Program Overview

Required Monthly Rotations*

  • Orientation and Introduction to Pharmacy Practice - 2 months
  • Administration
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Home Infusion
  • Inflammatory (Residents will choose either Dermatology, Gastroenterology, or Rheumatology)
  • Inpatient Pharmacy Practice (Residents will choose from Cardiology, Infusion, or Internal Medicine)
  • Primary Care**
  • Research (December)

Elective monthly rotations* (Residents will choose 3)  

  • Dermatology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Outpatient Infectious Disease and Substance Use Disorder
  • Neurology
  • Rheumatology
  • Pulmonology
  • Residents may repeat any core rotation

*All rotations are subject to preceptor availability 

 **One required one-month primary care rotation will be off-site, at one of our Primary Care Clinics. These Clinics are approximately 10-20 minutes from your office space.

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 (Retail & Meds to Beds)
    • Friday, Saturday, Sunday every third weekend starting in August/September
  • 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
  • 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
  • Managed Care at Blue Cross Blue Shield Vermont (5 months) 
    • 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 weekends and on-call weeks