Staffing and Administration

Each resident will complete a five-week clinical applications training rotation in the inpatient pharmacy to learn order-entry and pharmacy-to-dose procedures. Upon completion of this training, the resident will complete his/her staffing component at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center inpatient pharmacy every fourth weekend. Additionally, the resident will staff in the inpatient pharmacy one full shift every other week. Residents will have the opportunity to staff the main pharmacy, and various satellite locations throughout the medical center. The resident will also be trained in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) and will provide pharmacy services at code blue calls 2-3 months out of the residency year. Residents will be responsible for preparing/reviewing medications requested during the code blue, performing needed patient recovery skills or tasks, and providing recommendations for treatment as requested.

The pharmacy administration and operations learning experience is an eight-week longitudinal rotation that occurs during December as well as February of the residency year. Residents will meet with various members of the pharmacy leadership team to discuss topics pertaining to pharmacy department planning and improvement. Activities in this learning experience will permit the pharmacy resident to learn what items are assessed during the decision-making process for the department to include: pharmacy operations, financial management, pharmacy regulations and law, policy and procedure development, The Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service regulations, and interdepartmental relationships. Another activity of the learning experience will introduce the resident to the process of developing and updating clinical policies and procedures for the department along with implementing and evaluating changes to the clinical practice model.