The Residents provide formal and informal teaching to the Medical, nursing and pharmacy staff and also teach either at Skill Laboratory to the University of Washington School of Pharmacy (UWSOP) students or Pharmacology Course at Seattle University to the Nurse Practitioner Program. Through the UWSOP, the Residents earn an appointment as an affiliate clinical instructor. Our Residents are also given the opportunity to earn a teaching certificate through the UWSOP or Providence but it is not required (see "Teaching Certificate" below). In addition, the Residents precept students and interns for all rotations, and provide education to the pharmacy staff.
The Residents are involved in many prospective clinical practice management projects in conjunction with the pharmacy and medical staff. These projects include but not limited to Drug Monograph Review for Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P & T) Committee, policy development and/or revisions, Medication Use Evaluations (MUEs), committee involvement, protocol development, and pharmacy service development.
The Residency Program does require the Resident to complete two P&T committee projects (local and regional), two MUE/DUEs, two short term clinical projects, and at least one project on each rotation (chosen by the rotation preceptor) in order to gain valuable and useful clinical practice management skills. All other projects are voluntary. In addition, Residents do get to choose their own ASHP-required longitudinal major Resident Project. This Resident Project is selected very early in the residency year to allow adequate time for multiple committee approval and data collection and mining.
There are nine core rotations that must be completed but the order of when they are completed is discussed with the Resident at the beginning and determined based on interests and goals of the Resident. In addition, the Resident has four weeks of elective time for the Residency year to enhance further training and interests. Swedish also has many new opportunities for the Resident to receive unique learning experiences. For a complete list of core rotations, please see "Rotations".
Residents have four elective weeks during the year and if chosen, rotations may be at a pre-approved off-site location. The Resident is responsible for arranging a new outside experiences if one is desired. Please see “Rotations” for a list of current electives.
If selected, the Resident has the choice of two different teaching certificates through either University of Washington School of Pharmacy (UWSOP) or Providence Washington, to enrich the Resident's abilities to be effective facilitators, preceptors, and educators. It is an option for the Resident to participate in and is not required. It does not take place of an elective rotation but involves various workshops, online assignments, quarterly mentor meetings, and developing a teaching philosophy and portfolio.
Yes. Residents are formally evaluated by rotation preceptors on every rotation to provide written feedback and guidance. The formal evaluations are based on the ASHP Residency Learning System. Specific goals and objectives must be met for each of the rotations. Informal evaluations are conducted during each rotation by the preceptor and at least once a month by the Residency Program Director (RPD) and Residency Program Coordinator (RPC).
The Residents’ cubicles and the majority of their core rotations are at First Hill campus, but other core and elective rotations are at all five campuses. In addition, the Residency Program Director, Residency Program Coordinator and Residency Research Coordinator are primarily at First Hill Campus.
Yes. The Residents are assigned a service commitment preceptor that serves as a mentor throughout the residency year.
No. Swedish is a private, non-profit organization with select teaching services in conjunction with our Family Practice Medical Residency Program. It is not an academic center but Swedish does have pharmacy students from both University of Washington and Washington State University and from out of state schools of pharmacy, complete their Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotations on all campuses.
Three of the campuses, First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, are located within Seattle with a daytime intercampus shuttle running between First Hill and Cherry Hill. The two remaining campuses, Issaquah and Edmonds, are located outside of Seattle limits. Both core and elective Ambulatory rotations and optional Ballard Campus rotation require travel within the city limits. The ability to travel to different campus sites is required and not provided by Swedish.
