Curriculum

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

• Direct patient care services
• Pharmacy practice management
• Computer-based pharmaceutical care
• Research

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.

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

Elective Rotations
For your elective rotations, you may choose:

• Bone marrow transplant
• Cardiology
• Cardiology critical care
• Cardiovascular surgery
• Cardiovascular transplantation
• Formulary management
• Hematology
• Geriatrics/long-term care
• HIV Outpatient Clinic
• Hospice care
• Internal medicine*
• Internal Medicine Clinic
• Infectious diseases
• Investigational drug studies
• Liver/kidney transplantation
• Medical intensive care*
• Medication safety*
• Nephrology
• Nephrology critical care
• Nicotine dependence
• Neurology
• Nutrition support
• Oncology
• Operating room pharmacy practice
• Pain management
• Pediatrics/Neonatal*
• Pediatrics infectious diseases
• Psychiatry
• Surgery intensive care
• Thoracic/Vascular

* This is a required rotation if you have not completed at least four weeks of training in this area during your Doctor of Pharmacy program.

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.

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.

Evaluation
Core standards for resident performance have been established to provide clear expectations. The Residency Learning System (RLS) is used to ensure that you will receive ongoing feedback that facilitates the development of your skills throughout the year. This feedback utilizes consistent assessment criteria and provides a mechanism to improve your monitoring skills.

Curriculum Enhancements
Mayo School of Health Sciences is committed to developing and maintaining the very best education programs. Changes may be made to the curriculum and other aspects of this program as necessary to assure the highest-quality training.