Mission Statement: The residency program at Lee Health Gulf Coast Medical Center is committed to providing excellent training experiences that support the resident's clinical, academic, and professional interests. This program is dedicated to preparing future pharmacy clinicians and leaders by promoting confidence, leadership and professional skills.
Required core rotations are 4-6 weeks and include the following:
Completion of Orientation and required core rotations will allow the resident to choose five months of elective rotations.
The resident may choose to do more than one rotation in a given practice area; however, the rotation must provide a different learning environment or patient population. The resident is encouraged to select elective rotations to provide a breadth of experience; therefore, one elective rotation must be an adult acute care rotation with a maximum of three rotations allowed within a specific patient population and not more than two non-direct patient care rotations.
Elective rotations are 4 weeks; some electives are available for 2 weeks (as indicated*) and include the following:
**Pediatric areas of focus include Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Pediatric Emergency Department (ED), Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS), and Pediatric Oncology dependent on preceptor availability.
Residents will choose five months of elective rotations, with at least one elective in an adult acute care setting. The resident may choose to do more than one rotation in a given practice area; however, a maximum of three rotations will be allowed within a specific patient population or practice area and two non-direct patient care rotations.
6-month long learning experience [July through December]. The results of a Medication Utilization Evaluation (MUE) completed in the Fall by the resident will be presented as a poster at the ASHP Midyear Meeting.
9-month long learning experience [October through June]. Each resident is required to lead and complete an IRC-approved research project. The resident will present results of the research project at the Florida Residency Conference in the spring.
Pharmacy Directors serve as the preceptors for this 10-month learning experience. Directors meet with residents for 2-3 hours each month to review topics such as Medication Use Processes, Medication Safety, Quality/Performance Improvement, Legal and Regulatory Compliance, Human Resources, Transitions of Care, Information Systems, and Business of Pharmacy.
The System Director of Pharmacy meets with residents for 1-2 hours each month during this 7-month learning experience. Topics discussed focus on the traits needed to be a leader within the field of pharmacy.
Residents are required to staff 28 hours a month starting in July through June, including one weekend every 4 weeks (two 8-hour shifts) and one 4- hour evening shift each week for 3 weeks per month. In addition, each resident will be required to staff one of the following holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, or New Year's Day. It is expected that the resident work Fourth of July (if on a weekday), Memorial Day and Labor Day.
11-month long learning experience [August through June]. Residents will participate in the following activities throughout the residency year.
Each resident will publish a minimum of three articles in the LH Pharmacy Newsletter, “The Dose”. Each resident will be responsible for the content, coordination and publication of a minimum of three pharmacy newsletters. The intended audience is pharmacy staff and healthcare providers, such as physicians and midlevel providers.
The LH Medical Writing Certificate program is an optional certificate designed to allow participants to move through a structured and systematic educational experience to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and performance behaviors to successfully develop and edit scholarly and scientific materials.
Teaching activities include but are not limited to the following:
