Projects
Team-related projects while on clinical rotation. Examples include:
- Development of chemotherapy core regimens to be used at UW Health
- Drug monographs for addition to formulary
- Development or implementation of new clinical practice component
- Development of patient education materials
A longitudinal research project which should be publishable upon completion. Past oncology resident projects have included:
- Development of maximum daily dose tool for chemotherapy agents
- Evaluation of erythropoietin utilization in ambulatory oncology clinic patients
- Development of a toxicity characteristic tool for an investigational chemotherapy agent whose side effect profile not captured with national common toxicity criteria methodology
- Analysis of institutional preprinted chemotherapy orders against national standards
- Evaluation and standardization of chronic graft vs. host disease management
- Implementation and evaluation of a pharmacist-led immunosuppressive dosing delegation protocol in an academic cancer center
- Development of a clinical pathway for the management of acute myeloid leukemia
- Development of value-based clinical decision tools for oncology practice
- Development of the Pharmacist’s Role in the Management of Immunotherapy
- Evaluation of BEAM verses BeEAM for Lymphoma Patients Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
Presentation Opportunities
- Educational presentations and in-services on clinical rotations
- Group presentations with other UW pharmacy practice/administrative residents
- ACPE-accredited pharmacy grand rounds
- Community outreach to cancer support groups
- Leadership of journal club presentations
- Major projects may be presented at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Educational Conference or national oncology conferences
Teaching Opportunities
- Clinical instructor status at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
- Active role in teaching second- and third-year students in pharmacotherapy lab
- Assist in precepting of fourth-year students on clinical rotation at the hospital
- Opportunity to lecture in the third-year student oncology pharmacotherapy course
- Contributing to clinical faculty discussions with students
- Optional Teaching Certificate Program for residents at area hospitals
- Teaching assistant of oncology elective course at the school of pharmacy
Travel
- Support to attend one national peer meeting (ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, ACCP, ASCO, HOPA)
- Great Lakes Pharmacy Residents Conference
- Support to attend other related meetings in Wisconsin