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PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
Experiences
During pharmacy residency rotations, the resident
participates in all aspects of patient medication use therapy
including selection, assessment, monitoring, reconciliation,
safety, and adherence. The resident will work as a part of the
multidisciplinary team advising physicians, nurses, and
patients on appropriate medication use; attending rounds and
conferences; and providing lectures on drug therapy to
medical, pharmacy, and nursing staff. Required pharmacy
practice activities include:
Acute Care Rotations Residents are
required to complete rotations in each of the following areas:
internal medicine, critical care, pediatrics, and surgery.
This core group of rotations is intended to provide a
well-rounded learning experience for the resident. The
specific patient care services in which each of these
rotations takes place, either general or specialty areas, will
be tailored to each resident's interest and needs, as well as
being based upon previous experience.
Pharmacy Practice Management A rotation in
pharmacy practice management provides each resident experience
in management of comprehensive pharmacy services.
Drug Information A rotation in the drug
information center introduces residents to researching the
literature and responding to calls that come into the
center.
Medication Use Evaluation A rotation in
drug therapy policy development introduces residents to
performing medication use evaluations, as well as
participating in drug therapy policy development.
Longitudinal Ambulatory Clinic Each
resident provides service in the Anticoagulation Case
Management Service clinic on a weekly basis. During clinic
time, residents are responsible for monitoring and adjusting
patient's anticoagulants based upon lab values and
conversations with the patients. Residents may also elect to
complete an ambulatory care clinical rotation in one of the
many ambulatory clinics where clinical pharmacy services are
provided.
Staffing Residents are assigned to work
every other weekend in either a decentralized pharmacy
satellite or on one of the decentralized pharmacy teams to
augment their experience in pharmacy operations and drug
distribution. Compensatory time is provided for staffing at a
rate of one day off for every weekend (two days) staffed.
Research Research experience will involved
the completion of a major clinical project during the course
of the residency year. Selection of the project is a joint
effort between the resident, program director, and residency
preceptors. The residency project is identified early in the
year and a final report is required. The project will be
presented at the Midwest Pharmacy Residency Conference in the
spring of the residency year.
Teaching Residents are provided with
multiple opportunities to develop their teaching and
presentation skills. All residents are appointed as adjunct
faculty with the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.
Residents are provided opportunities to participate in
precepting students during Introductory and Advanced Learning
Experiences, teaching in the Clinical Professional Skills
course, teaching in the Pharmacy Practice Laboratory series,
and presenting to medical, pharmacy, or nursing colleagues.
Additionally, residents have the opportunity to participate in
a teaching certificate program in conjunction with the
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.
Qualifications of the Resident
Residents shall be graduates of an ACPE-accredited Doctor
of Pharmacy degree program or have equivalent educational
qualification as determined by the residency program
director.
Residents shall be licensed or eligible for licensure in
Iowa by the start of the residency. Please see the Iowa
Board of Pharmacy website for complete qualifications at http://www.state.ia.us/ibpe/.
Residents shall adhere to the rules of the resident
matching program process.
*ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting Information: Our program is
not doing Personal Placement Service, but will be at Booth
5257 on Tuesday morning (12/6/11) from 8:00 - 11:30 am. Please
visit our booth for more information.
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