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Clinical Training
As a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Resident, much of your time will be devoted to comprehensive clinical training in:

  • Direct patient care
  • Pharmacy practice management
  • Computer-based pharmaceutical care
  • Research, a medication use evaluation and quality improvement

Acute Patient Care
Working with Mayo Clinic's staff pharmacists, clinical pharmacy specialists and other members of the health care team, you will learn how to determine desired therapeutic outcomes and monitor drug therapies for patients with acute illnesses.

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

Practice Coverage
You will be scheduled to provide practice coverage every third weekend. You will not be on call.

Required Rotations
The rotation schedule for the PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency will include the following:

Mayo Clinic and departmental orientation 5 weeks
Cardiology 4 weeks
Critical Care 4 weeks
Infectious Diseases 4 weeks
Internal Medicine 4 weeks
Management 2 weeks
Medication Safety 1 week
Research and medication use evaluation 4 weeks
Surgery (general) 4 weeks
Paid time off 2 weeks (plus 6 holidays)
Elective rotations 18 weeks
TOTAL 52 weeks

Elective Rotations
For your elective rotations, you may choose:

  • Ambulatory care (Anticoagulation, HIV, Family medicine, or MTM)
  • Bone marrow transplant
  • Cardiology intensive care
  • Cardiovascular surgery
  • Cardiovascular transplantation
  • Drug information
  • Emergency medicine
  • Hematology
  • Investigational drug studies
  • Medical intensive care
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Nutrition support - adult
  • Oncology
  • Palliative care/hospice
  • Operating room pharmacy practice
  • Pain management
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Solid organ transplantation
  • Surgery/trauma intensive care
  • Vascular/thoracic intensive care

Medication Use Evaluation and Quality Improvement
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. Additionally, you will be required to complete bronze-level training in quality improvement that is approved by the Quality Academy at Mayo Clinic.

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.
  • Developing a manuscript that is worthy of publication

You will be encouraged to publish the results of your research in a peer-reviewed journal and will be required to present the results of your research at the Midwest Pharmacy Residents' Conference. You will have time devoted specifically to your research project during the academic year.

Professional 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 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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