Learning Experiences Offered
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Core Experiences (Required for each resident): each core learning experience is 6 weeks in duration, except orientation,
which is 4 weeks
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Elective Experiences (Resident to choose 2 experiences): each elective learning experience is 6 weeks in duration
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*Elective Specialized Track: residents have the option to experience three 6-week learning experiences
in Ambulatory Care or Oncology. The specialized track provides the pharmacy
resident additional opportunities to tailor their residency experience
to their area of interest and develop professional relationships with
clinicians and patients in the PSMMC outpatient setting.
- **Rotation precepted by a provider and pharmacist
Core (Required)
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Electives
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Longitudinal
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- Orientation
- Internal Medicine
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Critical Care
- Transitions of Care
- Operations
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One of the following Ambulatory experiences:
- Ambulatory Care
- Pharmacotherapy Infusion Clinic
- Oncology
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- Advanced Internal Medicine
- Advanced Critical Care
- Advanced Topics in Infectious Diseases
- Teaching Certificate in Academia
- Emergency Medicine
- Pharmacotherapy Infusion Clinic
- Pharmacy Administration (Clinical, Operations, and Management)
- Oncology*
- Ambulatory Care*
- Nephrology**
- Cardiology**
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- Operations and Staffing (11 months)
- Pharmacy Management (11 months)
- Clinical Quality Leadership (6 months)
- Medication Safety & Education (6 months)
- Residency Project (designated project day)
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Required Learning Experience Descriptions
Primary Preceptor(s): Shari Waldron, PharmD, BCPS; Megan Rice, PharmD
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- Description: Internal medicine (IM) is a dynamic learning experience designed
to enhance the resident's clinical knowledge and pharmacotherapy expertise.
The resident will work alongside attending hospitalists and the healthcare
team through daily rounding and pharmacy consults, providing exposure
to a wide range of disease states and patient populations across various
units, including intensive care, medical, surgical, and rehabilitation.
Opportunities to foster further growth by engaging in women’s health
services may be available depending on the resident’s experience
and progression. The pharmacy resident is expected to provide comprehensive
pharmaceutical care for patients, provide recommendations to the healthcare
team to improve patient outcomes, coordinate pharmacy services when necessary,
and counsel patients when appropriate.
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
Primary Preceptor: Robert Brawders, PharmD, BCIDP
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- Description: The antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) learning experience is
designed to enhance the resident’s expertise in infectious diseases
(ID) and develop skills to optimize antibiotic regimens. Residents will
leverage the AMS scoring report in the electronic health record system
to evaluate laboratory results, cultures, and antibiotic regimens to ensure
they are suitable, properly timed, and monitored appropriately. With growing
proficiency, residents will have the opportunity to hone their AMS skills
within special patient populations. Additionally, residents will present
a patient case at ID Grand Rounds in partnership with Kadlec Regional
Medical Center and work closely with the lead AMS pharmacist, prescriber(s)
of antimicrobial therapies and the infectious disease consultant physician.
Primary Preceptor(s): Bret Barnes, PharmD; Haiden Mohl, PharmD, BCPS
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- Description: During the critical care (CC) learning experience the resident
will provide pharmacy services to the critically ill patient population
within PSMMC’s 14 bed intensive care unit (ICU). Residents will
gain comprehensive knowledge of prevalent diseases and their pharmacological
treatments, especially for patients with kidney or liver conditions, those
on complex antibiotic regimens, individuals on total parenteral nutrition,
and those prescribed medications with a narrow therapeutic range or high-risk
profiles. The resident will participate in daily ICU multidisciplinary
rounds and participate in all code situations. Residents will evolve towards
autonomous practice, adept at identifying and addressing medication-related
issues in critically ill patients by the end of the CC learning experience.
Primary Preceptor(s): Monica Verma, PharmD, BCPS
Description: ***
Pharmacy’s contribution to joint center excellence?
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- Description: The transitions of care (TOC) learning experience will give
the pharmacy resident the opportunity to work as an active member of the
medical team to improve patient care, safety, and compliance; optimize
patient education of disease state/s and medications; and reduce readmission
rates. The resident will develop these skills through guidance from the
TOC pharmacist and exposure and interaction with patients admitted for
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, congestive
heart failure (CHF) exacerbation, myocardial infarction (MI), pneumonia
(PNA), and total knee (TKA) and hip (THA) arthroplasty. Upon completion
of the TOC learning experience, pharmacy residents will have honed their
expertise and skills in delivering comprehensive patient care. This includes
conducting thorough patient information reviews, performing medication
reconciliation, and engaging with patients, their families, and healthcare
professionals. Additionally, residents will be adept at providing discharge
education and facilitating medication assistance to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Primary Preceptor(s): Amy Robisch, PharmD; Somashaker Masuram, PharmD, BCPS, MS
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- Description: The operations/management LE stems from previous residents’
feedback during the busy months of November and December. A LE during
this time was always difficult due to the holidays and Midyear Residency
Conference. The operations/management LE is a hybrid LE in which the pharmacy
resident will actively participate in activities with the Director of
Pharmacy, Informatics, and Operations pharmacists. It provides the resident
with additional opportunities to practice and strengthen their inpatient
operational and clinical pharmacist skills and enhances their pharmacy
management and informatics knowledge.