Required Monthly Rotations*
- Orientation and Introduction to Pharmacy Practice - 2 months
- Administration
- Hematology/Oncology
- BCBS Managed Care/Home Infusion/Travel Clinic
- Residents will select two of these and each will be two weeks
- Inflammatory
- Residents will choose either Dermatology, Gastroenterology, or Rheumatology
- Inpatient Pharmacy Practice
- Residents will choose from Cardiology or Internal Medicine
- Primary Care
- Research (December)
Elective monthly rotations* (Residents will choose 3)
- BCBS Managed Care
- Dermatology
- Gastroenterology
- Home Infusion
- Outpatient Infectious Disease
- Neurology
- Rheumatology
- Pulmonology
- Travel Clinic
- Residents may repeat any core rotation
*All rotations are subject to preceptor availability
Required longitudinal rotations
- Drug Information
- Journal Club and Case Conference
- 0.75-hr meeting the third and fourth Tuesday of the month
- Outpatient Pharmacy Practice (Specialty Pharmacy and Retail)
- Every third week on Thursday and Friday
- Thursday - normal clinic day, staff from 5 - 9 PM
- Friday - Specialty Distribution in the AM, staff from 1 - 9 PM
- Weekends off, but will be on-call, see below
- Every third week on Thursday and Friday
- Research
- 1-hr standing meeting once a month
- Medication use evaluation
- Specialty Pharmacy Distribution and on-call
- Every third Friday morning followed by staffing in the afternoon
- On-call every third week (coinciding with staffing)
- Weekdays 5 PM - 8:30 AM
- Weekends all day
- Specialty Pharmacy Quality and Administration
- 1-hr standing meeting once a month
- Teaching Certificate program (UCONN)
- 1-hr standing meeting twice a month
- Longitudinal Primary Care (4 months, immediately following primary care rotation)
- 1 full clinic day the first and third Wednesday of the month
Required deliverables
- Departmental competencies (completed during Orientation and Introduction to Pharmacy Practice)
- Major project: Residency research project with manuscript and platform presentation
- Minor project: Medication utilization evaluation
- Medication monograph or class review for the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee
- One-hour ACPE accredited Grand Rounds Presentation
- Teaching and Learning Certificate
- Article for local newsletter
- Three written drug information responses and one formal nursing in-service
- Three journal club presentations
- Three case conference presentations
- Minimum of twelve total staffing and on-call weeks
