Orientation: 2-3 weeks. Residents are oriented to the residency program and practice environment at the start of the residency year.
Primary Care 1: 8-10 weeks, Primary Care 2-4: 10-12 weeks. Residents use clinical pharmacy agreements with a focus on diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, mental health, and pain. Most of resident time is spent in clinic with an emphasis on direct patient care and integration into the primary care clinics.
Major Project: 46-48 weeks. Residents will complete a residency project and publishable manuscript. Leadership and independence are critical skills for ambulatory care pharmacists. Residents will manage projects, take part in interdisciplinary workgroups and collaborate with care teams.
Evidence-Based medicine: 42-44 weeks. Residents develop skills in literature retrieval, evaluation, and dissemination through a variety of both didactic and practical experiences and participate in the development of educational presentations and written materials for providers and staff.
Leadership and Administration: 46-48 weeks. Residents will work with pharmacy leaders to improve pharmacy services across the health system.
Medication Safety: 18-20 weeks. Residents will review consults in response to unusual occurrences related to medications and/or vaccines.
Endocrinology: 10-12 weeks. Use of clinical pharmacy agreements with a focus on diabetes management and technology.
Population Health: 10-12 weeks. Residents will provide virtual, proactive outreach to support medication adherence, cardiovascular risk reduction, and polypharmacy reduction for a Medicare population.
The resident can complete non-longitudinal experiences outside of the core rotations. The resident will have flexibility to adjust other non-longitudinal experiences.
In addition to the core and non-longitudinal learning experiences, residents will participate in other activities to gain knowledge, practice-management skills, presentation and teaching abilities, and professional leadership.
