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Quick Facts |
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Program length:
10-15 weeks
Prerequisites:
Pharmacy student at the University of Minnesota , North Dakota
State University or South Dakota Statement University , OR
have completed a pharmacy internship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Pre-approval is required.
Granted: Credit
toward completion of Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
Patient interaction:
High
Placement outlook:
Good |
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Program Description
Pharmacy students who successfully complete 10 to 15 weeks of clerkship
rotations will further develop their skills to provide pharmaceutical
care to a variety of patients. While interacting with health-care
professionals, residents, students, patients and their caregivers
to optimize drug therapy outcomes, you will learn to communicate
effectively and demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
The Pharmacy Clerkship Program includes all the elements that create
an exceptional education experience:
- A challenging, high-quality curriculum
- State-of-the-art diagnostic, therapeutic and
research facilities
- A diverse patient population
- A favorable faculty ratio
- An environment based on teamwork and mutual
support
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 research and education facilities. It is among
the largest, most advanced medical centers in the world.
Pharmacy Services
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
- Sterile and non-sterile compounding
- Computerized intravenous admixture and unit dose
dispensing
- 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
- 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.
Hours
For the majority of the clerkship experience, your learning schedule
will include eight-hour days, five days per week.
Positions
Mayo School of Health Sciences admits six to eight students each year
based on affiliation agreements with the University of Minnesota,
North Dakota State University and South Dakota State University. The
program also admits students who have previously completed a pharmacy
internship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Applicants must be pre-approved
by Mayo Clinic Pharmacy Services Department.
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