Pharmacy Practice Residency

Residents also spend a portion of their work hours functioning as staff pharmacist in the provision of prescribed pharmaceuticals, medications, information and clinical monitoring for adequate patient care according to professional standards and practices.

Requirements

1. The resident will be a graduate of an ACPE-accredited Doctor of Pharmacy degree program.

2. The applicant shall be licensed, or be eligible for licensure, in the state or jurisdiction in which the residency program is conducted.

To Apply

• Complete online application AND
• Email or fax a CV (with contact information for 3 references) to contact below.

Covenant Health Employment Services
Beverly Wilcox
Phone - 865-531-5486
Fax - 865-531-5478
Bwilcox@covhlth.com

Detailed Description
The Pharmacy Resident will receive education in each of the core areas and function in these areas under the supervision of a clinical pharmacist preceptor.

The Pharmacy Practice Residency is comprised of four core areas:

1. Practice Foundation Skills: Preceptors will serve as mentors continuously throughout the residency to meet the goals and objectives of an accredited residency program. Skills include those such as "maintain a professional image" and "manage change effectively." Other goals, such as those pertaining to working efficiently with computer systems and delivering effective education and training, will be best accomplished through repetition over time. Negotiation skills and pharmacy history, for instance, may be learned in short periods of instruction or discussions with preceptors.

2. Direct Patient Care: Instruction modules for this section include interdisciplinary rounds, patient education, therapeutic drug monitoring, and patient profile review. The standard outlines experiences where the resident gains experience in a sufficiently diverse patient population, a variety of disease states, and a range of complexity of patient problems.

3. Drug Information and Drug Use Policy Development: The purpose of this area is to provide theory to the resident on topics such as formulary management, drug use control, and medication errors. Also included is practical application of these principles in actual practice. The module includes attendance of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, preparation of drug monographs, formulary management, and journal article presentation. Also included is attendance of the Investigation Review committee, and preparation of the adverse drug reaction reports and medication occurrence review.

4. Practice Management: The purpose of the last core area is to show the resident the importance of determining the overall direction and integration of pharmacy services. It also is where the resident will learn the day-to-day requirements needed to manage pharmacy activities. The resident will be instructed on decision-making events involving budgets, staffing, and program development.