PGY2 Internal Medicine Residency
Thank you for your interest in UC San Diego Health PGY2 Internal Medicine specialty residency program! All of our residency programs are ASHP-accredited and are fully committed to providing residents with a supportive learning environment and opportunities for professional growth in evidence-based patient care, teaching and research while also encouraging the resident’s sense of clinical responsibility and scholarly curiosity.
This residency balances the provision of direct patient care to internal medicine patients in both the inpatient and ambulatory care setting as well as opportunities to incorporate transitions of care (TOC) services to new or previously established services. This program offers a wide variety of established electives such as adult medicine, cardiology, infectious disease, transplant, oncology, psychology. Thera are many research and teaching opportunities that can be tailored to the resident’s interest.
Program Summary
The sky is the limit! At this academic medical center, residents will also have many teaching opportunities both within a didactic setting at the UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and as a preceptor to other pharmacy residents and pharmacy students while on clinical rotations. Graduating residents will be described as advanced practitioners who are equipped to be fully integrated members of the interdisciplinary team while providing exemplary healthcare to adult medicine patients in both the inpatient and ambulatory care setting.
Residency Positions Available Per Year
2 residents are accepted each year
Beginning Date
The residency is expected to begin on the last Monday of July or the first Monday of August, depending on the human resources orientation schedule.
Application Deadline
January 2 of each calendar year
Interview Dates
Late January - February
Application Procedure
Applicants must apply using PhORCAS.
Applicants must participate in the ASHP Match, administered by the National Matching Service.
Eligible applicants must:
- Be a graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited PharmD degree program (or one in the candidate process), or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)
- Be a United States Citizen or a Permanent Resident
- Have successfully completed an ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy practice residency
All applicants must be enrolled in the Resident Matching Program. To facilitate this enrollment process and for further information, please visit Resident Matching Program. Applications will be accepted when PhORCAS opens and are due by January 2. Applications should be submitted through PhORCAS and include the following:
- Letter of intent
- Please address your vision of an internal medicine pharmacist practicing at the top of their license and your own personal goals
- Current Curriculum Vitae with all experiential completed and anticipated rotations as well as pharmacy work experience.
- Three electronic references are required from preceptors who can directly comment on your clinical and practice skills.
- Note: Please have recommendation writers complete the electronic reference form within PhORCAS with detailed characteristic and narrative comments. One to two areas of improvement or constructive feedback that the recommender feels the candidate should continue to work on as a PGY2 resident should be identified. A separate letter of recommendation is NOT required and discouraged.
- Letter of endorsement from PGY1 Residency Program Director (if RPD is not one of the three preceptors references mentioned above)
- Complete the online supplemental application
Program Contact
Trina Huynh, PharmD, BCPS
PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program Director
trhuynh@health.ucsd.edu
Overview of PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program
Residency Program Purpose
PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.