Pharmacy Summer Internship Program
Purpose
The purpose the UW Health Pharmacy Intern program is to introduce pharmacy students to the roles and responsibilities of all health-system pharmacists and residents. Students will work alongside with pharmacists, residents, technicians and pharmacy students to provide optimal patient care. Knowledge and skills attained from this internship will provide distinct advantages for students transitioning into APPE-RT, residency training or pursuing other careers within pharmacy.
Recruitment
Recruitment for summer internship program is typically initiated with internal candidates. Please reach out to the contact person below if there are any specific questions.
Learning Objectives
After the completion of the summer intern experience, the intern will be able to:
- Identify career goals with a documented plan for achievement through the remainder of their school of pharmacy education and transition into residency or the workforce.
- Demonstrate proficiency in pharmacy technical skills, knowledge of central pharmacy operations, and coordination of the medication distribution process with an emphasis on transitions in care.
- Develop analytical and professional communication skills through daily patient presentations, a formal patient case presentation and a clinical pearl presentation.
- Provide focused patient care through the completion of admission histories, venous thromboembolism (VTE) screening and discharge counseling in the inpatient and ambulatory settings.
- Develop and improve upon patient-centered communication skills regarding medications (first dose teaching, interaction counseling, device teaching, assessment of education and adherence), non-prescription products and overall health, wellness and disease prevention.
- Develop competency around dosing strategies for warfarin, vancomycin and aminoglycosides in the inpatient setting.
- Understand and apply prescription processing parameters including:
o Evaluation of medication prescriptions
o Assessment of patient information (past medical history, physical exam data, laboratory data, medication profile)
o Selection of drug product
o Evaluation of prepared prescription
o Appropriate patient consultation
Program Design (Summer Internship and Longitudinal Experience)
- The summer internship will be 10 weeks in length
- Interns will be on rotation for 32 hours per week (4 days) with a staffing commitment of 8 hours per week (scheduled as every other weekend)
- After the 10-week summer internship, the intern will remain in intern status longitudinally with UW Health and will continue the staffing commitment of eight hours per week (either weekend intern hours or student hours)
- Interns are required to commit to working to the completion of their DPH-3 year
Contact Information
Dan Felix, PharmD, FAST
Pharmacy Manager, Transplant Services and Infectious Diseases, Professional Development
dfelix@uwhealth.org