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Curriculum

Two residents in the Solid Organ Transplant Residency at Mayo Clinic in Arizona look at a patient's paperwork together.

Clinical training

The PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency in Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) devotes time to comprehensive practice training as a member of the interdisciplinary team. After instruction, modeling, and coaching by a preceptor, residents are assessed and constructively critiqued on how to further refine the delivery of evidence-based, individualized care, and recommendations.

As a member of the healthcare team working with pharmacist preceptors, residents design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific therapeutic regimens that incorporate the principles of evidence-based medicine with individualized tailoring. Through practice coverage, residents have the opportunity to refine their skills in providing total pharmaceutical care for their patients — coupling the breadth of internal medicine issues with the depth of an immunocompromised host.

Required learning experiences

The PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency in Solid Organ Transplant at Mayo Clinic Hospital — Arizona is designed to provide a diverse experience for the future solid organ transplant clinician. You will have learning in both the inpatient and ambulatory care practice settings.

Learning experiences primarily based in the inpatient setting include kidney/pancreas transplant, liver transplant, heart transplant, hepatology, nephrology, and advanced heart failure. Outpatient experiences focus on the pre-transplant evaluation process and the post-transplant chronic care. 

Required learning experiences include:

Area Length
Orientation 4 weeks
Kidney/pancreas transplant 1 6 weeks
Kidney/pancreas transplant 2 + HLA Lab 4 weeks
Liver transplant 1 6 weeks
Liver transplant 2 4 weeks
Heart transplant 1 6 weeks
Heart transplant 2 4 weeks
Immunosuppressed infectious disease 3 weeks
Precepting 6 months
Administration and leadership Longitudinal, 11 months
Quality Improvement Longitudinal, 11 months
Research Longitudinal, 11 months
Staffing Longitudinal, 11 months
Teaching and learning Longitudinal, 11 months
Transplant Ambulatory Clinic Longitudinal, 11 months

Elective learning experiences

Elective learning experiences are available in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings that allow you to tailor the program to your needs. Elective learning experiences include:

  • Bone Marrow Transplant
  • Kidney Medical Transplant Service
  • Investigational Drug Services
  • Critical Care/ICU
  • Hepatology

Additional elective learning experiences may be available upon request.

Medication use evaluation and quality improvement training

All residents are required to complete a medication use evaluation (MUE) and accompanying quality improvement (QI) project during the residency year. The goal of the MUE-QI project is to develop a systematic process designed to determine, improve, and maintain the appropriate and effective use of medications. You will be afforded a mentor and will be required to complete QI education and training through the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy.

Staffing commitment

All PGY-2 residents provide 24 hours of staffing every four weeks. Staffing will typically consist of weekday shifts; however, it may include a combination of day and weekend shifts, depending on departmental needs. No formal on-call program exists.

Curriculum enhancements

The Department of Pharmacy and Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences are committed to developing and maintaining the best education programs. The curriculum and other aspects of this program are assessed constantly and changed as necessary to ensure the highest quality training.