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Pharmacy
Staff Development, Research & Teaching
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The Department of Pharmaceutical
Care offers a wide range of clinical services to acute care,
ambulatory care and home care patients. In addition, the
Department provides educational experiences for Pharm.D. students and pharmacy residents.
Pharmacists are an integral member of the health care team at
UIHC where numerous clinical and other specialty practice
opportunities are provided.
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| Pharmacy
Staff Development Programs
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The Department of Pharmaceutical Care provides education to
department staff members on drug-related topics by a variety
of mechanisms including live formal presentations, daily Acute
Care Clinical Pharmacotherapy Conferences, and articles
published in departmental and UIHC newsletters. The department
also offers a series of formal pharmacotherapy programs for
pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to enhance competency
associated with the prescribing, preparation, and monitoring
of new and complex drug regimens. ACPE-accredited continuing
education credits are provided (free of charge) to all staff
for their participation in these programs.
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| Educational
Offerings for Other UIHC Staff
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Department of Pharmaceutical Care
staff educate other UIHC staff members about medication-use
issues through a variety of live presentation and printed
materials. These include:
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The New Nurse Orientation Program,
a classroom session offered twice-monthly to new UIHC
staff nurses. These sessions are devoted to providing
critical information about the Department of
Pharmaceutical Care and its many services.
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New Housestaff and Clinical
Faculty Orientation, an
orientation program for all new resident housestaff and
clinical faculty. One segment of the program is devoted to
issues related to pharmacy services and the prescribing of
controlled substances.
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Patient Care Unit Inservices,
during which subjects of interest or subjects related to
new medications, changes in procedures, or new medication
use evaluation protocols are presented to patient care
unit nursing staff on an as needed or as requested basis.
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Newsletters,
such as the P&T
News, a bimonthly
publication about important medication-use topics provided
in cooperation with the Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Subcommittee; Rx
Update, a monthly
publication provided to members of the UIHC Nursing staff
which contains useful information about new drugs and
other medication-related topics; and The
Bottom Line, distributed
to medical staff members to increase the visibility of
many Medication Use Evaluation initiatives and formulary
decisions whose implementation is based on cost-savings
strategies.
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| Research-related
Activities
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Research
is a key component of the missions of both the University of
Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the Department of
Pharmaceutical Care. Pharmacy staff actively participate in
pharmacy practice-related and drug use-related research at the
national, state, and local levels. This is accomplished
through direct investigational endeavors, organizational and
committee work, public presentations, and publication of
original work in the professional literature.
Some key examples of this participation include:
- Department participation in
national meetings and conferences (such as those sponsored
by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and
the University Hospital Consortium) which advance pharmacy
practice.
- Several members of the staff serve
as reviewers, column editors, and journal editorial board
members for several pharmacy peer-reviewed journals.
- Provision of numerous live
presentations and submission of articles, manuscripts, and
editorials to national publications.
- Active participation in the review
of drug-related investigational studies submitted to the
University of IowaÕs Investigational Review Board (IRB)
and the UIHCÕs Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee.
- Sponsoring research initiatives
spearheaded by pharmacy practice residents and specialized
pharmacy residents
- Participation in ongoing research
projects, including:
- A Study of the Effect of an
Automated Medication Dispensing System on Medication
Errors
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| Student
Teaching for the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
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The Department of Pharmaceutical
Care serves as a major teaching site for University of Iowa
College of Pharmacy students. Pharmacy staff participate in
the clinical and experiential training of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) students. Approximately 175 to 200 five-week clerkship and
externship rotations are provided to these students annually.
Pharmacy student rotations at
the University of Iowa
Hospitals and Clinics offer a diverse array of professional
experiences in ambulatory care, acute (inpatient) care, and
administrative services (e.g., medication use evaluation; drug
information) training sites.
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| Additional information about the
University
of Iowa College of Pharmacy.
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| Pharmacy
Residency Programs
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The Department of Pharmaceutical
Care has operated a pharmacy residency program since 1946.
Through its American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
accredited programs, the department provides training for six
to seven Pharmacy Practice Residents per year. In addition,
specialized residencies were initiated in July 1995; since
then, programs in Infectious Diseases, Hematology/Oncology,
Cardiology, Pharmacy Administration, Drug
Information/Pharmaceutical Informatics, and Primary Care have
been offered. Graduates from these programs have gone on to
key clinical and pharmacy leadership positions throughout the
U.S.
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