Pharmacy Residency Rotations and Requirements
Clinical Rotations
The pharmacy residency program includes required rotations, each a month in duration, and a choice of elective rotations lasting two to four weeks.
Core Rotations
Required core rotations occur in the following areas:
- Practice Management
- Cardiology: Cardiac ICU or Cardiology Consult Service
- Intensive Care: Surgical ICU, Cardiac ICU or Medical ICU
- Pediatrics: General Pediatrics or General Pediatrics/Pediatric ICU
- Oncology: Inpatient, Inpatient/Outpatient or Outpatient
- Adult Medicine: Internal Medicine
Longitudinal Experiences
These experiences extend throughout the residency year:
- Practice Management
- Weekend staffing
- Medication use evaluation
- Project
- Drug policy development
- Drug information
Areas of Special Interest
Elective rotations can be taken in any of the following:
- Any required rotation
- Nephrology/Transplant
- University teaching
- Ambulatory care
- Managed care
- Nutrition
- Research
- Infectious diseases
- Family practice
- Academic internal medicine
- Neonatal ICU
- Drug information
Clinical Presentations and Projects
Residents are encouraged to attend presentations, conferences and lectures presented by the hospital medical staff. In addition to hospital-based presentations, the pharmacy department holds journal club, case presentations, and continuing education activities. Residents are required to:
- Complete a major project
- Author articles for the pharmacy newsletter
- Present journal clubs
- Present patient cases/grand rounds
- Assist with precepting pharmacy students
- Conduct medication utilization evaluations
- Present continuing education programs
- Provide drug information
The resident research project will be presented at the Great Lakes Residency Conference, which is held each spring. The residents will also attend the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and participate in a poster presentation.
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