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Designed to prepare pharmacists with the knowledge and skills to assume positions of leadership in healthcare, the 24-month program offers a unique learning, teaching and collaboration opportunities to obtain a M.S. in Pharmacy Administration with a focus on Pharmacy Leadership from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy and concurrently complete residency training (PGY1/PGY2) from the following Texas Medical Center Institutions: the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Harris County Hospital District, Memorial Hermann Health Care System, The Methodist Hospital and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
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The M.S. in Pharmacy Administration program offered by the College of Pharmacy covers the following courses and topics:
- Pharmacy Administration & Management
- Research Methods in Pharmacy Administration
- Biostatistics & Experimental Design
- Healthcare Marketing
- Strategic Healthcare Management
- Pharmacy Health-System Management
- Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations
- Leadership & Organization in Healthcare Service
- Hospital Operations
- Thesis or Project
The courses are offered in the evenings at Texas Medical Center facilities. The required coursework can be completed in 24 months. Please contact the graduate program director for additional details.
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The Texas Medical Center Institutions will offer following administrative rotations in addition to their clinical rotations as part of the 24-month Residency program:
- Human Resources
- Finance Management
- Regulatory
- Joint Commission
- Automation
- Formulary Management
- Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee issues
As a new program, the Residency in Pharmacy Administration from the Texas Medical Center Institutions is not currently accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and but is currently participating in the ASHP Matching. ASHP accreditation shall be sought and, when conferred, shall be applied retroactively to include the first year class of the PGY2 program. Please contact residency directors for additional details.
Requirements for acceptance include a pharmacy degree and eligibility for Texas State licensure by the first of September for the residency portion. An on-site interview will be required.
Requirements for the MS program include a bachelor’s or a professional degree.
Application packet must be received by January 15, 2010 for the Concurrent MS and residency program. Applicants will be contacted by January 31, 2010 to set up an on-site interview with residency sites. Interviews will be conducted during February/March.
Please print and review M.S./Residency Program Checklist before beginning application process
Download M.S./Residency Checklist - Click Here
Step 1:
Residency Online Form – Click Here
Instructions
- Fill in all Fields
- Attach CV (maximum of 3 pages) and Letter of Intent (Word or PDF format only)
- Print Hard Copy of Completed Form and mail with other Application Packet materials (as outlined in Step 3)
- Click Submit Button
Enroll in the ASHP Residency Matching process. Details can be found at: http://www.natmatch.com/ashprmp/
Step 2:
Texas Common Application for M.S. Program Portion – Click Here
Instructions
- Fill in all Fields (Note: Institution Name is “University of Houston – Main Campus”)
- Print Hard Copy of Completed Form and mail with other Application Packet materials (as outlined in Step 3)
- Click Submit Button
Step 3:
Mail complete Application Packet to address below (all materials, with the exception of GRE scores, must be received no later than January 15, 2010).
Application Packet Contents (please place contents in order):
- Cover letter or Checklist (noting all materials included in packet)
- Copy of Completed Residency Online Form (from Step 1)
- Copy of Completed Texas Common Application (from Step 2)
- Official Transcripts (2 copies)
- Letter of Intent (Must include complete mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address)
- Resume or CV (maximum 3 pages)
- Three (3) Letters of Recommendation in sealed envelopes (Email Option: If one or more letters cannot be included in the packet, applicants may ask the recommender to email the letter to pharmad@uh.edu. Please include “Recommendation Letter for MS/Residency Applicant _____” in the Subject Line of the email.)
- Two passport-size photographs
- Certified Photocopy of GRE or GMAT scores, if available (if mailed separately, GRE/GMAT scores must be received no later than March 1, 2009.)
(NOTE: In addition to submitting a Certified Photocopy of GRE or GMAT scores to the UH College of Pharmacy M.S. Program Office for receipt by March 1, 2010, applicants ALSO must request that the Exam Administrator submit Original GRE or GMAT scores directly to the University of Houston - CODE 6870)
- Non-refundable application fee of $25 (personal check or money order in U.S. denomination, payable to the ‘University of Houston’; payment by cash or credit card not accepted)
The complete application packet should be mailed for receipt by January 15, 2010, to:
Christen Spence
Advising Assistant II
University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Texas Medical Center, 1441 Moursund St.
Houston, Texas 77030
Step 4:
If the applicant has not yet taken the GRE or GMAT, he or she is encouraged to take it as early as possible. The deadline for receipt of GRE or GMAT scores (Original AND a Certified Photocopy) is March 1, 2010.
If the GRE or GMAT already has been taken, a Certified Photocopy should be mailed with the Application Packet (as noted in Step 3) and an Official copy of the scores sent directly to the University of Houston (CODE 6870) by the Exam Administrator.
Participate in the ASHP Matching Process: http://www.natmatch.com/ashprmp/
For more information on the M.S. in Pharmacy Administration, please contact:
Dr. Sujit Sansgiry
713-795-8327
pharmad@uh.edu
For information on the residency programs at specific institutions, please contact:
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Donna Kyle, M.S., R.Ph.
