Pharmacy Nutrition Support Residency

Activities include but are not limited to:

Rounding with one of the medical teams daily
Investigation of medication error reports and patient/medication safety follow-up
Drug information, literature searches, reading and contributing to team files
Attending codes
Quality improvement activities, audits
Communication/interaction with pharmacists, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and dietitians
Working with fourth-year Doctor of Pharmacy clerkship students
Co-precepting pharmacy practice residents and junior administrative residents
Inservices for pharmacy staff, residents, nurses and physicians
Contributing as a member of the medical team and nutrition support team

Projects

Major research project will be presented at the Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference and the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Educational Conference
Major projects may be also be presented at Clinical Nutrition Week (as part of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition annual meeting)

Presentation Opportunities

Teaching Opportunities

Clinical instructor status at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
Discussion with medical residents during clinical conference
Preceptorship of fourth-year students on clinical rotation at the hospital
Didactic lecturing at School of Pharmacy
Teaching certificate program for residents at area hospitals through the School of Pharmacy

Other Activities

Meetings with director of pharmacy and speakers discussing clinical and administrative topics
Patient and medication safety involvement
Advanced Cardiac Life Support training
Opportunities to interact with residents in oncology, pharmacy practice, administrative, drug policy
Option to take additional University of Wisconsin college classes

Travel

Support to attend either the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, or the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Meetings
Great Lakes Pharmacy Residents Conference
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) Conference