Pharmacy Practice Residency Program – Allied Health Schools
Clinical Rotations – Pharmacy Practice Residency Program
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Clinical rotations are offered in a variety of areas and may be tailored to the interests of the individual resident. Activities while on clinical service include rounds, monitoring drug therapy, drug information, pharmacokinetic consultations, and in-service education for staff and physicians. As a resident you will also have the opportunity to become involved in ongoing research projects, gain experience in lecturing and serve as a preceptor for PharmD students.
Required Rotations:
Adult Medicine
- experience in pharmaceutical care in a general medicine setting
- develop the basic knowledge and skills to make appropriate pharmacotherapeutic interventions in the adult patient
- expand and apply pharmaceutical knowledge in the adult medicine setting
Critical Care
- participate in daily rounds with the intensivists and multi-disciplinary team
- dosing of critical care medications
- physician and patient education
- emphasis on adult critical care
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Informatics
- experience the challenges of current and future pharmacy practice as related to Physician Order Entry and Medication Verification
- implement solution design decisions and tailor application databases to meet the unique requirements of the department and client institution
- introduction to the various health-system information technologies and how they can improve patient safety
Longitudinal Rotations
- additional experience with pharmaceutical care in a chronic population
- involvement over the year of the residency
- experiences have included Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Hospice, Cardiac Rehab
Pediatrics/Neonatology
- emphasis on pharmacotherapy related to common pediatric diseases and specific neonatal conditions
- age specific dosing recommendations
- parenteral and enteral nutrition consults
- involvement with the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
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Practice Management
- become familiar with the skills and knowledge necessary for hospital pharmacy managers
- develop problem-solving management skills
- participate in development of drug use policy
- participate in drug distribution process improvement activities
- learn techniques for resolving conflict
- learn different budgeting strategies and how they are utilized
Elective and Specialty Rotations:
- Cardiology
- Clinical Research
- Emergency and Trauma
- Endocrinology
- Home Health Care
- Home Infusion
- Infectious Disease
- Nephrology
- Nutritional Support
- Oncology/Hospice
- Operating Room
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
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