Pharmacy Rotations

Rotational Experiences:

The PGY1 pharmacy residency year begins with a 5-week orientation period. Throughout the training year, there are 8 rotations with each learning experience being 5-6 weeks in length. The schedule allows for 3 elective rotations.

Required Rotations:

Internal Medicine (1 mandatory learning experience)
Location: Cambridge Hospital
Preceptors: Gail Sanchez, Xia Thai, Shirley Yu

Family Medicine (1 mandatory learning experience)
Location: Everett Hospital
Preceptors: Gail Sanchez, Xia Thai, Shirley Yu

Ambulatory Care (2 mandatory learning experiences)
Location: Cambridge, Somerville, Revere Clinics
Preceptors: Catrina Derderian, Lindsey Krueger-Grgurich, Garrett Lech, Victoria Liu, Sahil Jain, Alexandra Polito, Gina Stenhouse, Emily Zouzas

Practice Management (1 mandatory learning experience)
Location: Cambridge
Preceptors: Mary Regan and Steven Cano

Elective Rotations:

Infectious Disease/Antimicrobial Stewardship
Location: Cambridge and Everett Hospitals
Preceptor: Amanda Barner

Acute Psychiatry
Location: Everett Hospital
Preceptor: Jessica Goren

Ambulatory Care (Select one of the following)

• Population Health
  Location: Cambridge
  Preceptor: Catrina Derderian
• Chronic Pain Management
  Location: Cambridge and Revere
  Preceptor: Gina Stenhouse
• Advanced Ambulatory Care Management
  Location: Cambridge, Somerville, Revere
  Preceptors: Catrina Derderian, Sahil Jain, Lindsey, Krueger-Grgurich, Garrett Lech, Vicky Liu, Alexandra Polito, Gina Stenhouse, Emily Zouzas

Practice Management 2
Location: Cambridge
Preceptors: Steven Cano, Monica Akus

Geriatric Psychiatry
Location: Everett Hospital
Preceptor: Jessica Goren

Adult Medicine with an Academic Focus
Location: Cambridge or Everett Hospitals
Preceptor: Gail Sanchez, Xia Thai, Shirley Yu

Quality Improvement with Infectious Disease Focus
Location: Cambridge and Everett Hospitals
Preceptor: Amanda Barner

Longitudinal Experiences (Required):

Clinical On-Call Programs

• Resident will participate in the following programs as applicable:
  • Pharmacy Dosing Protocols (e.g., warfarin, vancomycin & renal dosing)
  • Pharmacy Patient Education (e.g., CHF patients)
• Participate in the clinical on-call program
  • Approximately 1 week/month
  • At-home call program

Hospital Practice (Staffing) in the Cambridge Hospital Inpatient Pharmacy

• Every 4th weekend
• 1 evening shift per week (~ 5 hours)
• 1 major and 1 minor holiday

• Monthly discussion seminar with Medication Safety Officer

• Monthly seminar with Chief Pharmacy Officer and Pharmacy Leadership Team
• Journal club presentation

• Resident is the primary stakeholder in a CHA approved quality research project
• Present research at 2 meetings:
  • Poster presentation (Vizient Consortium Pharmacy Network at the Midyear Clinical Meeting)
  • Platform presentation (Eastern States Residency Conference)
• Final presentation to Pharmacy Enterprise and collaborators
• Final project written in a publishable format

Periodic Experiences (Required):

Medication Use Process

• Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee work and presentations:
  • Conduct a medication use evaluation
  • Review a new medication for formulary consideration

Teaching

• Teaching Certificate Program
  • Monthly seminar
  • Resident will write a teaching philosophy, create a teaching portfolio, and lead weekly small group sessions for 1 semester for pharmacy students
• 1 ACPE (Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Continuing Education) approved lecture to pharmacy staff
• 2 case conferences
• 3 inservices (e.g., physicians, nurses, pharmacists)
• Write a Pharmacy CHAnnel Newsletter article