Program Overview

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
  • 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