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Quick Facts |
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Program length:
One year
Prerequisites:
Completed Doctor of Pharmacy degree, Minnesota licensure or eligible for licensure
Granted: MSHS Certificate
of Completion
Patient interaction:
High
Placement outlook:
Very Good |
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Program Description
This specialty postgraduate year two residency is designed to help the resident develop expertise in ambulatory care/family medicine pharmacotherapy. Pharmacists successfully completing the Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice Residency at Mayo Clinic Rochester will proficiently deliver advanced pharmaceutical care to patients in a wide range of outpatient settings. You will understand how to manage a practice effectively, with professional maturity and sound work ethics. You will hone the skills needed to evaluate medical literature and conduct clinical research. You will be able to identify and promulgate drug use policies in cooperation with medical staff and administration. You will continue to develop a commitment to personal, continuous improvement. Our training program offers many options that are intended to tailor your education and create an exceptional experience:
- A challenging, high-quality clinical and didactic curriculum
- State-of-the-art diagnostic, therapeutic and research facilities
- A diverse patient population
- A favorable faculty-to-resident ratio
- An environment based on teamwork and mutual support
Accreditation
The Mayo School of Health Sciences (MSHS) PGY1 residency program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Our Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice Residency is seeking full accreditation by ASHP.
Mayo Clinic is also accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Higher Learning Commission.
Facilities
The Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester, Minn., is comprised of an extensive outpatient complex, nonhospital-based clinics, Saint Marys Hospital, Rochester Methodist Hospital, as well as multiple research and education facilities. It is among the largest, most advanced medical centers in the world.
Pharmacy Services
Mayo Clinic’s Pharmacy Services employs about 300 individuals, including approximately 185 pharmacists. The pharmacies operate 24 hours a day and provide pharmaceutical services, including:
- Central pharmacy distribution
- Sterile and non-sterile compounding
- Computerized intravenous admixture and unit dose dispensing
- Advanced technology support, including wireless PCs, automated dispensing devices and clinical decision support tools
- Investigational drug studies
- Skilled nursing facility dispensing and consulting
- Decentralized pharmacist practice
- Pharmacokinetic monitoring
- Patient education programs
- Clinical pharmacy specialty practices
- Drug information programs
- In-service education
- 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
Certification
Upon successful completion of your PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice Residency, you will receive a Certificate of Completion from Mayo School of Health Sciences. Graduates are eligible to take the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties’ examination in Pharmacotherapy.
Hours
For the majority of the residency, your schedule will include 10-hour days, five days per week. In addition, you will be scheduled to work every third weekend. The goal of this experience is to help you integrate your didactic and patient care knowledge into the actual day-to-day practice of pharmaceutical care in a tertiary care medical center.
Positions
Each year, Mayo School of Health Sciences admits one resident to its Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice Residency at Mayo Clinic Rochester. This ensures you will receive a comprehensive educational experience with close one-on-one instruction.
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