Serving patients in the hospital's 30-bed intensive care unit, the program involves critically-ill patients with various medical, surgical and neurological conditions.
Objectives
Once through the rotation, the resident should be able to:
1. identify patient specific problems in the critically ill patient
2. use clinical therapeutic knowledge and apply to patient problems
3. monitor therapeutic drug regimens for efficacy and toxicity
4. be familiar with disease states common to the critically ill patient through recommendations and discussion sessions with preceptors
Daily/weekly activities
review assigned patients
see new patients/provide medical consultations
TPN monitoring and prescribing
pharmacokinetics
patient discussions with preceptor(s)
topic discussions with preceptor(s)
possibility to round with an ICU physician
Other rotation activities
journal club
topic presentations
drug information for the patient care team
special projects (i.e. MUE, data collection, in-services)
Interaction with Health care Professionals
You will be expected to interact with each member as appropriate and gain experience and confidence as a member of the team. The patient care team is composed of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dieticians, speech therapists, social workers, chaplains and respiratory therapists.
Evaluation criteria
topic/patient discussions
journal club presentation
relations with the patient care team
monitor patients and appropriately assess problems
knowledge base application/problem solving
assertiveness in care of patients
ability to answer drug information questions
Opportunities exist to observe
PA catheter placement; arterial and central line placement
bronchoscopy
intubation
continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
Potential conditions/diseases in to become familiar with
cardiovascular system
respiratory system
hematology
central nervous system
gastrointestinal/hepatic system
renal system
endocrine system
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Pharmacy Residency Program
800 E. 28th St.
Mail Route 11004
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-863-7545
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