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Quick Facts |
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Program length:
12 weeks
Prerequisites:
First-year completion of Doctor of Pharmacy program at an
accredited college of pharmacy
Granted: MSHS Certificate
of Completion
Patient interaction:
Medium
Placement outlook:
Very good |
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Program Description
Mayo School of Health Sciences (MSHS) at Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minn., offers a salaried 12-week Hospital Pharmacy Internship Program.
This comprehensive, educational pharmacy internship will provide
in-depth exposure to inpatient pharmaceutical services to help you
explore hospital pharmacy as a career.
Your experiences will include unit dosing, intravenous (IV) mixture
dispensing and several mini-rotations to acquaint you with specialty
practices within a hospital pharmacy.
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.
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
- 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.
Granted
Minnesota Board of Pharmacy internship hours are provided.
Hours
Your learning schedule will include eight-hour days, five days per
week, including second shift (i.e. evening hours) and weekend coverage.
Positions
Each year, Mayo School of Health Sciences admits up to eight students
in its Hospital Pharmacy Internship Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
This ensures you will receive a comprehensive educational experience
with extensive one-on-one instruction.
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