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Pharmacy Internship (Minnesota)

Program Description
Mayo School of Health Sciences (MSHS) at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., offers a salaried 10-week Pharmacy Internship Program in either the Hospital/Inpatient or Clinic/Outpatient setting. These comprehensive, educational pharmacy internships will provide in-depth exposure to pharmaceutical services to help you explore pharmacy as a career.

Experiences based in the hospital setting will include unit dosing and compounded sterile product admixture. Experiences based in the clinic setting will include patient counseling, compounding and dispensing. Both programs will incorporate mini-rotations to acquaint you with specialty practices with the hospital and outpatient clinic settings.

Accreditation
Mayo Foundation is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Higher Learning Commission.
Higher Learning Commission
30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602-2504
800-621-7440
312-263-0456
Fax: 312-263-7462
www.ncacihe.org

Facilities
The Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester is comprised of an extensive outpatient complex, Saint Marys Hospital, Rochester Methodist Hospital, as well as multiple and research and education facilities. It is among the largest, most advanced medical centers in the world.

Hospital Pharmacy
Mayo Clinic's Pharmacy Services Department employs about 400 people, including approximately 200 pharmacists. The pharmacies operate 24 hours per day and provide pharmaceutical services, including:

  • Central pharmacy distribution
  • Computerized intravenous admixture and unit dose dispensing
  • Investigational drug studies
  • Decentralized pharmacist practice
  • Pharmacokinetic monitoring
  • Patient education programs
  • Clinical pharmacy specialty practices
  • Drug information programs
  • In-service education
  • Pharmacy, therapeutics and formulary committee support
  • Physician newsletters

Mayo Clinic uses a computer-based pharmaceutical care (P-Care) monitoring system. P-Care integrates data from disparate computer systems, including pharmacy, admissions, laboratory and microbiology.

Computerized algorithms utilize this data to alert pharmacists to potential situations where therapy, safety or costs can be improved. Performing daily pharmaceutical care duties, P-Care is used to:

  • Provide patient demographic data, laboratory data, microbiology data, medications, parenteral nutrition information and drug levels while on team rounds, during order processing and during medication profile review.
  • Identify patients whose medication therapy requires a pharmacist's daily review.
  • Identify and review treatments that are inconsistent with established medication rule-based algorithms.
  • Document pharmacist-performed clinical activities, interventions and monitoring notes.
  • Provide a forum for pharmacists, pharmacy residents and pharmacy students to communicate pertinent patient-specific, medication-related issues.

Outpatient Pharmacy
Mayo Clinic's Outpatient Pharmacies employ about 200 people, including approximately 60 pharmacists. The pharmacies operate seven days a week and provide a variety of pharmaceutical services, including:

  • Patient counseling
  • Pharmacy specialty practices
  • Investigational drug studies
  • Patient education programs
  • Prescription compounding
  • Drug information programs
  • In-service education
  • Pharmacy and therapeutics formulary committee support

Mayo Clinic utilizes two computer programs, MICS LastWord, and Synthesis to document patient care. Information contained in these systems includes patient demographics, provider notes from each appointment, provider orders (including prescription orders), laboratory and microbiology results, patient allergies, immunization records, and upcoming appointments. Pharmacists at Mayo Clinic utilize this information to assist in their management of a patient's medication therapy.

Granted
Minnesota Board of Pharmacy internship hours are provided.

Hours
Your learning schedule will include eight-hour days, five days per week. Interns selected for the hospital program should expect to provide second shift (i.e. evening hours) and weekend coverage.

Positions
Each year, Mayo School of Health Sciences admits up to eight students in its Pharmacy Internship Hospital/Inpatient Program and up to five students in its Pharmacy Internship Clinic/Outpatient Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. This ensures you will receive a comprehensive educational experience with extensive one-on-one instruction.

Typically, this program accepts applications beginning in November through mid-February. The program begins mid to late May.

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