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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
While the first three years of pharmacy education did not
necessarily fly by, P4 year is certainly making up for the first
three (evident by my late posting of my blogs).
You blink and you’re already walking into rotation 3 or 4.
My P4 year started off with a Drug Information rotation
through Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. I
am very fond of the Lansing area as I did my undergraduate work at the Michigan
State University and currently live there (when not in school) with my wife who
is currently a medical resident at Sparrow as well. Seems like last week that I was trying to muster
up the courage to walk into my first day of rotations with absolutely no idea
what to expect. I had a good idea I had
left the tests and IRATs behind but you can never be too sure with U of M. Every rotation has a steep learning curve at
the beginning, whether it is getting accustomed to the computer system or
fitting into the pharmacy and health care culture of the location. The group of clinical pharmacists I got to
work with was a great, close nit group eating lunch together almost every
day. While each day was filled with a
few drug information questions, I got to spend a lot of time working in the offices
of the other clinical staff, observing their role in patient care and their
interactions with the other members of the healthcare team. While the drug information part of my drug
information rotation was a little light, the difference was made up with
projects and presentations which really increased and improved my presenting
skills. Mainly out of necessity when you
are presenting to a room of some of the most important decision makers in the
hospital at a P&T committee meeting.
While my goal is to end up at Sparrow eventually, this first rotation
was a great eye opener to the culture of Sparrow, the pharmacist workflow which
I will address in my rotation 3 blog, and the opportunities for pharmacist
advancement and services to be offered.
Each rotation teaches you something different, regardless of how “interesting”
it was at the time or how prepared you feel leaving. Thankfully, I had another taste of Sparrow on
rotation 3 in the critical care unit.
But I won’t spoil that story just yet.
Todd
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