PGY1 Program Rotations

Orientation rotation includes Baton Rouge General’s employee orientation, pharmacy department orientation and residency program orientation. This rotation focuses on general organization policy and procedure, protocols, employee benefits and services, employee code of conduct, and other organizational standard orientation onboarding resources. Orientation rotation also includes completion of any required certifications, online education/competencies, and research training.

Geared to enhance the resident's ability to manage patients during transitions between levels of care (I.e. hospital discharge, emergency department to inpatient, inpatient to home/SNF/etc), the resident will develop their skills in the medication reconciliation process, discharge planning, and ensuring continuity of care. The rotation is also structured to provide the resident with ambulatory care skills by participating in the pharmacist led diabetes and Coumadin medication management clinics. This rotation provides opportunities across three of our local sites: BRG Bluebonnet Campus, the Mid-City Campus, and the Family Health Center.

The Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) rotation focuses on providing education to providers on the appropriate utilization of antibiotics. Time is divided between global treatment plan assessment, individualized learning and discussion of ID topics, and working on specific infectious disease initiatives.

During the Critical Care I rotation, residents attend daily multidisciplinary rounds with the ICU teaching service. Along with the preceptor, residents will be responsible for all aspects of medication therapy management for up to 24 medical and surgical ICU patients. The resident’s knowledge of critical care pharmacotherapy, and serving as a drug information resource are emphasized.

During the Emergency Medicine I rotation, residents learn pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of conditions commonly seen in an emergency department. Residents participate in the roles and responsibilities of an emergency medicine clinical pharmacist, including optimization of medication use while interacting with the interdisciplinary team, order review, medication procurement and preparation. Residents are active participants in Code Blue and Code Fast emergencies, as well as participants in high risk procedures such as rapid sequence intubation.

During the Internal Medicine rotation, residents will round on the hospital units with the hospitalists in both multi-disciplinary and bedside rounds to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care. This includes prospective patient chart reviews, optimizing patient medication therapy, coordinating pharmaceutical services when needed, providing nursing and/or staff education and counseling patients on new medications.

During the Pharmacy Administration rotation, residents spend time with members of the pharmacy leadership team to collaborate with both external and internal stakeholders on pharmacy driven strategic initiatives.