with the Intermountain Healthcare system.

Required Rotations

• Acute Care Cardiology
• Three of the following four rotations (one must be the resident's home staffing unit):
  • Coronary Intensive Care Unit (Intermountain Medical Center)
  • Coronary Intensive Care Unit (Utah Valley Hospital)
  • Thoracic Intensive Care Unit (Intermountain Medical Center)
  • Advanced Heart Failure Inpatient Service (Intermountain Medical Center)
• One repeated core rotation (repeat of any of the available core rotations)
• One of the following heart failure rotations:
  • Revere Heart Failure Clinic (Utah Valley Hospital)
  • Advanced Heart Failure Clinic (Intermountain Medical Center)
  • Advanced Heart Failure Inpatient Service (Intermountain Medical Center)

Elective Rotations

• Respiratory Intensive Care Unit
• Solid Organ Transplant
• Emergency Medicine
• Pediatric Coronary Intensive Care Unit (Primary Children's Hospital)
• Any core rotation offering
• Dozens of other rotation offerings within the Intermountain Healthcare System

Longitudinal Experiences

• Clinical pharmacy staffing on weekends and holidays
• Teaching / academia
• Rapid response / code blue team
• Cardiology committee involvement
• Resident research project
• Continuing education seminar
• Quality Improvement project
• Participate in bi-monthly resident conference and didactic conferences with other Intermountain residents
• Heart Failure Clinic at Revere HF Clinic (Utah Valley Hospital) or Advanced Heart Failure Clinic (Intermountain Medical Center)

Additional Residency Presentations

• Poster presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
• Podium presentation at regional Mountain States Residency Conference
• ACPE-accredited CE seminar
• Teaching opportunities at local pharmacy schools