The Pharmacy residency program at Memorial Medical Center has been operating since 2014 and was accredited by the ASHP (American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy) in 2015. The pharmacy residency training focuses on the development of skills necessary to provide optimal drug therapy, function competently on inter-professional teams, and become leaders in the medication use process. We have recently expanded our program to include two PGY1 residents and will expand to include a PGY2 resident in emergency medicine in August 2021.
As pharmacy residents we interact with and work alongside SNMFPRP residents at all stages of their residency in both acute and ambulatory care settings. We have the opportunity to complete two rotations with the FMS (family medicine services) inpatient team, where we round with attendings and residents, and offer medication recommendations to improve patient care. We also work closely with the family medicine residents while at the clinic. We work with our preceptor, Dr. Norris to provide MTM (medication therapy management) visits, as well as provide care to patient with chronic disease states including diabetes, hypertension, and coronary artery disease. We have also had the opportunity to work alongside the family medicine residents by attending and participating in home visits for some of our elderly patients, or patients who are unable to physically come into the clinic.
We have been able to learn so much from the residents whom we have had the opportunity to work alongside but are also able to be a resource to them in all things related to medications. We were each able to provide didactic presentations to the residents regarding pharmacologic treatment of common disease states that family medicine providers encounter including hypertension, type 1 diabetes, and proper use of anticoagulants.
There is a tremendous level of respect and understanding that comes from learning from and alongside one another as pharmacy and family medicine residents and we hope to continue to encourage multidisciplinary collaboration such as this within our health care system in the years to come.