713-794-7119
donna.kyle@va.gov
Harris County Hospital District (HCHD)
Ryan Roux, Pharm.D., M.S.
713-873-4464
Ryan_Roux@hchd.tmc.edu
Memorial Hermann Health Care System
W. Perry Flowers, R.Ph., M.S.
713-932-5811
perry.flowers@memorialhermann.org
The Methodist Hospital
Alex C. Varkey, Pharm.D., M.S.
713-441-0166
acvarkey@tmhs.org
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Craig P. Frost, R.Ph., M.B.A.
832-355-8818
cfrost@sleh.com
Founded in 1946, the University of Houston College of Pharmacy combines the opportunities and experiences of the Texas Medical Center’s world-class healthcare community with resources of the University of Houston, Texas’ premier urban teaching and research university, to offer its students the best possible education in pharmacy. The College is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and holds membership in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The College’s Pharmacy Administration program is one of the largest in the U.S., with faculty members conducting research supported by such organizations as the National Institutes of Health and the ASHP Research & Education Foundation, and students among the winners of national and international awards for research excellence.
As a member of one of the world's largest integrated health care systems, the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) serves as the primary health care provider for more than 103,000 veterans in southeast Texas. Located on a 118-acre campus and built in 1991, MEDVAMC is a state-of-the-art facility with 352 hospital beds, a 40-bed Spinal Cord Injury Center, and a 120-bed transitional care center for long-term care (includes five palliative care beds). MEDVAMC also uses robotic helpmates that transport medications and supplies from the pharmacy to various nursing units within the hospital. Pharmacy Practice Residents will have various experiential opportunities and a significant role in a well established, multidisciplinary Anticoagulation and Pharmacotherapy Clinic at the MEDVAMC.
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The Harris County Hospital District provides more than 1 million health care visits each year to residents of Harris County, the nation's third most-populous county. The hospital district operates Ben Taub General Hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, Quentin Mease Community Hospital, 12 community health centers, a dental center, eight school-based clinics, 13 homeless shelter clinics and five mobile health units. The HCHD Department of Pharmacy prides itself in providing comprehensive, cost-effective pharmaceutical care to its patients through deployment of more than 400 full-time employees. The Department of Pharmacy provides pharmaceutical care in all patient care settings. These services include unit dose drug distribution, IV admixture preparation, chemotherapy admixtures, investigational drug studies, outpatient prescriptions, disease state management, clinical programs, training and education, and drug information for the patient and other health care providers.
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Memorial Hermann Healthcare System is a collection of 14 Hospitals, all within the greater Houston area, and one of the largest not-for-profit systems in the nation. Clinical specialists maintain active practices in surgical/trauma, neurosciences, cardiology/cardiovascular surgery, internal medical, transplant, neonatal, and pediatric critical care environments as well as internal medicine and general surgery. Clinical Pharmacy Residencies rotations are held at MH TMC, MH SW, and Children's. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital serve as the primary teaching site for The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. The residency programs also maintain relationships with the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, which provides clinical and operational experiences for pharmacy students.
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The Methodist Hospital in Houston is one of the nation's largest private, non-profit general hospitals. Dedicated to providing the highest level of patient care, Methodist has a 90-year legacy of medical breakthroughs, such as the world's first multiple-organ transplant in the 1960s, gene therapy for prostate cancer, and the first islet cell transplants in Texas. The Methodist Hospital Pharmacy Department's mission is to provide high-quality, cost-effective and innovative pharmaceutical care to the people we serve in a spiritual and safe environment of caring, compassion, teamwork and personal commitment. Pharmacy Services' goal in providing world-class pharmaceutical care stems from three strategic drivers: Clinical Scope; Operational Excellence; and Absolute Commitment to Quality and Safety.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (SLEH), home to The Texas Heart Institute, ranks 6th among the top 10 cardiology and heart surgery centers in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for the 16th consecutive year and recently placed among the top five academic medical centers in the nation based on high performance in quality and safety as measured by the University Health System Consortium (UHC). St. Luke's is a tertiary care teaching hospital licensed for 888 beds with 48 operating rooms and 143 critical care beds. The Department of Pharmacy utilizes a cartless, decentralized distribution and clinical pharmacy services model with extensive automation in the pharmacy and on the patient care units. Clinical Pharmacist Coordinators maintain advanced practices in critical care, pulmonology, cardiology, neurosciences, emergency medicine, renal transplant, nephrology, liver transplant, cardiothoracic transplant, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases and internal medicine. Use of bedside bar code medication administration, computerized prescriber order entry and an automated supply chain model promotes best practices to maximize safety and quality with the support of a team of pharmacy informatics and medication safety specialists.
The residency program includes a series of rotations designed to provide comprehensive core-learning of diseases and drug therapy issues as well as experiences in practice management and policy development. Administrative and management experiences are designed to develop a core skill set for future leaders of the profession. Experiential rotations in human resources management, operations management, strategic planning, financial management, supply chain management, organizational dynamics and budget planning are designed to develop leadership capabilities.
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