Resident Learning Experiences and Activities
Learning experiences
Cardiovascular recovery
Residents care for patients recovering from procedures such as coronary bypass surgery, heart valve replacement, and aneurysm repair. Under the guidance of the preceptor, the resident provides pharmaceutical care and drug information to the team.
Cardiology
Residents round with the WashU Medicine Advanced Heart Failure team and care for patients with complex cardiac disease states, including acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, and atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Residents may also assist in precepting PharmD students.
Antimicrobial stewardship
Residents participate in antimicrobial stewardship activities that may include prospective antimicrobial review, auditing, handshake rounds, and hospital and system quality improvement projects. Residents may also provide clinical consultation alongside infectious disease physicians.
Critical care
The critical care experience includes the Surgical and Medical Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Care Unit. Residents attend rounds and provide pharmaceutical care and drug information while building skills in critical care pharmacotherapy and hemodynamic monitoring.
Internal medicine
Residents work with an interprofessional team alongside medical residents and physicians to optimize disease-state management and improve transitions of care for patients with a wide range of general medicine conditions.
Emergency medicine
Residents participate in direct patient care in the Emergency Department, including medication histories, admission order review, patient counseling, medication-related recommendations, and emergency response support.
Longitudinal Heart Failure Clinic
Residents participate in a longitudinal ambulatory care experience focused on advanced heart failure. They collaborate with physicians and advanced practice providers to optimize guideline-directed medication therapy.
Missouri Baptist Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Clinic
Residents participate in the on-site residency clinic with internal medicine medical residents as part of their ambulatory learning experience.
Activities
- Resident research: Residents design and complete a yearlong research project under the guidance of residency preceptors, with opportunities to present findings at local, state, or national meetings.
- Pharmacy presentations: Residents complete journal clubs and formal case presentations during the year.
- Resident Education Academy: Residents participate in a longitudinal teaching and learning program through the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis and earn a teaching certificate upon successful completion.
- Resident seminar: Residents present a formal seminar to St. Louis-area pharmacists.
- Conferences: Residents have access to medicine grand rounds and a variety of specialty conferences at Missouri Baptist.
- Service commitment: Residents staff two three-hour evening shifts each week, one eight-hour weekend clinical pharmacy shift each month.
- ACLS: Residents complete Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification and should have current Basic Life Support certification before taking ACLS.