The PGY2 Emergency Medicine resident functions as an integral member of the Emergency Medicine team in order to acquire practical clinical experience
The mission of the Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program is to deliver exceptional, evidence-based care to the Dallas community while cultivating expert clinical pharmacists who lead with confidence, think critically under pressure, and are equipped to thrive in any high-acuity setting.
The PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident serves as an integral member of the emergency medicine team, gaining advanced, hands-on clinical experience in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment. Residents will care for a diverse and complex patient population, managing a broad range of acute and chronic conditions across all age groups. Through direct patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and real-time clinical decision-making, residents will develop the expertise, confidence, and adaptability required to excel as leaders in emergency medicine pharmacy practice.
The PGY2 Emergency Medicine program was initiated in July 2021 and is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). We currently accept two residents each year.
Virtual open house
Unable to attend PPS? Interested in learning more about our program? Please sign up for our virtual open house Wednesday, December 17th from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CT
About the ED at Baylor University Medical Center
BUMC is a part of Baylor Scott & White Health and located in downtown Dallas, TX. As the flagship hospital for a 52-hospital health system, our institution is an integral part of driving change within the system. BUMC is a designated Level 1 Trauma Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Chest Pain Center, Transplant Center, and ELSO Platinum Designated ECMO Center. The BUMC ED averages over 100,000 visits per year and sees the highest number of penetrating traumas in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Patient acuity is high as demonstrated by a 26.6% admission rate with a 4.3% critical care rate.
Curriculum
Rotations
Required rotations (10 months, blocks of 4-5 weeks each):
- Orientation
- EM: Introduction to Triage
- EM: Intermediate Triage
- EM: Advanced Triage
- EM: Overnights
- EM: Precepting
- Advanced Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine – Cook Children’s Medical Center (Fort Worth, TX)
- Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit
- Toxicology
Critical care selective rotation (1 month, 4-5 weeks):
- Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
- Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
- Medical Intensive Care Unit
Elective rotations (1 month, 4-5 weeks):
- Community Emergency Medicine
- Solid Organ Transplant
- Infectious Diseases
- May select any other critical care selective rotation
- May repeat pediatric emergency medicine rotation based on availability
Longitudinal experiences:
- Major Research Project
- Leadership & Medication Safety
- Staffing
- Teaching: didactic & precepting
- Toxicology Rounds
Education and teaching
Residents have the opportunity to provide multidisciplinary teaching in a variety of platforms including, but not limited to, the following:
- Emergency Medicine Resident Conference
- Emergency Medicine Nursing Residency Orientation
- Emergency Medicine Providers Meeting
- University of North Texas Integrated Pharmacotherapy of Critical Care and Toxicology Course
Residents are required to provide a 45-minute ACPE accredited CE to the pharmacy department.
Residents will have the opportunity to mentor and precept PGY1 residents or pharmacy students at least once during the residency year.
Research and project management
The Emergency Medicine PGY2 utilizes a “flipped” research model. The resident will serve in a lead role to develop an original research project and complete a research project started by a previous resident. The resident will present the results of their project as a platform presentation at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine in the spring of each year. A written manuscript is required to be submitted to the program director prior to completion of the program and is highly encouraged to be submitted for publication.
Other projects include, but are not limited to:
- A policy or guideline review or development
- A medication-use evaluation or quality improvement project
Staffing and on-call
Staffing
The resident will participate in longitudinal staffing approximately every fourth weekend. The resident will also staff one major and one minor holiday. All staffing occurs in the emergency department.
On-call program
The resident will serve as a remote Manager On-Call to review and respond to daytime and evening requests for non-formulary and high cost medications. The resident will participate in this program in one-week intervals approximately every 6-7 weeks.
Leadership opportunities
The EM PGY2 resident will participate in select hospital and emergency medicine committees throughout the year. This may include participation in the following:
- Drug Shortage Committee
- Code Blue Committee
- Pediatrics Committee
- Stroke Steering Committee
- Pharmacy Residency Committees (e.g. Wellness, Research, Seminar, Preceptor Development)
- Others based on resident’s interest
How to apply
We use the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PHORCAS) for applications, transcripts and other supporting application materials.
Application requirements
The qualified applicant must possess a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from an accredited college of pharmacy and must be eligible for Texas licensure. Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency is required.
Applicants must also submit:- Letter of Intent
- Current curriculum vitae (CV)
- Three ASHP Recommendation Forms, with preferably at least one completed by an emergency medicine preceptor
- Official college transcript
ASHP midyear PPS interviews
We will be participating in the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting Personal Placement Service (PPS). Please see our listing in PPS for more information.
Preceptors and Residents
Program leadership
Olivia.Collins@BSWHealth.org
Kayla.Leathem@BSWHealth.org
Residents
Allison.Bushaw@BSWHealth.org
Brenda.EchevarriaMunoz@BSWHealth.org
Stipend and benefits
Residents and fellows are classified as full-time employees of Baylor Scott & White Health.
In addition to our competitive stipend, we offer our residents a full menu of employee benefits. We help offset the cost of many of these benefits; others are options you can choose to pay for yourself.
Here is a selection of benefits we provide:
- Salary is $60,000 for PGY2 residents.
- The benefits package includes health, dental, life insurance and staff discounts.
- Residents accrue 15 days of paid time off (PTO), which includes vacation, holiday, sick leave, interview leave beyond the allotted five days, and professional leave not sponsored by the program.
- Residents will be allowed professional leave and travel expenses for attendance at professional seminars and meetings such as the ASHP Clinical Midyear Meeting and the Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists Annual Meeting
- Free parking, discounted bus passes available and a DART rail station on campus
- Access to Baylor Health Sciences Library and electronic references
- Dedicated office space and computer
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Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) is a part of Baylor Scott & White Health and located in downtown Dallas, TX. As the flagship hospital for a 26-hospital health system, our institution is an integral part of driving change within the system. BUMC is a designated Level 1 Trauma Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Chest Pain Center and ECMO Center of Excellence with a state-of-the-art 85-bed emergency department that averages over 100,000 visits per year.