UC San Diego Health is a university-affiliated teaching hospital which provides the unique capability to engage each of our residents in direct patient care activities, research, administration and project management, and teaching. Our PGY2 critical care pharmacy residency program emphasizes critical care pharmacotherapy, safe medication distribution, didactic and practical teaching, and pharmacy leadership. Graduates from our program have taken a wide variety of critical care, emergency department and academia positions. Graduates will be prepared to sit for the Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacy (BCCCP) exam. PGY2 residents will gain the skills to function as the primary ICU pharmacist during their required, or core, ICU learning experiences, with the expectation that the r