Preceptor Newsletter Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy
My Favorite Rotation - Caleb Knight While P4 students are on the Academia APPE, they are tasked with writing about their favorite rotation and share information related to the success of the rotation to share in this newsletter. Caleb Knight, Class of 2024 I am excited to share with you my recent experience during my very first APPE rotation, a Hospital/Health-Systems rotation, at Prisma Health Upstate. The Pharmacy Administrator, Dr. Harrison Jozefcyk, supervises the oncology department. This rotation not only allowed me to see a completely different side of pharmacy, but it also afforded me the opportunity to gain valuable clinical experience. Being a Hospital/Health-Systems rotation, a lot of meetings were held with members and stakeholders from varying Prisma departments. These meetings were scheduled to make sure everyone involved was on the same page in regard to patient care, streamlining processes, & maintaining compliance with policies. (Since GMH and Palmetto Health merged, the streamlining of processes is still in progress.) With 8 years of total experience in a pharmacy setting, it was an eye-opening experience to see the massive amount of work and coordination that goes into maintaining & running a healthcare facility. Most of what makes the “machine” work is done behind the scenes. I was also fortunate to see many of my former colleagues. Many led or attended the meetings mentioned above. Some have also moved into positions which enabled them to serve in administrative roles within Prisma Health. Being in an administrative role, employees will automatically come to you with any problems, concerns, or even just to ask for opinions or points-of-view concerning different topics. During these different interactions, I was able to work with Prisma’s Pharmacology & Therapeutics committee to have a medication added to formulary; create an OTC drug informational handout for the clinic staff to provide information to postmenopausal patients, present an in depth chemotherapy project to oncology pharmacists, nurses, and students; and even worked hands-on with pharmacists, nurses, and Physician Assistant’s in the oncology infusion center. Overall, my favorite part of this rotation was the opportunity to work hands-on in the infusion center. After patients were seen by their provider, they were directed into the infusion center for their chemotherapy treatments. Working with the oncology pharmacist, patient workups were completed and each medication they were prescribed was reviewed. The patients then sat down with the pharmacist for a review of all the treatments they would be participating in. The pharmacist also provided a short informative document with important information regarding the medications they would be prescribed.
While participating in this rotation, I quickly became very fond of the one-on-one, personal interaction that pharmacist care obviously provides. While there, I met several cancer patients and wanted to help each one of them in any way possible. Having that personal interaction can confirm and reassure the pharmacist that each patient is well-informed in regard to medication and therapy. From a personal perspective, Dr. Jozefczyk was a very helpful asset. He provided invaluable advice regarding my specific path as I continue my pharmaceutical journey. During this rotation, I was able to work with many pharmacy residents and observe a tiny glimpse of what a residency would be like. Dr. Jozefcyk afforded me many professional pointers and multi-directional evaluations of a residency, specifically, the residency programs at Prisma Health. Prior to this rotation, my formulated plan was to continue to work in retail at my current work position. After completing this rotation, I now want to consider an ambulatory care-type of residency.
Important Upcoming Dates August 22-September 28: Fall-1 IPPE October 2: APPE Availability due (2024-25 academic year) October 9-10: Fall Break October 12-November 21: Fall-2 IPPE November 22-24: Thanksgiving Break (P1-P3) December 1: All outstanding APPE grades due December 18-January 1: Christmas break
SCSHP Fall Meeting & Residency Showcase, October 3: The SCHSP fall meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 3. The clinical skills competition is scheduled for 1:30 and the residency showcase is scheduled for 5:00. If your APPE student plans to participate, our office considers these excused absences; however excusing the student from any amount of time from your rotation for these
activities is at your discretion as a preceptor. You know your schedule best and it may not be possible for the student to be absent. Or you may want the student to make up missed time later in the month. (Our Fall-1 P2 IPPE ends September 26, so this event should not conflict. If it does, I will reach out to individual preceptors to discuss) Capstone Presentations, October 12: On Thursday, October 12, ALL P4 students are required to return to campus for their capstone presentations. This is a scheduled absence; therefore, the student is not required to make up the actual hours missed. However, he/she is responsible for completion of all activities and objectives of the rotation. We do expect students to be on rotation the rest of this week. National Conferences: In addition, several national conferences such as NCPA (Oct 14-17), ACCP (Nov 11-14). and ASHP Midyear (Dec 3-7) will be held in the next few months. Some of our students may be presenting posters, involved in leadership roles for these organizations, or participating in residency showcases. As with any planned absence, students are required to contact the Office of Experiential Education prior to making plans to attend these events so that we can work with them to minimize time away from their rotation. Conference participation is also considered an excused absence. Thus, any time missed may need to be made up at your discretion, and of course, we expect students to successfully complete all activities and objectives of their rotations.
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