Curriculum

Pharmacy Residency Program at Monmouth Medical Center

Required Rotations

Administration

  • Learn the roles of different personnel, contribute to committee work, and explore practice management

Critical Care

  • Round with ICU team in our “closed system” model

Emergency Medicine

  • Round in Emergency department and attend Codes

Internal Medicine

  • Round with Medical team on general medical floors

Infectious Diseases

  • Round with ID physicians and NPs as the consult service

Orientation to Pharmacy Practice (Service Training)

Orientation to daily operations in pharmacy including Order Verification, IV Room compounding, and supply management

Pharmacy Informatics

  • Learn the different medication use systems including BCMA, Pyxis ES, EHR (EPIC) and CPOE

Pharmacy Practice- Decentralized (Transitions)

  • Round with RNs, Case Management, Social work to ensure continuity of care
  • Verify orders, answer drug information questions, and counsel patients on specific units

Psychiatry-Inpatient

  • Round with Psychiatrists, therapists, Social workers
  • Run Medication groups for patients
  • Provide drug information to patients and staff

Psychiatry-Outpatient

  • Participate in interdisciplinary rounds
  • Run Medication groups for patients
  • Provide drug information to patients and staff
  • Perform medication management for behavioral health patients

Elective

Customizable based on resident interest and preceptor availability.

  • Examples at MMC: Advanced ID, EM , IM, psychiatry (pediatrics), Informatics
  • Other opportunities can be arranged within health system based on preceptor availability.

Longitudinal

Antimicrobial Stewardship

  • Responsible for AMS services on weekend
  • HIV consults from clinic

Ambulatory Care

  • Participating and leading medication groups in outpatient Psychiatry clinic (s)

Management and Medication Safety

  • Expand on required Administration rotation
  • Explore and contribute to strategy development, execution and monitoring/follow-up of outcomes
  • Learn skills of report monitoring, leadership skills, communication to fellow health care professionals, and education to prevent medication errors
  • HRO process
  • Completion of MUE

Pharmacy Practice (Staffing)

  • Perform daily operations in pharmacy including Order Verification, IV Room compounding, and supply management

Research

  • Completion of prospective research project