This 12 month residency in Pharmacy Practice has been conducted for over 30 years. It provides a good balance of both acute and ambulatory pharmacy experiences. By following patients through the continuum of care offered in a VA   setting, residents are afforded the opportunity to longitudinally monitor patients’ progress. In addition, the resident will gain valuable experience in our pharmacy and medical center administrative programs, including Joint Commission compliance, patient safety initiatives, and performance improvement. Projects will encompass the Kansas City VA Medical Center, Veterans   Integrated Service Network 15 (VISN 15) and National VA National Pharmacy Benefits Management Group and will include, local and/or national drug utilization reviews, developing VA local drug monographs and/or criteria for use and compiling the quarterly Pharmacy Newsletter.

The resident will be afforded the opportunity to participate in many educational programs including a teaching certificate program offered through the UMKC School of Pharmacy and pharmacy CE presentations. The resident will gain experience in lecture preparation, didactic teaching and in the precepting of students on site.

Rotations

Structurally the residency is divided into 9 rotations of varying length. The rotations are arranged to combine required  experiences along with electives in the resident’s identified area of interest to allow pursuit of residency and expansion of skills throughout the year. Simultaneously, the resident is expected to prioritize and work on ongoing requirements in longitudinal clinical, didactic, management and residency project rotations.

 In each experience, the resident works closely with the residency director and the rotation preceptor to develop goals and objectives that will assist the resident in expanding skills for current and future practice. Regular meetings with the residency director ensure that long-term goals are met.

Rotation offerings:

Outpatient Cardiology

Critical Care

Infectious Disease

Psychopharmacy

Anticoagulation

Ambulatory Rural Health

ID/HIV

Mental Health

Outpatient Oncology

Pain Clinic

Pulmonary

Internal Medicine Ambulatory Care

Home Based Primary Care

Pharmacy Outcomes/Healthcare Analytics

Longitudinal Rotations:

Pharmacoeconomics

Practice Management

Residency Project

Staffing