Pharmacy Residency - Post-Graduate Year 1 Residency

A required rotation where the residents will cover patients on the medical/inpatient oncology area. The pharmacist functions as part of a multidisciplinary team with routine responsibilities including daily review of medication profiles, addressing formal consults, patient education, reconciliation of home medications, and improving medication dosing and utilization in all patients.

A required rotation where the residents will cover patients on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This ICU’s patient population primarily consists of medical, neuro, and trauma patients. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the pharmacist is primarily responsible for ensuring safe and effective medication use for all patients admitted to the unit and participates in multidisciplinary rounds daily.

A required rotation where the resident takes an independent role in ensuring safe and effective medication use for all patients admitted to the Family Medicine Residency service. The resident will work closely with medical residents, including participation in interdisciplinary rounds and providing drug information and education.

A required rotation that will give the resident a broad overview of pharmacy operations and management techniques. The resident will work with pharmacy department management, attending and participating in several local, regional, and national committees and meetings. Discussions on organizational management, performance improvement, patient safety initiatives, and financial and operational focuses will occur.

A rotation designed to provide the resident education on the principles of antimicrobial stewardship, resources for infectious disease treatment, and application of both the principles and resources in a given patient population. This will include optimization of antimicrobial use at the health system level, tracking and reporting of such use, analysis of resistance patterns, and education to health care professionals.

An elective rotation where the resident takes an independent role in ensuring safe and effective medication use for a focused patient population in the critical care setting. The resident will independently function as the pharmacist in the Neurocritical, surgical and trauma (NeST) ICU and work closely with the health care team, including participation in interdisciplinary rounds, and providing drug information and education. They will also independently cover an evening critical care time frame and work with the evening ED pharmacist during those hours.

An elective rotation where the residents will see patients in the outpatient Geriatrics and Palliative Care specialty clinics. The pharmacist works with a multidisciplinary team, including a physician, a nurse practitioner, and a social worker, in an effort to optimize healthcare for the patients referred to the clinic.

An elective rotation where the residents will cover patients in the emergency department. Routine responsibilities include attendance at all high acuity patient events (stroke, sepsis, STEMI, trauma, code critical, and code blue), addressing informal/formal consults, patient education, reconciliation of home medications, and improving medication dosing and utilization in all patients.

An elective rotation where the residents are responsible for the care of the NICU, pediatric and Family Maternity patients which include labor, post-partum and ante-partum patients. The residents primary responsibility is for ensuring safe and effective medication use for all patients admitted to these areas and will round as part of a multidisciplinary team.

An elective rotation where the residents will cover patients in the Cancer Treatment Center. Modalities include medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology and gynecological oncology in both the outpatient and inpatient setting. The resident will be involved in order entry, handling and disposal of cytotoxic medications, patient education, therapeutic decision-making, and verification of dosing in the delivery of chemotherapy.

An elective rotation where the residents learn about medication usage in various procedural areas including Main OR, Day Surgery, Cath Lab and the Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR). Patients will be followed through various phases of care during their surgical encounter and residents will work with various perioperative (SPAR, PACU, etc) and intraoperative teams (surgery team, anesthesia, etc). The OR pharmacist ensures safe medication use and coordinates medication delivery for patients in the main OR and day surgery during all perioperative phases of care. The cardiology pharmacist similarly ensures safe medication use and coordination of medication delivery for procedures completed in the Cath Labs and CVOR.

A rotation designed to facilitate the completion of original research. The research involves design, IRB submission and approval, data collection and analysis, presentation of data, development of a written manuscript.

A rotation to provide residents the opportunity to gain teaching and education skills through a variety of opportunities including didactic and professional lecturing as well as a formal teaching certificate through Idaho State University.

A rotation designed for the residents to provide both centralized and decentralized patient care duties, including, but not limited to, order and product verification, ensuring and implementing safe sterile compounding practices, and drug therapy monitoring.