Internal Medicine
PGY2 Program Purpose: PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.
The University of Oklahoma Health Campus (OUHC) PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency Training Program is sponsored by the College of Pharmacy in affiliation with OU Health. Key components of this 12-month residency program include:
- Appointment to the academic rank of Clinical Instructor with the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
- Develops advanced practice skills and knowledge to become a role model pharmacotherapy specialist and educator
- Provides a broad range of experiences within an established clinical site, with a strong focus on inpatient internal medicine practice
- Offers elective experiences in acute care subspecialties that can be tailored to individual resident interests
- Residents design an original research project and/or participate in ongoing research projects as well as present and publish their work
- Incorporates required experiential (rotation) teaching and optional didactic (lecture) teaching opportunities for Pharm.D. students
- Provides opportunities to educate a variety of learners, including pharmacy students, resident physicians, medical students, faculty physicians, and other healthcare professionals
- Requires participation in teaching workshops, delivery of at least two formal presentations, and service as preceptor of record for APPE students during one learning experience
- Offers the option for PGY2 residents to earn an advanced teaching and precepting skills certificate through completion of additional requirements
- Includes completion of an original research project over the course of the residency year
- Requires presentation of research at national and state or local meetings, with encouragement to publish findings
Practice Sites
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, OU Health is the University of Oklahoma’s comprehensive academic health system offering a broad range of medical and surgical services in the region. The system is closely integrated with seven health professional colleges, combining patient care, medical education, and research to improve health outcomes across the state.
Site special features include:
- Oklahoma’s first Level I trauma center
- The state’s only National Cancer Institute-Designated cancer center
- The state's leading pediatric hospital
- Expert care across more than 75 adult and pediatric specialties and subspecialties
- Offers the highest level of care for stroke patients, providing advanced neurology and neurosurgery services, newborn care with a level IV neonatal ICU, and contains the city’s only 24/7 pediatric emergency room
- Home to Oklahoma’s most experienced organ transplant team
Inpatient practice sites include:
OU Health University of Oklahoma Medical Center:
- 515-bed teaching hospital and central training site for physicians in the state of Oklahoma
- Comprehensive care including a Level I trauma center, general medicine, and surgical services
- Broad subspecialty services, including cardiology, neurology, nephrology, hematology, oncology, and bone marrow transplant
Outpatient practice sites include:
- OU Health General Internal Medicine Clinics
- OU Health , Solid Organ Transplant
- OU Health , and Family Medicine Clinic.
Program Requirements