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Clinical Training
As a pharmacy practice resident training in our ambulatory care practice settings, much of your time will be devoted to comprehensive clinical training in:

  • Direct patient care services
  • Medication Therapy Management
  • Education
  • Drug information
  • Pharmacy practice management
  • Medication use evaluation
  • Research

Direct Patient Care Services
Throughout the residency, you will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary patient care team, enhancing your skills in:

  • Developing problem lists and defining therapeutic goals
  • Developing therapeutic drug plans
  • Counseling and educating patients on medication use
  • Monitoring drug therapy and enhancing patient outcomes
  • Assessing and practicing evidence-based medicine
  • Providing drug information and education to health-care practitioners
  • Promoting cost-effective pharmacy care

Practice Management
For your practice management training, you will focus on management skills, such as problem-solving techniques, resource management and organizational systems. Committee participation, another aspect of management training, will give you opportunities to help establish policies about drugs, drug therapy, drug-delivery devices and quality improvement. You also will learn about:

  • Pharmacy practice philosophy
  • Computer technology
  • Drug use and drug distribution system policies
  • Department objectives, policies, procedures and regulatory requirements

Medication Use Evaluation
You will complete a medication use evaluation (MUE) in the early part of your residency year. The goal is to help you learn how to develop a systematic process designed to determine and maintain the appropriate and effective use of medications.

A mentor will be assigned to help you with the MUE project.

Education
You will be actively involved in providing education during your residency by developing skills as a clinical preceptor by acting as a preceptor for PharmD student clinical rotations.

There are also opportunities to lecture to pharmacists/pharmacy students, medical residents, medical students, and other allied health professionals.

Research Training
You will work on at least one research project throughout your residency year. Your primary preceptor will help you identify the project, which will give you experience in:

  • Organizing, planning and conducting research-related tasks
  • Managing time and maintaining accuracy while multitasking
  • Developing investigational skills
  • Writing a research protocol
  • Evaluating and completing a project

You will report the results of your research at the Midwest Pharmacy Residents' Conference.

Rotations
The rotation schedule for the one-year Pharmacy Practice Residency in Primary Care will include:

Mayo Clinic orientation4 weeks
Outpatient pharmacy practice orientation2 weeks
Rotations (core and elective)38 weeks
Research/MUE4 weeks
Professional conferences and site visits2 weeks
Paid time off2 weeks (plus 6 holidays)
TOTAL52 weeks

Core Rotations

  • Employee and Community Health (ECH) Anticoagulation
  • Medication Therapy Management
  • Family Medicine-Inpatient
  • Internal Medicine-Inpatient
  • Family Medicine- Kasson Outpatient Clinic
  • REACH Clinic (Rochester Education and Advocacy for Community Health Program)
  • Medication Safety
  • Research and Medication Use Evaluation (MUE)
  • Administration and Pharmacy Practice Management

Elective Rotations
The Pharmacy Residency is tailored to meet the resident's goals and objectives. Many elective rotations are available. Every effort will be made to match learning opportunities to your interests. Our elective rotations are based in outpatient clinics located throughout the Mayo Clinic Rochester campus. Elective rotations include:

  • Geriatrics
  • Health Outcomes Research
  • HIV
  • Hospice
  • Investigational Drugs/ Research Pharmacy
  • Nursing Home Rounds
  • Oncology/Hematology
  • Pain Management
  • Pulmonary
  • Transplant

Conferences
During your residency you will have the opportunity to attend these professional conferences:

  • ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
  • Minnesota Society of Health System Pharmacists Annual Meeting
  • Midwest Pharmacy Residents Conference

Evaluation
Core standards for resident performance have been established to provide clear expectations. The Residency Learning System (RLS) and ResiTrak are used to ensure that you will receive ongoing feedback that facilitates the development of your skills throughout the year.

Graduation and Certification
Upon successful completion of your PGY1 Pharmacy Practice in Primary Care Residency, you will receive a Certificate of Completion from the College of Medicine, Mayo School of Health Sciences.

To successfully complete this specialized residency, you must:

  • Contribute to providing the best patient care and to achieving the mission and goals of Pharmacy Services.
  • Obtain a minimum of 2,000 hours of training time over no less than 50 weeks.
  • Complete evaluations via ResiTrak.
  • Meet the behavioral objectives for each rotation and for the program.
  • Complete a research project and write a manuscript worthy of publication.

Graduates are eligible to take the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties' examinations in Pharmacotherapy.

Curriculum Enhancements
Mayo School of Health Sciences is committed to developing and maintaining the best education programs. The curriculum and other aspects of this program are assessed constantly and changed, as necessary, to assure the highest-quality training.

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