This rotation will provide the resident with drug therapy management of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke patients in a primary certified stroke center. The resident will be required to follow the patient from the Emergency Department through out hospitalization until discharge to rehabilitation or long term care facility. The resident will attend and contribute to various stroke meetings and gain experience in writing drug therapy protocols. The resident will monitor efficacy and toxicity of medications and identify and manage adverse drug reactions. The resident will be exposed to a broad range of neurology topics.
This rotation will provide the resident with experience and a working knowledge of information systems with an emphasis on clinical applications and impact on patient care. The resident will gain experience in the development of improved patient safety by working closely with the pharmacy information team, pharmacists, physicians, nursing, and other members of the Baptist Health Information Services Department. The resident will be involved in various activities including the building and validation of clinical rules, validation of clinical reports, building and validation of dose range checking on selected therapeutic categories of medications.
The rotation will focus on and familiarize the resident with pharmacy practice in the Emergency Department and Poison Information Center. Urgent and emergent therapeutics, clinical toxicology, and the provision of poison information will be emphasized allowing the resident to discuss pathophysiologic entities and formulate therapeutic and monitoring protocols for patients on a case-by-case basis.
Residents have the opportunity to repeat a required rotation twice during the residency year. In addition, residents may elect to complete any of the following pediatric rotations.
Neonatal Intensive Care
Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Nutrition
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Medication Safety