Rotations

Our mission is to develop you for YOUR oncology pharmacy career. The oncology pharmacy residency program at UH is willing to work with each resident to align their training with their specific interests.

Required Rotations Experiences (36-42 weeks)

• Administration / Leadership (4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Breast Oncology (2-4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncology (2-4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Genitourinary (GU) Oncology (2-4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Thoracic Oncology (2-4 weeks)
• Inpatient Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Malignant Hematology (4 weeks)
• Inpatient Medical Oncology (4 weeks)
• Investigational Drug Services (2 weeks)
• Orientation (4 weeks)
• Research (4 weeks)

Elective Rotations (10-16 weeks total)

• Ambulatory Adult HSCT (2-4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Community Oncology (2-4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Gynecologic Oncology (2-4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Malignant Hematology (2-4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Melanoma and Sarcoma (2-4 weeks)
• Ambulatory Multiple Myeloma (2-4 weeks)
• Inpatient Pediatric Oncology (2-4 weeks)
• Inpatient Supportive and Palliative Oncology (2-4 weeks)
• Pharmacy Informatics (2-4 weeks)
• Residents may also elect to spend additional time in any of the required learning areas noted above
• Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability

Required Longitudinal Experiences

• Ambulatory Oncology Clinic (6 months)  
  • Resident selects specialty clinic from list above
  • 1/2 day per week January through June
• Medication Safety (10 months)
  • August through May
• Medication Usage Evaluation Project (6 months)
  • July through December
• Oncology Weekly Lecture Series (11 months)
  • August through June
  • Residents present ~ every 3 weeks
• Pharmacy Practice – Seidman Cancer Center Infusion Pharmacy (11 months)
  • August through June
  • 1/2 day per week August through December
  • Every third Saturday and Sunday
• Research Project (12 months)