Curriculum Description

Available one-month rotations include:

• Acute Care Fundamentals*
• Administration*
• Ambulatory Care*
• Cardiology
• Critical Care**
• Emergency Medicine**
• Infectious Disease*
• Inpatient Palliative Care/Hospice
• Inpatient Transitions of Care
• Internal Medicine*
• Neonatal Intensive Care (affiliation with Akron Children's Hospital)
• Orientation*
• Outpatient Infusion (emphasis on Heme/Onc)
• Surgery 
• Advanced rotations in administration, ambulatory care, critical care, emergency medicine, infectious disease, infusion, and teaching are also available
• Other rotations may be available depending on service and preceptor availability

*Indicates required rotation

**Completing either Critical Care or Emergency Medicine is required

Longitudinal Rotations (required)

• Code Team
• Inpatient Pharmacy Staffing 
  • Every 3rd weekend
• Medication Safety (10 months)
  • Recitation monthly and lab time every other week
• Leadership and Practice Management
• Research Project
  • 7 seminars during the year
  • Project month (December)
• Teaching (Teaching Certificate through the University of Connecticut)

Description:
Residents will serve as active members of interdisciplinary teams and participate in a wide variety of clinical rotations to enhance and refine their pharmacy practice skills and knowledge. With 15 pharmacy specialists and more than 600 licensed beds, the pharmacy department boasts a robust resident learning environment. The strengths of the program include ambulatory care, cardiology, internal medicine, emergency medicine, infectious disease, and critical care. Residents will also have the opportunity to earn a teaching certificate. Resident graduates will be prepared for acute care clinical and staff pharmacist positions, adjunct faculty positions and a variety of PGY2 programs.