List of Rotations

Required rotations:

Clinical Practice:

Residents will rotate through both NorthBay Medical Center and VacaValley Hospital and experience a decentralized clinical approach to patient care. The residents and clinical pharmacists will manage the medical care of all the Medical-Surgical level patients of the hospitals. It is a clinically focused experience whereby residents improve the medication use process, as well as enhance their critical thinking, communication and triage skills.

Intensive Care Unit:

Residents are exposed to a decentralized ICU experience at NorthBay Medical Center. Working alongside our ICU pharmacists, residents are responsible for critically evaluating and enhancing the medical care provided to ICU and TCU level patients. Residents will also attend interdisciplinary rounds, manage clinical protocols, and precept interns.

Hospital Practice:

Balancing their clinical learning experiences, residents will master the operations of hospital pharmacy, enabling them become well-rounded pharmacists. For this experience, the residents will rotate through both NorthBay Medical Center and VacaValley Hospital.   Responsibilities include: reviewing computerized prescriber order entry for appropriateness, medication verification, drug distribution, answering drug-related questions, and precepting interns.

Emergency Medicine:

The Emergency Department at VacaValley Hospital will serve as the location of our residency program’s newest rotation, which places pharmacists in the ED, the front line of patient care. This learning experience opens doors to new opportunities and pushes the boundaries of pharmacist roles. The focus is on reducing medication errors and improving the drug use process in the ED.

Internal Medicine:

David Grant Medical Center in Fairfield hosts this required rotation. It is a clinically focused learning experience whereby the resident will function as the main pharmacist of an interdisciplinary team and clinically follow their designated subset of patients.

Other Required Learning Experiences

Academic:

Once a month, residents are required to lead small group discussions on various topics and facilitate student learning at Touro University. Lecture and discussion material will be provided. The goal is for the residents to enhance the students’ critical thinking and communication skills.     

Medication Safety:

Residents will work alongside NorthBay’s Medication Safety Pharmacist and Clinical Coordinator to analyze documented medication errors and adverse events in order to enhance patient safety and improve the medication use process. Information is compiled into quarterly reports and presented at various administrative meetings.

Administration:

Electives:

Academia:

Residents have the choice between two local pharmacy schools, Touro University or the University of the Pacific, to experience academia on a doctorate level. Residents will work with professors to develop adult learning strategies which will enhance the pharmacy student learning experience. Residents will also prepare and present lecture material, conduct small group discussion sessions, and develop appropriate assessments to gauge student knowledge.   

Oncology

HIV Clinic

Cardiology

Home Infusion

Infectious Disease

Anticoagulation Clinic

Family Medicine Clinic   

Managed Care Health Plan