Discharge Prescription Program Management (Longitudinal)
Community Wellness and Education (Longitudinal)
Shenandoah Valley Compassionate Care Pharmacy (Longitudinal)
Staffing (Longitudinal)
Project Management (Longitudinal)
Ambulatory Care (Longitudinal)
Pharmacy Management and Leadership (Longitudinal)
Teaching and Learning Curriculum Program
Elective Learning Experiences (5 weeks)
Ambulatory Care – additional rotation sites offered
Academia
Emergency Department Medication Reconciliation
Practice Experiences
Longitudinal pharmacy-run discharge prescription program
Education of pharmacy students and healthcare professionals
Community and wellness extended rotation
Medication and chronic disease education and counseling
Immunization program
Comprehensive pharmacy care including transition of care
Community pharmacy staffing
Drug information
Additional Learning Experiences
Disease state management
Medication Utilization Evaluations
Medication therapy management
Reimbursement and practice leadership
Participation in departmental and committee meetings
Active in providing community service
Teaching Opportunities
The resident will participate in experiential teaching (APPE and IPPE)
within the practice site. A teaching and learning curriculum program that
includes didactic, small group discussion and experiential teaching is
available through Shenandoah University School of Pharmacy.
Past Resident Research Projects
2015-2016
Susan Cooper, Pharm.D. - The effectiveness of self-initiated antibiotics
and steroids on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease readmissions.
Natalie Winters, Pharm.D. - Impact of telephone follow-ups by a pharmacist
at 30 days and 90 days post-discharge on smoking cessation.
Preceptor: Marcia Brackbill, Pharm.D.
2017-2018
Nichelle Logan, Pharm.D. - Determining the effect of an outpatient community
pharmacy’s discharge prescription program on readmission rates in
heart failure patients.
Preceptor: Marcia Brackbill, Pharm.D.
2018-2019
Ryan Turner, Pharm.D. – Impact of community pharmacists on probiotic
supplementation in immediate post-discharge patients and its effects on
the incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections.
Preceptor: Marcia Brackbill, Pharm.D., Larissa Coyle, Pharm.D., Elizabeth
Walters, Pharm.D.
Emily Yeager, Pharm.D. - Effect of an interdisciplinary COPD treatment
team on patient understanding of medications after hospital discharge.
Preceptor: Lori DeHaven, Pharm.D., Marcia Brackbill, Pharm.D.
2019-2020
Elizabeth Gibson, Pharm.D. –Evaluation of appropriate prescribing
of oral anti-Xa inhibitors in transitions of care filled at an outpatient
pharmacy after discharge from a 455 bed community hospital.
Preceptor: Lori DeHaven, Pharm.D., Marcia Brackbill, Pharm.D.
2020-2021
Carrie Barber, Pharm.D. – Impact of pharmacist-led medication reconciliation
upon hospital discharge
Preceptor: Marcia Brackbill, Pharm.D.
2021-2022
Crystal Utter, Pharm.D. – Identifying patient barriers to declining
naloxone prescriptions in the community pharmacy setting
