About of Program

The Residency Experience

The Clinical Community Residency allows significant flexibility for Residents to individualize their training to meet their own specific clinical needs.

Staffing (Service Commitment)

Due to the intrinsic role of pharmacy practice in pharmaceutical care, the residency experience will include one weekend per month staffing and 20% of the resident's time in the pharmacy.  The sites of staffing may include specialty service, central or other clinical service coverage, IV infusion, compounding, dispensing, and patient recruitment for clinics. In addition, the Resident will provide patient care within the pharmacy.

Research Project

While we anticipate that the Resident will be included in many projects throughout the year, the Resident is required to be primarily responsible for at least one major project. The goal of this assignment is to gain experience in a topic of health disparity and learn of the various aspects of research methodology. The objectives of the major project include defining a research idea, protocol development, submission to the Institutional Review Board, data collection, data analysis and presentation/publication of results. These five objectives can be accomplished within one project, or from various projects throughout the year. The Resident is required to present their project at the South Eastern Residency Conference which occurs at the end of April each year. Examples of past Resident projects include:

• Academic Detailing in a Rural Setting Can Change Prescribing Habits to Increase Omeprazole Prescriptions. (Raker, K. 2006)

Assessment and Evaluation

The strength of our program is greatly dependent on feedback and communication. Each rotation or experience begins with a discussion of individualized goals and objectives for the rotation from both the Resident and preceptor or program director. The preceptor will also discuss the learning activities that are incorporated into each rotation.

The residency program utilizes the Residency Learning System (RLS) model for evaluation and feedback for the residents. Components of the RLS model include the following:

• Mid-rotation evaluation (by preceptor)
• Criteria-based checklist evaluations (by both preceptor and resident)
• Final evaluation of Resident (by preceptor)
• Preceptor evaluation (by Resident)
• Resident self-evaluation

Documentation

• Self Evaluation Form
• Post Rotation Evaluation Form
• Supplemental Evaluation Form
• Preceptor & Learning Experience Evaluation Form
• Quarterly Evaluations Form

Documentation of clinical pharmacy experiences will be completed no later than 2 days after the end of a rotation.

The Resident and preceptor will discuss the evaluations and then submit these forms to the Program Director. The Resident will meet with the Program Director no less than quarterly to discuss progress, and develop goals and plans for the next quarter.

Certificate

The Resident will be awarded a Residency Program certificate upon successful completion of the goals for the program.