Learning Experiences

Required Learning Experiences

• Orientation (6 weeks)
• Management and Leadership (Longitudinal)
• Transitions of Care (Longitudinal)
• 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.

Preceptor: Jeffery Spray, Pharm.D., Marcia Brackbill, Pharm.D.

2016-2017

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

Preceptor: Marcia Brackbill, Pharm.D, Carrie Barber Pharm.D