CAVHCS Pharmacy Service serves as an advanced practice experience rotation site for fourth year pharmacy students and as a rotation site for early pharmacy practice experience for second year pharmacy students.
Rotation Descriptions:
Primary Care
CAVHCS Pharmacy Service has up to six Primary Care Rotations available per block. The primary care rotations are located in Montgomery, Tuskegee, or Columbus. The students will progress to independently managing pharmacist-run clinics, including anticoagulation, lipid, and diabetes dyslipidmia clinics. This will include:
interviewing and counseling patients making appropriate pharmacotherapy interventions providing accurate and concise documentation in the patient's electronic medical record
In addition to managing pharmacist-run clinics, students will be given an opportunity to:
- improve their primary care disease-state knowledge base (A-fib, Hyperlipidemia, DM, HTN, CHF, Depression, etc.) focusing on optimizing pharmacotherapy
- round with various primary care services, including geriatrics, mental health, and cardiology
- perform Home Based Primary Care chart reviews and MUEs
- respond to drug-information questions and pharmacotherapy consults
Health Systems Practice
CAVHCS Pharmacy Service offers one Health Systems Practice rotation per block located at the Montgomery Campus. The student will actively be involved in:
preparing IVs working with Pyxis and BCMA delivery systems performing pharmacokinetic dosing of antibiotics adjusting inpatient medications for renal impairment participate in rounds by making pharmacotherapy recommendations lead disease state discussion pertaining to inpatient issues and answer drug information questions
Drugs Information:
CAVHCS Pharmacy Service has one Drug Information Rotation per block split between Tuskegee and Montgomery Campuses. In addition to serving as the contact for all facility drug information questions, students will actively participate in:
P&T Committee Meetings including preparing the agenda, generating reports, etc completing various MUEs focusing on safety efficacy,and cost reduction topics participate in research projects resulting in poster publications and journal publications
Electives
CAVHCS Pharmacy Service offers both a Pharmacy Administrative and Pharmacy IT rotation per block. The administrative rotation will involve shadowing the Pharmacy Chief and understanding VA leadership responsibilities. The IT rotations will focus on pharmacy's role in:
Please contact the program director with any questions at:
Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System
Addison Ragan, PharmD, BCPS, CGP (119)
Program Director
215 Perry Hill Road
Montgomery, AL 36109-3798,
(334) 272-4670
ext. 4241 or 3254
Cell phone: (334) 444-1648
Send completed processing packet to the following address:
Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System
ATTN: Joe Lynn (11E)
Acting Administrative Officer for Education
215 Perry Hill Rd
Montgomery, AL 36109
For assistance contact Mr. Lynn at:
Joseph.Lynn@va.gov or (334) 260-4177.
NOTE: Incomplete student processing packets will not be processed and you will not be able to start your training.
Upon receipt of your forms, our Human Resources department will contact you to arrange a time for you to come to the facility for fingerprinting and other entry processing requirements.
- One government issued photo ID (i.e. driver license, military ID, passport) and one non-photo ID (see list on VA Form 0711, page 5, item 4 above).
- Permanent Resident Card (if applicable).
- Vehicle Registration and proof of insurance (if applying for a VA parking permit).
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