While functioning as integral members of the health care team, residents
are equipped with the knowledge and skills to meet the daily demands of
pharmacy practice. Residents learn to solve practice-related problems
through critical thinking and evaluative skills, are effective educators
of other health care professionals and patients, and develop a commitment
to the profession of pharmacy and life-long learning.
Staffing
Residents are required to staff every other weekend and are required to
staff one of the company-recognized holidays (Labor Day, Thanksgiving
Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day). These requirements may
be changed based on the needs of the department.
Activities include, but are not limited to, verifying patient-specific
orders and medications, providing pharmacokinetic consults when requested,
answering in-depth drug information questions, attending all adult codes
as the pharmacy member of the code team, providing patient education,
and resolving pharmacotherapy situations as needed.
Clinical On-Call Program
Residents rotate through the clinical pharmacist's on-call rotation and
support the staff in answering drug information and time-sensitive non-formulary
requests. Residents are supported by a back-up on call clinical pharmacist
who will help assist in navigating difficult scenarios.
Longitudinal Rotations and Additional Projects
Pharmacy Grand Rounds
Formal topic discussions that are open to pharmacy staff, physicians, medical
residents, and other members of the healthcare team. Residents will work
with a mentor to develop an hour-long educational session on a controversial
or relevant disease state topic.
Case Conferences
Bi-monthly, interactive, case-based opportunities that the residents will
participate in throughout the year. The resident will partner with the
preceptor for the current rotation to develop a presentation that is attended
by the members of the pharmacy team.
Research / Publication
Residents will be required to participate in multiple projects throughout
the year including a medication-use evaluation and a drug monograph which
will be presented at the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meeting.
Residents will also be required to complete a research project that will
be presented at ASHP Midyear Conference and at the Alcalde Southwest Leadership
Conference.
Teaching Opportunities
Residents are offered the opportunity to pursue a Teaching and Learning
Certificate Program through an accredited program. The residents also
participate in our current preceptor development program where they will
be provided guidance on numerous topics including developing a teaching
philosophy, creating a rotation experience, and other strategies to promote
being an effective preceptor.
Evaluations
PharmAcademic, an ASHP-endorsed online evaluation system, is used for all
resident evaluations. Evaluations are done for each individual rotation,
as well as presentations, research and staffing components of the program.
Additionally, quarterly evaluations are held with the program director,
coordinator and/or mentor to ensure progress on long term goals.
